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Cities in Texas by civilian labor force

Houston, TX had the highest civilian labor force of 134 cities in 2024, at 1.21 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 9,628. The median was 29,882. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,214,819Houston, TX
Lowest9,628San Benito, TX
Median29,882134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2024

Houston, TX: 1,214,819 personsHouston, TX1,214,819San Antonio, TX: 749,594 personsSan Antonio, TX749,594Dallas, TX: 713,304 personsDallas, TX713,304Austin, TX: 647,097 personsAustin, TX647,097Fort Worth, TX: 528,137 personsFort Worth, TX528,137El Paso, TX: 328,904 personsEl Paso, TX328,904Arlington, TX: 219,747 personsArlington, TX219,747Plano, TX: 165,456 personsPlano, TX165,456Corpus Christi, TX: 152,499 personsCorpus Christi, TX152,499Irving, TX: 142,137 personsIrving, TX142,137Lubbock, TX: 140,520 personsLubbock, TX140,520Garland, TX: 132,202 personsGarland, TX132,202Frisco, TX: 128,731 personsFrisco, TX128,731McKinney, TX: 123,942 personsMcKinney, TX123,942Laredo, TX: 114,436 personsLaredo, TX114,436Grand Prairie, TX: 108,683 personsGrand Prairie, TX108,683Amarillo, TX: 103,915 personsAmarillo, TX103,915Denton, TX: 92,271 personsDenton, TX92,271Brownsville, TX: 85,625 personsBrownsville, TX85,625Carrollton, TX: 83,623 personsCarrollton, TX83,623Lewisville, TX: 81,934 personsLewisville, TX81,934Round Rock, TX: 81,200 personsRound Rock, TX81,200Mesquite, TX: 79,397 personsMesquite, TX79,397Midland, TX: 78,611 personsMidland, TX78,611McAllen, TX: 71,984 personsMcAllen, TX71,984Waco, TX: 71,166 personsWaco, TX71,166College Station, TX: 69,842 personsCollege Station, TX69,842Richardson, TX: 67,767 personsRichardson, TX67,767Pasadena, TX: 67,573 personsPasadena, TX67,573Pearland, TX: 66,544 personsPearland, TX66,544Killeen, TX: 63,870 personsKilleen, TX63,870Odessa, TX: 63,623 personsOdessa, TX63,623Abilene, TX: 62,230 personsAbilene, TX62,230League City, TX: 61,598 personsLeague City, TX61,598New Braunfels, TX: 61,465 personsNew Braunfels, TX61,465Allen, TX: 61,442 personsAllen, TX61,442Conroe, TX: 57,790 personsConroe, TX57,790Tyler, TX: 55,339 personsTyler, TX55,339Sugar Land, TX: 55,244 personsSugar Land, TX55,244Beaumont, TX: 54,202 personsBeaumont, TX54,202Houston, TX: 1,214,819 personsHouston, TX1,214,819San Antonio, TX: 749,594 personsSan Antonio, TX749,594Dallas, TX: 713,304 personsDallas, TX713,304Austin, TX: 647,097 personsAustin, TX647,097Fort Worth, TX: 528,137 personsFort Worth, TX528,137El Paso, TX: 328,904 personsEl Paso, TX328,904Arlington, TX: 219,747 personsArlington, TX219,747Plano, TX: 165,456 personsPlano, TX165,456Corpus Christi, TX: 152,499 personsCorpus Christi, TX152,499Irving, TX: 142,137 personsIrving, TX142,137Lubbock, TX: 140,520 personsLubbock, TX140,520Garland, TX: 132,202 personsGarland, TX132,202Frisco, TX: 128,731 personsFrisco, TX128,731McKinney, TX: 123,942 personsMcKinney, TX123,942Laredo, TX: 114,436 personsLaredo, TX114,436Grand Prairie, TX: 108,683 personsGrand Prairie, TX108,683Amarillo, TX: 103,915 personsAmarillo, TX103,915Denton, TX: 92,271 personsDenton, TX92,271Brownsville, TX: 85,625 personsBrownsville, TX85,625Carrollton, TX: 83,623 personsCarrollton, TX83,623Lewisville, TX: 81,934 personsLewisville, TX81,934Round Rock, TX: 81,200 personsRound Rock, TX81,200Mesquite, TX: 79,397 personsMesquite, TX79,397Midland, TX: 78,611 personsMidland, TX78,611McAllen, TX: 71,984 personsMcAllen, TX71,984Waco, TX: 71,166 personsWaco, TX71,166College Station, TX: 69,842 personsCollege Station, TX69,842Richardson, TX: 67,767 personsRichardson, TX67,767Pasadena, TX: 67,573 personsPasadena, TX67,573Pearland, TX: 66,544 personsPearland, TX66,544Killeen, TX: 63,870 personsKilleen, TX63,870Odessa, TX: 63,623 personsOdessa, TX63,623Abilene, TX: 62,230 personsAbilene, TX62,230League City, TX: 61,598 personsLeague City, TX61,598New Braunfels, TX: 61,465 personsNew Braunfels, TX61,465Allen, TX: 61,442 personsAllen, TX61,442Conroe, TX: 57,790 personsConroe, TX57,790Tyler, TX: 55,339 personsTyler, TX55,339Sugar Land, TX: 55,244 personsSugar Land, TX55,244Beaumont, TX: 54,202 personsBeaumont, TX54,202
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Houston, TX1,214,819+1.6%
2San Antonio, TX749,594+2.3%
3Dallas, TX713,304+0.6%
4Austin, TX647,097+1.4%
5Fort Worth, TX528,137+3.1%
6El Paso, TX328,904+3.3%
7Arlington, TX219,747+1.3%
8Plano, TX165,456-0.1%
9Corpus Christi, TX152,499+1.6%
10Irving, TX142,137+0.2%
11Lubbock, TX140,520+2.6%
12Garland, TX132,202+1.6%
13Frisco, TX128,731+3.5%
14McKinney, TX123,942+5.3%
15Laredo, TX114,436+3%
16Grand Prairie, TX108,683+2%
17Amarillo, TX103,915+1.9%
18Denton, TX92,271+4.3%
19Brownsville, TX85,625+1.9%
20Carrollton, TX83,623+0.8%
21Lewisville, TX81,934+0.9%
22Round Rock, TX81,200+4%
23Mesquite, TX79,397+0.8%
24Midland, TX78,611+4.4%
25McAllen, TX71,984+2.2%
26Waco, TX71,166+2%
27College Station, TX69,842+3%
28Richardson, TX67,767-0.4%
29Pasadena, TX67,573+0.5%
30Pearland, TX66,544+0.5%
31Killeen, TX63,870+1.7%
32Odessa, TX63,623+3.9%
33Abilene, TX62,230+3%
34League City, TX61,598+1.5%
35New Braunfels, TX61,465+5.6%
36Allen, TX61,442+0.8%
37Conroe, TX57,790+5.3%
38Tyler, TX55,339+2.3%
39Sugar Land, TX55,244+0.2%
40Beaumont, TX54,202+3.9%
41Leander, TX52,552+9.9%
42San Angelo, TX51,789+2%
43Edinburg, TX51,011+3.7%
44Georgetown, TX47,584+5.9%
45Bryan, TX47,486+3.2%
46San Marcos, TX45,214+4.4%
47Cedar Park, TX45,125+1.4%
48Flower Mound, TX44,994-0%
49Wichita Falls, TX44,964+0.1%
50Mansfield, TX44,449+2.8%
51Temple, TX41,909+4.2%
52Pflugerville, TX41,389+2.4%
53Missouri City, TX40,677+1.2%
54North Richland Hills, TX40,042+1.1%
55Baytown, TX39,954+0.1%
56Rowlett, TX38,794+1%
57Mission, TX38,624+2.1%
58Kyle, TX38,443+5.7%
59Longview, TX38,400+0.2%
60Euless, TX36,268+0.6%
61Pharr, TX36,256+1.5%
62Wylie, TX34,323+1.7%
63Little Elm, TX33,135+3.8%
64Harlingen, TX31,830+1.6%
65Grapevine, TX31,754+0.7%
66DeSoto, TX31,455+0.6%
67Victoria, TX30,083+0.1%
68Rockwall, TX29,681+0.8%
69The Colony, TX29,4290%
70Burleson, TX29,172+2.5%
71Bedford, TX28,040+0.7%
72Celina, TX27,475+17.8%
73Texas City, TX27,301+2.2%
74Cedar Hill, TX26,394+1.3%
75Hutto, TX26,225+10.6%
76Waxahachie, TX26,041+2.9%
77Galveston, TX25,367+0.5%
78Keller, TX24,558+0.5%
79Sherman, TX24,480+5.7%
80Coppell, TX23,807-0.3%
81Midlothian, TX23,701+6.1%
82Haltom City, TX23,604+1.1%
83Farmers Branch, TX23,340-0.2%
83Fulshear, TX23,340+27%
85Port Arthur, TX22,253+3.3%
86Prosper, TX22,134+5.8%
87Hurst, TX21,653+0.5%
88Rosenberg, TX21,230+2.2%
89Forney, TX21,192+8%
90Schertz, TX20,734+3.1%
91Princeton, TX20,731+30.6%
92Weatherford, TX20,317+3.9%
93Lancaster, TX20,028+0.3%
94Friendswood, TX19,698+0.6%
95Weslaco, TX18,973+2.9%
96Seguin, TX18,926+8.5%
97Socorro, TX18,780+4.3%
98La Porte, TX18,768+1.3%
99Sachse, TX18,666+1.2%
100Huntsville, TX18,523+2.7%
101Cleburne, TX18,418+5.8%
102Duncanville, TX18,255-0.5%
103Cibolo, TX17,555+4.5%
104Anna, TX17,490+14.6%
105Deer Park, TX16,875+2.4%
106San Juan, TX16,778+2.8%
107Greenville, TX16,344+4.7%
108Copperas Cove, TX16,129+3.2%
109Del Rio, TX15,437-0.3%
110Converse, TX15,388+3.8%
111Texarkana, TX15,285+1.9%
112Harker Heights, TX15,252+3.5%
113Nacogdoches, TX15,167+0.4%
114Royse City, TX14,508+8.5%
115Alvin, TX14,414+3.2%
116Lufkin, TX14,384+1.6%
117Southlake, TX14,362+1.2%
118Fate, TX14,268+11.3%
119Lake Jackson, TX14,053+0.5%
120Saginaw, TX13,961+3.6%
121Balch Springs, TX13,472+0.7%
122Melissa, TX13,462+9.8%
123Colleyville, TX13,145+1%
124Katy, TX12,924+4.3%
125Eagle Pass, TX12,504+1.1%
126Denison, TX11,529+0.5%
127Kingsville, TX11,466+1.8%
128University Park, TX11,276+0.1%
129Belton, TX11,201+2.7%
130Paris, TX11,152+1.2%
131Kerrville, TX11,130+3.1%
132Corsicana, TX11,002-1.8%
133Big Spring, TX9,917+1.7%
134San Benito, TX9,628+1.7%

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Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Texas by civilian labor force, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/texas-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Houston, TX, with 1.21 million in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

San Benito, TX, with 9,628 in 2024.

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