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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 122 cities in 2016, at 1.09 million. Forney, TX had the lowest, at 6,773. The median was 26,772. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,093,975Houston, TX
Lowest6,773Forney, TX
Median26,772122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2016

Houston, TX: 1,093,975 personsHouston, TX1,093,975Dallas, TX: 631,247 personsDallas, TX631,247San Antonio, TX: 628,997 personsSan Antonio, TX628,997Austin, TX: 511,889 personsAustin, TX511,889Fort Worth, TX: 399,591 personsFort Worth, TX399,591El Paso, TX: 277,491 personsEl Paso, TX277,491Arlington, TX: 190,056 personsArlington, TX190,056Plano, TX: 145,534 personsPlano, TX145,534Corpus Christi, TX: 141,644 personsCorpus Christi, TX141,644Irving, TX: 129,447 personsIrving, TX129,447Lubbock, TX: 118,920 personsLubbock, TX118,920Garland, TX: 118,024 personsGarland, TX118,024Laredo, TX: 97,567 personsLaredo, TX97,567Amarillo, TX: 94,233 personsAmarillo, TX94,233Grand Prairie, TX: 91,573 personsGrand Prairie, TX91,573McKinney, TX: 81,148 personsMcKinney, TX81,148Frisco, TX: 78,767 personsFrisco, TX78,767Mesquite, TX: 75,200 personsMesquite, TX75,200Carrollton, TX: 71,674 personsCarrollton, TX71,674Brownsville, TX: 70,451 personsBrownsville, TX70,451Lewisville, TX: 65,985 personsLewisville, TX65,985Pasadena, TX: 65,967 personsPasadena, TX65,967Denton, TX: 65,223 personsDenton, TX65,223Richardson, TX: 58,902 personsRichardson, TX58,902Waco, TX: 58,794 personsWaco, TX58,794McAllen, TX: 58,694 personsMcAllen, TX58,694Pearland, TX: 58,058 personsPearland, TX58,058Killeen, TX: 55,310 personsKilleen, TX55,310Round Rock, TX: 53,851 personsRound Rock, TX53,851Sugar Land, TX: 53,481 personsSugar Land, TX53,481College Station, TX: 53,052 personsCollege Station, TX53,052League City, TX: 52,806 personsLeague City, TX52,806Midland, TX: 52,648 personsMidland, TX52,648Beaumont, TX: 51,159 personsBeaumont, TX51,159Abilene, TX: 50,699 personsAbilene, TX50,699Odessa, TX: 48,190 personsOdessa, TX48,190Allen, TX: 47,337 personsAllen, TX47,337Tyler, TX: 46,862 personsTyler, TX46,862San Angelo, TX: 45,517 personsSan Angelo, TX45,517Wichita Falls, TX: 42,391 personsWichita Falls, TX42,391Houston, TX: 1,093,975 personsHouston, TX1,093,975Dallas, TX: 631,247 personsDallas, TX631,247San Antonio, TX: 628,997 personsSan Antonio, TX628,997Austin, TX: 511,889 personsAustin, TX511,889Fort Worth, TX: 399,591 personsFort Worth, TX399,591El Paso, TX: 277,491 personsEl Paso, TX277,491Arlington, TX: 190,056 personsArlington, TX190,056Plano, TX: 145,534 personsPlano, TX145,534Corpus Christi, TX: 141,644 personsCorpus Christi, TX141,644Irving, TX: 129,447 personsIrving, TX129,447Lubbock, TX: 118,920 personsLubbock, TX118,920Garland, TX: 118,024 personsGarland, TX118,024Laredo, TX: 97,567 personsLaredo, TX97,567Amarillo, TX: 94,233 personsAmarillo, TX94,233Grand Prairie, TX: 91,573 personsGrand Prairie, TX91,573McKinney, TX: 81,148 personsMcKinney, TX81,148Frisco, TX: 78,767 personsFrisco, TX78,767Mesquite, TX: 75,200 personsMesquite, TX75,200Carrollton, TX: 71,674 personsCarrollton, TX71,674Brownsville, TX: 70,451 personsBrownsville, TX70,451Lewisville, TX: 65,985 personsLewisville, TX65,985Pasadena, TX: 65,967 personsPasadena, TX65,967Denton, TX: 65,223 personsDenton, TX65,223Richardson, TX: 58,902 personsRichardson, TX58,902Waco, TX: 58,794 personsWaco, TX58,794McAllen, TX: 58,694 personsMcAllen, TX58,694Pearland, TX: 58,058 personsPearland, TX58,058Killeen, TX: 55,310 personsKilleen, TX55,310Round Rock, TX: 53,851 personsRound Rock, TX53,851Sugar Land, TX: 53,481 personsSugar Land, TX53,481College Station, TX: 53,052 personsCollege Station, TX53,052League City, TX: 52,806 personsLeague City, TX52,806Midland, TX: 52,648 personsMidland, TX52,648Beaumont, TX: 51,159 personsBeaumont, TX51,159Abilene, TX: 50,699 personsAbilene, TX50,699Odessa, TX: 48,190 personsOdessa, TX48,190Allen, TX: 47,337 personsAllen, TX47,337Tyler, TX: 46,862 personsTyler, TX46,862San Angelo, TX: 45,517 personsSan Angelo, TX45,517Wichita Falls, TX: 42,391 personsWichita Falls, TX42,391
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Houston, TX1,093,975+0.8%
2Dallas, TX631,247+3.6%
3San Antonio, TX628,997-3.5%
4Austin, TX511,889-1.3%
5Fort Worth, TX399,591+6.4%
6El Paso, TX277,491+2.5%
7Arlington, TX190,056-0.8%
8Plano, TX145,534-1.4%
9Corpus Christi, TX141,644-0.6%
10Irving, TX129,447+8.6%
11Lubbock, TX118,920-1.7%
12Garland, TX118,024+4.2%
13Laredo, TX97,567-3.8%
14Amarillo, TX94,233-2.3%
15Grand Prairie, TX91,573+2.8%
16McKinney, TX81,148+2%
17Frisco, TX78,767-0.3%
18Mesquite, TX75,200+7.2%
19Carrollton, TX71,674-2.1%
20Brownsville, TX70,451+3.2%
21Lewisville, TX65,985+12.2%
22Pasadena, TX65,967+4.3%
23Denton, TX65,223-1%
24Richardson, TX58,902+5.1%
25Waco, TX58,794+7.7%
26McAllen, TX58,694-0.6%
27Pearland, TX58,058+3.5%
28Killeen, TX55,310+8.8%
29Round Rock, TX53,851-8%
30Sugar Land, TX53,481+23.6%
31College Station, TX53,052+0.4%
32League City, TX52,806+3.2%
33Midland, TX52,648-24.8%
34Beaumont, TX51,159+5.4%
35Abilene, TX50,699-2.1%
36Odessa, TX48,190-17.3%
37Allen, TX47,337-5.7%
38Tyler, TX46,862-0.9%
39San Angelo, TX45,517+4.1%
40Wichita Falls, TX42,391+3.8%
41Conroe, TX36,851+18.1%
42Edinburg, TX36,761+3.6%
43Baytown, TX36,226+18.5%
44Longview, TX35,911-2.5%
45Bryan, TX35,654-8.7%
46Flower Mound, TX35,498-3.5%
47Missouri City, TX35,328-4.6%
48New Braunfels, TX34,706+3.2%
49Cedar Park, TX34,442+3%
50North Richland Hills, TX34,289-5.1%
51San Marcos, TX33,219+14.8%
52Mansfield, TX32,270+1.3%
53Temple, TX32,228+0.1%
54Euless, TX31,807+11%
55Mission, TX31,490+3.2%
56Pflugerville, TX31,083+4.1%
57Victoria, TX29,811-4.9%
58Rowlett, TX29,558-5%
59Pharr, TX29,521+10.8%
60DeSoto, TX28,195+10.8%
61Harlingen, TX27,260+20.9%
62Bedford, TX26,284-2.9%
63Grapevine, TX26,206-9.3%
64Wylie, TX25,942+9.4%
65The Colony, TX24,573-0.4%
66Cedar Hill, TX24,067-1.2%
67Galveston, TX23,801+5.8%
68Coppell, TX22,805+4.9%
69Rockwall, TX22,246+9.7%
70Haltom City, TX21,726+5%
71Keller, TX21,555-2%
72Texas City, TX21,318+8.4%
73Hurst, TX20,319+7.6%
74Georgetown, TX20,286-16.7%
75Port Arthur, TX20,008-0.6%
76Burleson, TX19,975-6.5%
77Sherman, TX19,142+5%
78Friendswood, TX18,147-2%
79Lancaster, TX18,143+8.1%
80Leander, TX17,761-3.1%
81Duncanville, TX17,749-5%
82Waxahachie, TX17,463+11.4%
83Kyle, TX17,235-1.7%
84Schertz, TX16,907+0.3%
85Rosenberg, TX16,832+5.1%
86Little Elm, TX16,538-9.9%
87Huntsville, TX16,454+52.7%
88Deer Park, TX16,264+2.4%
89La Porte, TX16,105-6.9%
90Nacogdoches, TX14,701+7.3%
91Texarkana, TX14,655+0.4%
92Copperas Cove, TX14,062+14.9%
93Lufkin, TX14,045-4.8%
94Midlothian, TX13,957+31.3%
95Sachse, TX13,682+3%
96Weslaco, TX13,623-0.3%
97Lake Jackson, TX13,376+3%
98Socorro, TX13,339+6.9%
99San Juan, TX13,254-0.4%
100Del Rio, TX13,106-3.4%
101Harker Heights, TX12,864+14.6%
102Cleburne, TX12,709+3%
103Balch Springs, TX12,666+31.6%
104Seguin, TX12,544+5.5%
105Southlake, TX12,292-6.2%
106Weatherford, TX12,207+1.3%
107Alvin, TX11,981+4.8%
108Farmers Branch, TX11,802-27%
109Hutto, TX11,785+1.9%
110Converse, TX11,698+11.8%
111Cibolo, TX11,695-3.9%
112Colleyville, TX11,421-12.6%
113Eagle Pass, TX11,173+1.7%
114Greenville, TX11,126+10.1%
115Kingsville, TX11,070+0.7%
116Corsicana, TX10,738+2.6%
117University Park, TX10,411+1.2%
118Paris, TX10,056-0.5%
119Big Spring, TX9,360+1.8%
120Denison, TX9,314-6%
121San Benito, TX8,346+0.5%
122Forney, TX6,773-26%

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About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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. 12 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/texas-cities?period=2016. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/texas-cities?period=2016.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/texas-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2016}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.09 million in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Forney, TX, with 6,773 in 2016.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 12 cities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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