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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 122 cities in 2017, at 1.1 million. Forney, TX had the lowest, at 7,541. The median was 27,404. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,095,838Houston, TX
Lowest7,541Forney, TX
Median27,404122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2017

Houston, TX: 1,095,838 personsHouston, TX1,095,838Dallas, TX: 645,095 personsDallas, TX645,095San Antonio, TX: 643,015 personsSan Antonio, TX643,015Austin, TX: 523,627 personsAustin, TX523,627Fort Worth, TX: 412,203 personsFort Worth, TX412,203El Paso, TX: 281,520 personsEl Paso, TX281,520Arlington, TX: 193,237 personsArlington, TX193,237Plano, TX: 147,042 personsPlano, TX147,042Corpus Christi, TX: 141,712 personsCorpus Christi, TX141,712Irving, TX: 130,751 personsIrving, TX130,751Lubbock, TX: 121,403 personsLubbock, TX121,403Garland, TX: 119,866 personsGarland, TX119,866Laredo, TX: 98,948 personsLaredo, TX98,948Amarillo, TX: 94,041 personsAmarillo, TX94,041Grand Prairie, TX: 93,223 personsGrand Prairie, TX93,223Frisco, TX: 86,306 personsFrisco, TX86,306McKinney, TX: 86,146 personsMcKinney, TX86,146Mesquite, TX: 75,519 personsMesquite, TX75,519Carrollton, TX: 73,568 personsCarrollton, TX73,568Brownsville, TX: 70,592 personsBrownsville, TX70,592Lewisville, TX: 67,295 personsLewisville, TX67,295Denton, TX: 66,449 personsDenton, TX66,449Pasadena, TX: 65,593 personsPasadena, TX65,593Richardson, TX: 60,596 personsRichardson, TX60,596Waco, TX: 60,455 personsWaco, TX60,455McAllen, TX: 59,464 personsMcAllen, TX59,464Pearland, TX: 59,462 personsPearland, TX59,462Midland, TX: 57,106 personsMidland, TX57,106Killeen, TX: 56,217 personsKilleen, TX56,217Round Rock, TX: 55,951 personsRound Rock, TX55,951College Station, TX: 54,741 personsCollege Station, TX54,741League City, TX: 54,148 personsLeague City, TX54,148Sugar Land, TX: 53,421 personsSugar Land, TX53,421Abilene, TX: 51,473 personsAbilene, TX51,473Beaumont, TX: 50,822 personsBeaumont, TX50,822Odessa, TX: 50,771 personsOdessa, TX50,771Allen, TX: 48,486 personsAllen, TX48,486Tyler, TX: 47,504 personsTyler, TX47,504San Angelo, TX: 45,802 personsSan Angelo, TX45,802Wichita Falls, TX: 43,060 personsWichita Falls, TX43,060Houston, TX: 1,095,838 personsHouston, TX1,095,838Dallas, TX: 645,095 personsDallas, TX645,095San Antonio, TX: 643,015 personsSan Antonio, TX643,015Austin, TX: 523,627 personsAustin, TX523,627Fort Worth, TX: 412,203 personsFort Worth, TX412,203El Paso, TX: 281,520 personsEl Paso, TX281,520Arlington, TX: 193,237 personsArlington, TX193,237Plano, TX: 147,042 personsPlano, TX147,042Corpus Christi, TX: 141,712 personsCorpus Christi, TX141,712Irving, TX: 130,751 personsIrving, TX130,751Lubbock, TX: 121,403 personsLubbock, TX121,403Garland, TX: 119,866 personsGarland, TX119,866Laredo, TX: 98,948 personsLaredo, TX98,948Amarillo, TX: 94,041 personsAmarillo, TX94,041Grand Prairie, TX: 93,223 personsGrand Prairie, TX93,223Frisco, TX: 86,306 personsFrisco, TX86,306McKinney, TX: 86,146 personsMcKinney, TX86,146Mesquite, TX: 75,519 personsMesquite, TX75,519Carrollton, TX: 73,568 personsCarrollton, TX73,568Brownsville, TX: 70,592 personsBrownsville, TX70,592Lewisville, TX: 67,295 personsLewisville, TX67,295Denton, TX: 66,449 personsDenton, TX66,449Pasadena, TX: 65,593 personsPasadena, TX65,593Richardson, TX: 60,596 personsRichardson, TX60,596Waco, TX: 60,455 personsWaco, TX60,455McAllen, TX: 59,464 personsMcAllen, TX59,464Pearland, TX: 59,462 personsPearland, TX59,462Midland, TX: 57,106 personsMidland, TX57,106Killeen, TX: 56,217 personsKilleen, TX56,217Round Rock, TX: 55,951 personsRound Rock, TX55,951College Station, TX: 54,741 personsCollege Station, TX54,741League City, TX: 54,148 personsLeague City, TX54,148Sugar Land, TX: 53,421 personsSugar Land, TX53,421Abilene, TX: 51,473 personsAbilene, TX51,473Beaumont, TX: 50,822 personsBeaumont, TX50,822Odessa, TX: 50,771 personsOdessa, TX50,771Allen, TX: 48,486 personsAllen, TX48,486Tyler, TX: 47,504 personsTyler, TX47,504San Angelo, TX: 45,802 personsSan Angelo, TX45,802Wichita Falls, TX: 43,060 personsWichita Falls, TX43,060
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Houston, TX1,095,838+0.2%
2Dallas, TX645,095+2.2%
3San Antonio, TX643,015+2.2%
4Austin, TX523,627+2.3%
5Fort Worth, TX412,203+3.2%
6El Paso, TX281,520+1.5%
7Arlington, TX193,237+1.7%
8Plano, TX147,042+1%
9Corpus Christi, TX141,7120%
10Irving, TX130,751+1%
11Lubbock, TX121,403+2.1%
12Garland, TX119,866+1.6%
13Laredo, TX98,948+1.4%
14Amarillo, TX94,041-0.2%
15Grand Prairie, TX93,223+1.8%
16Frisco, TX86,306+9.6%
17McKinney, TX86,146+6.2%
18Mesquite, TX75,519+0.4%
19Carrollton, TX73,568+2.6%
20Brownsville, TX70,592+0.2%
21Lewisville, TX67,295+2%
22Denton, TX66,449+1.9%
23Pasadena, TX65,593-0.6%
24Richardson, TX60,596+2.9%
25Waco, TX60,455+2.8%
26McAllen, TX59,464+1.3%
27Pearland, TX59,462+2.4%
28Midland, TX57,106+8.5%
29Killeen, TX56,217+1.6%
30Round Rock, TX55,951+3.9%
31College Station, TX54,741+3.2%
32League City, TX54,148+2.5%
33Sugar Land, TX53,421-0.1%
34Abilene, TX51,473+1.5%
35Beaumont, TX50,822-0.7%
36Odessa, TX50,771+5.4%
37Allen, TX48,486+2.4%
38Tyler, TX47,504+1.4%
39San Angelo, TX45,802+0.6%
40Wichita Falls, TX43,060+1.6%
41Edinburg, TX38,226+4%
42Conroe, TX38,085+3.3%
43New Braunfels, TX37,684+8.6%
44Flower Mound, TX37,439+5.5%
45Cedar Park, TX36,351+5.5%
46Baytown, TX36,313+0.2%
47Bryan, TX36,164+1.4%
48Longview, TX35,583-0.9%
49Missouri City, TX35,359+0.1%
50North Richland Hills, TX34,892+1.8%
51San Marcos, TX34,542+4%
52Mansfield, TX33,858+4.9%
53Pflugerville, TX33,394+7.4%
54Temple, TX32,823+1.8%
55Euless, TX32,313+1.6%
56Mission, TX31,944+1.4%
57Pharr, TX30,327+2.7%
58Rowlett, TX30,137+2%
59Victoria, TX29,382-1.4%
60DeSoto, TX28,625+1.5%
61Grapevine, TX27,533+5.1%
62Harlingen, TX27,274+0.1%
63Wylie, TX26,692+2.9%
64Bedford, TX26,560+1.1%
65The Colony, TX25,038+1.9%
66Cedar Hill, TX24,252+0.8%
67Galveston, TX23,967+0.7%
68Coppell, TX23,116+1.4%
69Rockwall, TX22,848+2.7%
70Georgetown, TX21,992+8.4%
71Keller, TX21,963+1.9%
72Haltom City, TX21,934+1%
73Texas City, TX21,500+0.9%
74Leander, TX21,122+18.9%
75Burleson, TX20,805+4.2%
76Hurst, TX20,507+0.9%
77Port Arthur, TX19,796-1.1%
78Kyle, TX19,388+12.5%
79Sherman, TX19,319+0.9%
80Lancaster, TX18,392+1.4%
81Little Elm, TX18,335+10.9%
82Friendswood, TX18,326+1%
83Waxahachie, TX18,210+4.3%
84Duncanville, TX17,824+0.4%
85Schertz, TX17,479+3.4%
86Rosenberg, TX17,115+1.7%
87Huntsville, TX16,489+0.2%
88Deer Park, TX16,220-0.3%
89La Porte, TX16,071-0.2%
90Midlothian, TX14,835+6.3%
91Nacogdoches, TX14,634-0.5%
92Texarkana, TX14,530-0.9%
93Copperas Cove, TX14,171+0.8%
94Sachse, TX14,166+3.5%
95Lufkin, TX13,945-0.7%
96Weslaco, TX13,847+1.6%
97Socorro, TX13,528+1.4%
98Lake Jackson, TX13,401+0.2%
99San Juan, TX13,400+1.1%
100Harker Heights, TX13,250+3%
101Del Rio, TX13,184+0.6%
102Seguin, TX13,025+3.8%
103Cleburne, TX13,018+2.4%
104Farmers Branch, TX13,012+10.3%
105Balch Springs, TX12,828+1.3%
106Weatherford, TX12,827+5.1%
107Southlake, TX12,677+3.1%
108Hutto, TX12,647+7.3%
109Cibolo, TX12,387+5.9%
110Converse, TX12,063+3.1%
111Alvin, TX12,035+0.5%
112Colleyville, TX11,736+2.8%
113Greenville, TX11,468+3.1%
114Eagle Pass, TX11,156-0.2%
115Corsicana, TX10,706-0.3%
116Kingsville, TX10,607-4.2%
117University Park, TX10,551+1.3%
118Paris, TX10,267+2.1%
119Denison, TX9,601+3.1%
120Big Spring, TX9,555+2.1%
121San Benito, TX8,3470%
122Forney, TX7,541+11.3%

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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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.1 million in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Forney, TX, with 7,541 in 2017.

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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 2017 and are not ranked.

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