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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 122 cities in 2018, at 1.11 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 8,356. The median was 27,665. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,107,870Houston, TX
Lowest8,356San Benito, TX
Median27,665122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2018

Houston, TX: 1,107,870 personsHouston, TX1,107,870San Antonio, TX: 653,550 personsSan Antonio, TX653,550Dallas, TX: 647,375 personsDallas, TX647,375Austin, TX: 537,139 personsAustin, TX537,139Fort Worth, TX: 425,590 personsFort Worth, TX425,590El Paso, TX: 285,873 personsEl Paso, TX285,873Arlington, TX: 195,877 personsArlington, TX195,877Plano, TX: 148,409 personsPlano, TX148,409Corpus Christi, TX: 142,799 personsCorpus Christi, TX142,799Irving, TX: 131,683 personsIrving, TX131,683Lubbock, TX: 122,566 personsLubbock, TX122,566Garland, TX: 121,996 personsGarland, TX121,996Laredo, TX: 100,430 personsLaredo, TX100,430Amarillo, TX: 94,246 personsAmarillo, TX94,246Grand Prairie, TX: 93,892 personsGrand Prairie, TX93,892Frisco, TX: 92,210 personsFrisco, TX92,210McKinney, TX: 91,521 personsMcKinney, TX91,521Mesquite, TX: 74,983 personsMesquite, TX74,983Carrollton, TX: 74,400 personsCarrollton, TX74,400Brownsville, TX: 71,106 personsBrownsville, TX71,106Denton, TX: 68,093 personsDenton, TX68,093Lewisville, TX: 67,821 personsLewisville, TX67,821Pasadena, TX: 65,784 personsPasadena, TX65,784Midland, TX: 65,547 personsMidland, TX65,547Richardson, TX: 62,809 personsRichardson, TX62,809Pearland, TX: 60,999 personsPearland, TX60,999Waco, TX: 60,721 personsWaco, TX60,721McAllen, TX: 60,543 personsMcAllen, TX60,543Round Rock, TX: 59,471 personsRound Rock, TX59,471College Station, TX: 56,727 personsCollege Station, TX56,727Killeen, TX: 56,510 personsKilleen, TX56,510Odessa, TX: 56,329 personsOdessa, TX56,329League City, TX: 55,544 personsLeague City, TX55,544Sugar Land, TX: 53,830 personsSugar Land, TX53,830Abilene, TX: 52,533 personsAbilene, TX52,533Beaumont, TX: 51,248 personsBeaumont, TX51,248Allen, TX: 49,948 personsAllen, TX49,948Tyler, TX: 48,148 personsTyler, TX48,148San Angelo, TX: 46,490 personsSan Angelo, TX46,490Wichita Falls, TX: 43,440 personsWichita Falls, TX43,440Houston, TX: 1,107,870 personsHouston, TX1,107,870San Antonio, TX: 653,550 personsSan Antonio, TX653,550Dallas, TX: 647,375 personsDallas, TX647,375Austin, TX: 537,139 personsAustin, TX537,139Fort Worth, TX: 425,590 personsFort Worth, TX425,590El Paso, TX: 285,873 personsEl Paso, TX285,873Arlington, TX: 195,877 personsArlington, TX195,877Plano, TX: 148,409 personsPlano, TX148,409Corpus Christi, TX: 142,799 personsCorpus Christi, TX142,799Irving, TX: 131,683 personsIrving, TX131,683Lubbock, TX: 122,566 personsLubbock, TX122,566Garland, TX: 121,996 personsGarland, TX121,996Laredo, TX: 100,430 personsLaredo, TX100,430Amarillo, TX: 94,246 personsAmarillo, TX94,246Grand Prairie, TX: 93,892 personsGrand Prairie, TX93,892Frisco, TX: 92,210 personsFrisco, TX92,210McKinney, TX: 91,521 personsMcKinney, TX91,521Mesquite, TX: 74,983 personsMesquite, TX74,983Carrollton, TX: 74,400 personsCarrollton, TX74,400Brownsville, TX: 71,106 personsBrownsville, TX71,106Denton, TX: 68,093 personsDenton, TX68,093Lewisville, TX: 67,821 personsLewisville, TX67,821Pasadena, TX: 65,784 personsPasadena, TX65,784Midland, TX: 65,547 personsMidland, TX65,547Richardson, TX: 62,809 personsRichardson, TX62,809Pearland, TX: 60,999 personsPearland, TX60,999Waco, TX: 60,721 personsWaco, TX60,721McAllen, TX: 60,543 personsMcAllen, TX60,543Round Rock, TX: 59,471 personsRound Rock, TX59,471College Station, TX: 56,727 personsCollege Station, TX56,727Killeen, TX: 56,510 personsKilleen, TX56,510Odessa, TX: 56,329 personsOdessa, TX56,329League City, TX: 55,544 personsLeague City, TX55,544Sugar Land, TX: 53,830 personsSugar Land, TX53,830Abilene, TX: 52,533 personsAbilene, TX52,533Beaumont, TX: 51,248 personsBeaumont, TX51,248Allen, TX: 49,948 personsAllen, TX49,948Tyler, TX: 48,148 personsTyler, TX48,148San Angelo, TX: 46,490 personsSan Angelo, TX46,490Wichita Falls, TX: 43,440 personsWichita Falls, TX43,440
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Houston, TX1,107,870+1.1%
2San Antonio, TX653,550+1.6%
3Dallas, TX647,375+0.4%
4Austin, TX537,139+2.6%
5Fort Worth, TX425,590+3.2%
6El Paso, TX285,873+1.5%
7Arlington, TX195,877+1.4%
8Plano, TX148,409+0.9%
9Corpus Christi, TX142,799+0.8%
10Irving, TX131,683+0.7%
11Lubbock, TX122,566+1%
12Garland, TX121,996+1.8%
13Laredo, TX100,430+1.5%
14Amarillo, TX94,246+0.2%
15Grand Prairie, TX93,892+0.7%
16Frisco, TX92,210+6.8%
17McKinney, TX91,521+6.2%
18Mesquite, TX74,983-0.7%
19Carrollton, TX74,400+1.1%
20Brownsville, TX71,106+0.7%
21Denton, TX68,093+2.5%
22Lewisville, TX67,821+0.8%
23Pasadena, TX65,784+0.3%
24Midland, TX65,547+14.8%
25Richardson, TX62,809+3.7%
26Pearland, TX60,999+2.6%
27Waco, TX60,721+0.4%
28McAllen, TX60,543+1.8%
29Round Rock, TX59,471+6.3%
30College Station, TX56,727+3.6%
31Killeen, TX56,510+0.5%
32Odessa, TX56,329+10.9%
33League City, TX55,544+2.6%
34Sugar Land, TX53,830+0.8%
35Abilene, TX52,533+2.1%
36Beaumont, TX51,248+0.8%
37Allen, TX49,948+3%
38Tyler, TX48,148+1.4%
39San Angelo, TX46,490+1.5%
40Wichita Falls, TX43,440+0.9%
41New Braunfels, TX40,646+7.9%
42Edinburg, TX39,921+4.4%
43Conroe, TX39,837+4.6%
44Flower Mound, TX38,041+1.6%
45Cedar Park, TX37,545+3.3%
46Bryan, TX37,277+3.1%
47Baytown, TX36,645+0.9%
48Longview, TX36,217+1.8%
49Missouri City, TX35,800+1.2%
50North Richland Hills, TX35,372+1.4%
51Mansfield, TX35,228+4%
52San Marcos, TX35,224+2%
53Pflugerville, TX34,352+2.9%
54Euless, TX33,775+4.5%
55Temple, TX32,966+0.4%
56Mission, TX32,605+2.1%
57Rowlett, TX31,904+5.9%
58Pharr, TX30,928+2%
59Victoria, TX29,670+1%
60DeSoto, TX28,596-0.1%
61Grapevine, TX27,747+0.8%
62Wylie, TX27,583+3.3%
63Harlingen, TX27,417+0.5%
64Bedford, TX26,798+0.9%
65The Colony, TX25,547+2%
66Leander, TX24,695+16.9%
67Galveston, TX24,171+0.9%
68Cedar Hill, TX24,132-0.5%
69Georgetown, TX23,795+8.2%
70Rockwall, TX23,392+2.4%
71Coppell, TX23,079-0.2%
72Keller, TX22,279+1.4%
73Haltom City, TX22,077+0.7%
74Texas City, TX22,046+2.5%
75Burleson, TX21,618+3.9%
76Kyle, TX21,514+11%
77Hurst, TX20,637+0.6%
78Little Elm, TX20,245+10.4%
79Port Arthur, TX19,960+0.8%
80Sherman, TX19,673+1.8%
81Waxahachie, TX19,016+4.4%
82Friendswood, TX18,647+1.8%
83Lancaster, TX18,420+0.2%
84Schertz, TX17,985+2.9%
85Duncanville, TX17,758-0.4%
86Rosenberg, TX17,555+2.6%
87Huntsville, TX16,792+1.8%
88Deer Park, TX16,319+0.6%
89La Porte, TX16,164+0.6%
90Midlothian, TX15,841+6.8%
91Del Rio, TX14,790+12.2%
92Farmers Branch, TX14,765+13.5%
93Nacogdoches, TX14,652+0.1%
94Weslaco, TX14,451+4.4%
95Texarkana, TX14,418-0.8%
96Sachse, TX14,294+0.9%
97Copperas Cove, TX14,000-1.2%
98Socorro, TX13,923+2.9%
99Lufkin, TX13,758-1.3%
100San Juan, TX13,683+2.1%
101Lake Jackson, TX13,516+0.9%
102Weatherford, TX13,513+5.3%
103Cleburne, TX13,421+3.1%
104Hutto, TX13,388+5.9%
105Seguin, TX13,360+2.6%
106Harker Heights, TX13,311+0.5%
107Southlake, TX12,963+2.3%
108Cibolo, TX12,960+4.6%
109Balch Springs, TX12,826-0%
110Converse, TX12,422+3%
111Alvin, TX12,285+2.1%
112Colleyville, TX11,990+2.2%
113Greenville, TX11,915+3.9%
114Eagle Pass, TX11,166+0.1%
115Corsicana, TX10,991+2.7%
116Kingsville, TX10,649+0.4%
117University Park, TX10,540-0.1%
118Paris, TX10,294+0.3%
119Big Spring, TX9,990+4.6%
120Denison, TX9,910+3.2%
121Forney, TX9,358+24.1%
122San Benito, TX8,356+0.1%

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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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.11 million in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

San Benito, TX, with 8,356 in 2018.

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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 2018 and are not ranked.

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