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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 122 cities in 2019, at 1.12 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 8,412. The median was 28,711. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,116,126Houston, TX
Lowest8,412San Benito, TX
Median28,711122 cities

Top 40 cities, 2019

Houston, TX: 1,116,126 personsHouston, TX1,116,126San Antonio, TX: 660,648 personsSan Antonio, TX660,648Dallas, TX: 651,823 personsDallas, TX651,823Austin, TX: 549,895 personsAustin, TX549,895Fort Worth, TX: 437,885 personsFort Worth, TX437,885El Paso, TX: 290,570 personsEl Paso, TX290,570Arlington, TX: 198,529 personsArlington, TX198,529Plano, TX: 148,661 personsPlano, TX148,661Corpus Christi, TX: 142,617 personsCorpus Christi, TX142,617Irving, TX: 131,527 personsIrving, TX131,527Lubbock, TX: 124,151 personsLubbock, TX124,151Garland, TX: 121,769 personsGarland, TX121,769Laredo, TX: 102,533 personsLaredo, TX102,533Frisco, TX: 99,006 personsFrisco, TX99,006McKinney, TX: 95,883 personsMcKinney, TX95,883Grand Prairie, TX: 94,880 personsGrand Prairie, TX94,880Amarillo, TX: 94,758 personsAmarillo, TX94,758Carrollton, TX: 76,181 personsCarrollton, TX76,181Mesquite, TX: 74,537 personsMesquite, TX74,537Brownsville, TX: 71,920 personsBrownsville, TX71,920Denton, TX: 70,574 personsDenton, TX70,574Lewisville, TX: 69,576 personsLewisville, TX69,576Midland, TX: 68,460 personsMidland, TX68,460Pasadena, TX: 65,582 personsPasadena, TX65,582Richardson, TX: 64,061 personsRichardson, TX64,061Round Rock, TX: 62,291 personsRound Rock, TX62,291Pearland, TX: 61,847 personsPearland, TX61,847Waco, TX: 61,670 personsWaco, TX61,670McAllen, TX: 61,433 personsMcAllen, TX61,433Odessa, TX: 58,387 personsOdessa, TX58,387College Station, TX: 58,273 personsCollege Station, TX58,273Killeen, TX: 56,976 personsKilleen, TX56,976League City, TX: 56,795 personsLeague City, TX56,795Abilene, TX: 53,961 personsAbilene, TX53,961Sugar Land, TX: 53,917 personsSugar Land, TX53,917Allen, TX: 51,263 personsAllen, TX51,263Beaumont, TX: 51,083 personsBeaumont, TX51,083Tyler, TX: 48,563 personsTyler, TX48,563San Angelo, TX: 46,502 personsSan Angelo, TX46,502New Braunfels, TX: 43,513 personsNew Braunfels, TX43,513Houston, TX: 1,116,126 personsHouston, TX1,116,126San Antonio, TX: 660,648 personsSan Antonio, TX660,648Dallas, TX: 651,823 personsDallas, TX651,823Austin, TX: 549,895 personsAustin, TX549,895Fort Worth, TX: 437,885 personsFort Worth, TX437,885El Paso, TX: 290,570 personsEl Paso, TX290,570Arlington, TX: 198,529 personsArlington, TX198,529Plano, TX: 148,661 personsPlano, TX148,661Corpus Christi, TX: 142,617 personsCorpus Christi, TX142,617Irving, TX: 131,527 personsIrving, TX131,527Lubbock, TX: 124,151 personsLubbock, TX124,151Garland, TX: 121,769 personsGarland, TX121,769Laredo, TX: 102,533 personsLaredo, TX102,533Frisco, TX: 99,006 personsFrisco, TX99,006McKinney, TX: 95,883 personsMcKinney, TX95,883Grand Prairie, TX: 94,880 personsGrand Prairie, TX94,880Amarillo, TX: 94,758 personsAmarillo, TX94,758Carrollton, TX: 76,181 personsCarrollton, TX76,181Mesquite, TX: 74,537 personsMesquite, TX74,537Brownsville, TX: 71,920 personsBrownsville, TX71,920Denton, TX: 70,574 personsDenton, TX70,574Lewisville, TX: 69,576 personsLewisville, TX69,576Midland, TX: 68,460 personsMidland, TX68,460Pasadena, TX: 65,582 personsPasadena, TX65,582Richardson, TX: 64,061 personsRichardson, TX64,061Round Rock, TX: 62,291 personsRound Rock, TX62,291Pearland, TX: 61,847 personsPearland, TX61,847Waco, TX: 61,670 personsWaco, TX61,670McAllen, TX: 61,433 personsMcAllen, TX61,433Odessa, TX: 58,387 personsOdessa, TX58,387College Station, TX: 58,273 personsCollege Station, TX58,273Killeen, TX: 56,976 personsKilleen, TX56,976League City, TX: 56,795 personsLeague City, TX56,795Abilene, TX: 53,961 personsAbilene, TX53,961Sugar Land, TX: 53,917 personsSugar Land, TX53,917Allen, TX: 51,263 personsAllen, TX51,263Beaumont, TX: 51,083 personsBeaumont, TX51,083Tyler, TX: 48,563 personsTyler, TX48,563San Angelo, TX: 46,502 personsSan Angelo, TX46,502New Braunfels, TX: 43,513 personsNew Braunfels, TX43,513
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Houston, TX1,116,126+0.7%
2San Antonio, TX660,648+1.1%
3Dallas, TX651,823+0.7%
4Austin, TX549,895+2.4%
5Fort Worth, TX437,885+2.9%
6El Paso, TX290,570+1.6%
7Arlington, TX198,529+1.4%
8Plano, TX148,661+0.2%
9Corpus Christi, TX142,617-0.1%
10Irving, TX131,527-0.1%
11Lubbock, TX124,151+1.3%
12Garland, TX121,769-0.2%
13Laredo, TX102,533+2.1%
14Frisco, TX99,006+7.4%
15McKinney, TX95,883+4.8%
16Grand Prairie, TX94,880+1.1%
17Amarillo, TX94,758+0.5%
18Carrollton, TX76,181+2.4%
19Mesquite, TX74,537-0.6%
20Brownsville, TX71,920+1.1%
21Denton, TX70,574+3.6%
22Lewisville, TX69,576+2.6%
23Midland, TX68,460+4.4%
24Pasadena, TX65,582-0.3%
25Richardson, TX64,061+2%
26Round Rock, TX62,291+4.7%
27Pearland, TX61,847+1.4%
28Waco, TX61,670+1.6%
29McAllen, TX61,433+1.5%
30Odessa, TX58,387+3.7%
31College Station, TX58,273+2.7%
32Killeen, TX56,976+0.8%
33League City, TX56,795+2.3%
34Abilene, TX53,961+2.7%
35Sugar Land, TX53,917+0.2%
36Allen, TX51,263+2.6%
37Beaumont, TX51,083-0.3%
38Tyler, TX48,563+0.9%
39San Angelo, TX46,5020%
40New Braunfels, TX43,513+7.1%
41Wichita Falls, TX43,4580%
42Conroe, TX41,776+4.9%
43Edinburg, TX41,472+3.9%
44Flower Mound, TX39,143+2.9%
45Cedar Park, TX39,127+4.2%
46Bryan, TX38,452+3.2%
47Baytown, TX37,155+1.4%
48Longview, TX36,709+1.4%
49Mansfield, TX36,424+3.4%
50Missouri City, TX36,284+1.4%
51San Marcos, TX36,042+2.3%
52North Richland Hills, TX35,714+1%
53Pflugerville, TX35,248+2.6%
54Euless, TX34,098+1%
55Temple, TX33,511+1.7%
56Mission, TX33,079+1.5%
57Rowlett, TX32,742+2.6%
58Pharr, TX31,302+1.2%
59Victoria, TX29,413-0.9%
60Grapevine, TX28,886+4.1%
61Wylie, TX28,800+4.4%
62DeSoto, TX28,621+0.1%
63Leander, TX28,495+15.4%
64Harlingen, TX27,712+1.1%
65Bedford, TX26,8100%
66The Colony, TX26,239+2.7%
67Georgetown, TX26,197+10.1%
68Galveston, TX24,369+0.8%
69Cedar Hill, TX24,080-0.2%
70Rockwall, TX23,915+2.2%
71Coppell, TX23,034-0.2%
72Texas City, TX22,706+3%
73Kyle, TX22,657+5.3%
74Keller, TX22,480+0.9%
75Burleson, TX22,401+3.6%
76Little Elm, TX22,179+9.6%
77Haltom City, TX22,139+0.3%
78Hurst, TX20,678+0.2%
79Sherman, TX20,164+2.5%
80Waxahachie, TX19,807+4.2%
81Port Arthur, TX19,793-0.8%
82Farmers Branch, TX19,333+30.9%
83Friendswood, TX18,860+1.1%
84Lancaster, TX18,484+0.3%
85Schertz, TX18,440+2.5%
86Rosenberg, TX17,868+1.8%
87Duncanville, TX17,648-0.6%
88Midlothian, TX17,085+7.9%
89Huntsville, TX16,980+1.1%
90Deer Park, TX16,248-0.4%
91La Porte, TX16,1650%
92Del Rio, TX15,123+2.3%
93Weslaco, TX14,751+2.1%
94Texarkana, TX14,508+0.6%
95Weatherford, TX14,471+7.1%
96Sachse, TX14,346+0.4%
97Nacogdoches, TX14,344-2.1%
98Hutto, TX14,314+6.9%
99Socorro, TX14,302+2.7%
100Copperas Cove, TX14,172+1.2%
101San Juan, TX13,862+1.3%
102Cleburne, TX13,848+3.2%
103Lufkin, TX13,695-0.5%
104Seguin, TX13,551+1.4%
105Harker Heights, TX13,474+1.2%
106Lake Jackson, TX13,471-0.3%
107Cibolo, TX13,469+3.9%
108Southlake, TX13,196+1.8%
109Balch Springs, TX12,811-0.1%
110Converse, TX12,660+1.9%
111Alvin, TX12,388+0.8%
112Greenville, TX12,260+2.9%
113Colleyville, TX12,209+1.8%
114Forney, TX11,308+20.8%
115Corsicana, TX11,123+1.2%
116Eagle Pass, TX11,067-0.9%
117Kingsville, TX10,849+1.9%
118University Park, TX10,550+0.1%
119Paris, TX10,384+0.9%
120Big Spring, TX10,335+3.5%
121Denison, TX10,101+1.9%
122San Benito, TX8,412+0.7%

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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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.12 million in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

San Benito, TX, with 8,412 in 2019.

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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 2019 and are not ranked.

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