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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 134 cities in 2020, at 1.05 million. Melissa, TX had the lowest, at 6,568. The median was 24,432. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,047,434Houston, TX
Lowest6,568Melissa, TX
Median24,432134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2020

Houston, TX: 1,047,434 personsHouston, TX1,047,434San Antonio, TX: 629,042 personsSan Antonio, TX629,042Dallas, TX: 620,759 personsDallas, TX620,759Austin, TX: 529,669 personsAustin, TX529,669Fort Worth, TX: 426,702 personsFort Worth, TX426,702El Paso, TX: 278,282 personsEl Paso, TX278,282Arlington, TX: 189,153 personsArlington, TX189,153Plano, TX: 143,566 personsPlano, TX143,566Corpus Christi, TX: 133,383 personsCorpus Christi, TX133,383Irving, TX: 125,815 personsIrving, TX125,815Lubbock, TX: 119,682 personsLubbock, TX119,682Garland, TX: 115,515 personsGarland, TX115,515Frisco, TX: 98,797 personsFrisco, TX98,797Laredo, TX: 96,403 personsLaredo, TX96,403McKinney, TX: 95,709 personsMcKinney, TX95,709Amarillo, TX: 91,919 personsAmarillo, TX91,919Grand Prairie, TX: 90,762 personsGrand Prairie, TX90,762Carrollton, TX: 73,486 personsCarrollton, TX73,486Brownsville, TX: 70,388 personsBrownsville, TX70,388Mesquite, TX: 70,062 personsMesquite, TX70,062Denton, TX: 69,737 personsDenton, TX69,737Lewisville, TX: 67,837 personsLewisville, TX67,837Round Rock, TX: 60,971 personsRound Rock, TX60,971Waco, TX: 60,837 personsWaco, TX60,837Pasadena, TX: 60,835 personsPasadena, TX60,835Richardson, TX: 60,815 personsRichardson, TX60,815Midland, TX: 59,909 personsMidland, TX59,909McAllen, TX: 59,423 personsMcAllen, TX59,423Pearland, TX: 58,358 personsPearland, TX58,358College Station, TX: 56,494 personsCollege Station, TX56,494Killeen, TX: 55,772 personsKilleen, TX55,772League City, TX: 53,967 personsLeague City, TX53,967Abilene, TX: 52,347 personsAbilene, TX52,347Odessa, TX: 50,898 personsOdessa, TX50,898Allen, TX: 50,649 personsAllen, TX50,649Sugar Land, TX: 50,287 personsSugar Land, TX50,287Beaumont, TX: 47,374 personsBeaumont, TX47,374Tyler, TX: 47,050 personsTyler, TX47,050San Angelo, TX: 44,461 personsSan Angelo, TX44,461New Braunfels, TX: 43,258 personsNew Braunfels, TX43,258Houston, TX: 1,047,434 personsHouston, TX1,047,434San Antonio, TX: 629,042 personsSan Antonio, TX629,042Dallas, TX: 620,759 personsDallas, TX620,759Austin, TX: 529,669 personsAustin, TX529,669Fort Worth, TX: 426,702 personsFort Worth, TX426,702El Paso, TX: 278,282 personsEl Paso, TX278,282Arlington, TX: 189,153 personsArlington, TX189,153Plano, TX: 143,566 personsPlano, TX143,566Corpus Christi, TX: 133,383 personsCorpus Christi, TX133,383Irving, TX: 125,815 personsIrving, TX125,815Lubbock, TX: 119,682 personsLubbock, TX119,682Garland, TX: 115,515 personsGarland, TX115,515Frisco, TX: 98,797 personsFrisco, TX98,797Laredo, TX: 96,403 personsLaredo, TX96,403McKinney, TX: 95,709 personsMcKinney, TX95,709Amarillo, TX: 91,919 personsAmarillo, TX91,919Grand Prairie, TX: 90,762 personsGrand Prairie, TX90,762Carrollton, TX: 73,486 personsCarrollton, TX73,486Brownsville, TX: 70,388 personsBrownsville, TX70,388Mesquite, TX: 70,062 personsMesquite, TX70,062Denton, TX: 69,737 personsDenton, TX69,737Lewisville, TX: 67,837 personsLewisville, TX67,837Round Rock, TX: 60,971 personsRound Rock, TX60,971Waco, TX: 60,837 personsWaco, TX60,837Pasadena, TX: 60,835 personsPasadena, TX60,835Richardson, TX: 60,815 personsRichardson, TX60,815Midland, TX: 59,909 personsMidland, TX59,909McAllen, TX: 59,423 personsMcAllen, TX59,423Pearland, TX: 58,358 personsPearland, TX58,358College Station, TX: 56,494 personsCollege Station, TX56,494Killeen, TX: 55,772 personsKilleen, TX55,772League City, TX: 53,967 personsLeague City, TX53,967Abilene, TX: 52,347 personsAbilene, TX52,347Odessa, TX: 50,898 personsOdessa, TX50,898Allen, TX: 50,649 personsAllen, TX50,649Sugar Land, TX: 50,287 personsSugar Land, TX50,287Beaumont, TX: 47,374 personsBeaumont, TX47,374Tyler, TX: 47,050 personsTyler, TX47,050San Angelo, TX: 44,461 personsSan Angelo, TX44,461New Braunfels, TX: 43,258 personsNew Braunfels, TX43,258
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Houston, TX1,047,434-6.2%
2San Antonio, TX629,042-4.8%
3Dallas, TX620,759-4.8%
4Austin, TX529,669-3.7%
5Fort Worth, TX426,702-2.6%
6El Paso, TX278,282-4.2%
7Arlington, TX189,153-4.7%
8Plano, TX143,566-3.4%
9Corpus Christi, TX133,383-6.5%
10Irving, TX125,815-4.3%
11Lubbock, TX119,682-3.6%
12Garland, TX115,515-5.1%
13Frisco, TX98,797-0.2%
14Laredo, TX96,403-6%
15McKinney, TX95,709-0.2%
16Amarillo, TX91,919-3%
17Grand Prairie, TX90,762-4.3%
18Carrollton, TX73,486-3.5%
19Brownsville, TX70,388-2.1%
20Mesquite, TX70,062-6%
21Denton, TX69,737-1.2%
22Lewisville, TX67,837-2.5%
23Round Rock, TX60,971-2.1%
24Waco, TX60,837-1.4%
25Pasadena, TX60,835-7.2%
26Richardson, TX60,815-5.1%
27Midland, TX59,909-12.5%
28McAllen, TX59,423-3.3%
29Pearland, TX58,358-5.6%
30College Station, TX56,494-3.1%
31Killeen, TX55,772-2.1%
32League City, TX53,967-5%
33Abilene, TX52,347-3%
34Odessa, TX50,898-12.8%
35Allen, TX50,649-1.2%
36Sugar Land, TX50,287-6.7%
37Beaumont, TX47,374-7.3%
38Tyler, TX47,050-3.1%
39San Angelo, TX44,461-4.4%
40New Braunfels, TX43,258-0.6%
41Conroe, TX41,524-0.6%
42Wichita Falls, TX41,402-4.7%
43Edinburg, TX40,610-2.1%
44Flower Mound, TX38,364-2%
45Cedar Park, TX37,752-3.5%
46Bryan, TX37,616-2.2%
47Mansfield, TX35,368-2.9%
48San Marcos, TX34,974-3%
49North Richland Hills, TX34,809-2.5%
50Baytown, TX34,706-6.6%
51Missouri City, TX34,469-5%
52Longview, TX34,340-6.5%
53Pflugerville, TX34,052-3.4%
54Temple, TX33,255-0.8%
55Euless, TX32,609-4.4%
56Mission, TX31,920-3.5%
57Rowlett, TX31,705-3.2%
58Leander, TX30,764+8%
59Pharr, TX30,268-3.3%
60Wylie, TX28,149-2.3%
61Grapevine, TX27,833-3.6%
62Victoria, TX27,284-7.2%
63DeSoto, TX27,196-5%
64Harlingen, TX27,026-2.5%
65Georgetown, TX26,998+3.1%
66The Colony, TX25,556-2.6%
67Bedford, TX25,267-5.8%
68Rockwall, TX23,596-1.3%
69Kyle, TX22,974+1.4%
70Cedar Hill, TX22,908-4.9%
71Galveston, TX22,826-6.3%
72Little Elm, TX22,693+2.3%
73Burleson, TX22,015-1.7%
74Texas City, TX21,986-3.2%
75Coppell, TX21,708-5.8%
76Keller, TX21,330-5.1%
77Haltom City, TX20,945-5.4%
78Farmers Branch, TX20,103+4%
79Sherman, TX19,922-1.2%
80Waxahachie, TX19,803-0%
81Hurst, TX19,508-5.7%
82Port Arthur, TX18,499-6.5%
83Friendswood, TX17,647-6.4%
84Lancaster, TX17,613-4.7%
85Schertz, TX17,531-4.9%
86Rosenberg, TX17,235-3.5%
87Midlothian, TX17,057-0.2%
88Duncanville, TX16,567-6.1%
89Huntsville, TX16,413-3.3%
90La Porte, TX15,523-4%
91Deer Park, TX15,041-7.4%
92Weslaco, TX14,800+0.3%
93Hutto, TX14,579+1.9%
94Weatherford, TX14,288-1.3%
95Socorro, TX14,253-0.3%
96Nacogdoches, TX13,821-3.6%
97Copperas Cove, TX13,814-2.5%
98Texarkana, TX13,774-5.1%
99Prosper, TX13,624n/a
100Sachse, TX13,622-5%
101Cibolo, TX13,572+0.8%
102Del Rio, TX13,571-10.3%
103Cleburne, TX13,484-2.6%
104San Juan, TX13,396-3.4%
105Harker Heights, TX13,234-1.8%
106Lufkin, TX13,068-4.6%
107Seguin, TX12,796-5.6%
108Lake Jackson, TX12,565-6.7%
109Southlake, TX12,561-4.8%
110Converse, TX12,155-4%
111Balch Springs, TX12,099-5.6%
112Greenville, TX11,948-2.5%
113Alvin, TX11,765-5%
114Forney, TX11,710+3.6%
115Colleyville, TX11,646-4.6%
116Saginaw, TX11,336n/a
117Eagle Pass, TX10,498-5.1%
118Corsicana, TX10,412-6.4%
119Kingsville, TX10,239-5.6%
120University Park, TX10,007-5.1%
121Paris, TX9,958-4.1%
122Denison, TX9,847-2.5%
123Kerrville, TX9,631n/a
124Katy, TX9,395n/a
125Big Spring, TX9,393-9.1%
126Belton, TX9,339n/a
127Princeton, TX8,737n/a
128Fate, TX8,548n/a
129Anna, TX8,547n/a
130Celina, TX8,493n/a
131San Benito, TX8,159-3%
132Fulshear, TX6,802n/a
133Royse City, TX6,784n/a
134Melissa, TX6,568n/a

Other periods

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. 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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2020) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2020. 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/employed-residents/texas-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. 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/employed-residents/texas-cities?period=2020.

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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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/texas-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.05 million in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Melissa, TX, with 6,568 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.

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