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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 134 cities in 2022, at 1.11 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 8,807. The median was 28,387. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,113,894Houston, TX
Lowest8,807San Benito, TX
Median28,387134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

Houston, TX: 1,113,894 personsHouston, TX1,113,894San Antonio, TX: 686,200 personsSan Antonio, TX686,200Dallas, TX: 670,477 personsDallas, TX670,477Austin, TX: 598,154 personsAustin, TX598,154Fort Worth, TX: 475,649 personsFort Worth, TX475,649El Paso, TX: 298,110 personsEl Paso, TX298,110Arlington, TX: 203,743 personsArlington, TX203,743Plano, TX: 157,556 personsPlano, TX157,556Corpus Christi, TX: 139,944 personsCorpus Christi, TX139,944Irving, TX: 135,111 personsIrving, TX135,111Lubbock, TX: 129,751 personsLubbock, TX129,751Garland, TX: 125,038 personsGarland, TX125,038Frisco, TX: 115,994 personsFrisco, TX115,994McKinney, TX: 109,125 personsMcKinney, TX109,125Laredo, TX: 103,468 personsLaredo, TX103,468Grand Prairie, TX: 100,792 personsGrand Prairie, TX100,792Amarillo, TX: 97,345 personsAmarillo, TX97,345Denton, TX: 80,496 personsDenton, TX80,496Carrollton, TX: 79,783 personsCarrollton, TX79,783Brownsville, TX: 77,507 personsBrownsville, TX77,507Lewisville, TX: 76,275 personsLewisville, TX76,275Mesquite, TX: 74,983 personsMesquite, TX74,983Round Rock, TX: 71,692 personsRound Rock, TX71,692Midland, TX: 68,459 personsMidland, TX68,459Richardson, TX: 65,659 personsRichardson, TX65,659Waco, TX: 65,496 personsWaco, TX65,496McAllen, TX: 65,356 personsMcAllen, TX65,356College Station, TX: 63,328 personsCollege Station, TX63,328Pasadena, TX: 63,023 personsPasadena, TX63,023Pearland, TX: 62,288 personsPearland, TX62,288Killeen, TX: 59,567 personsKilleen, TX59,567Allen, TX: 58,069 personsAllen, TX58,069League City, TX: 57,442 personsLeague City, TX57,442Abilene, TX: 56,576 personsAbilene, TX56,576Odessa, TX: 56,412 personsOdessa, TX56,412Sugar Land, TX: 52,714 personsSugar Land, TX52,714New Braunfels, TX: 52,648 personsNew Braunfels, TX52,648Tyler, TX: 50,817 personsTyler, TX50,817Conroe, TX: 48,927 personsConroe, TX48,927Beaumont, TX: 48,501 personsBeaumont, TX48,501Houston, TX: 1,113,894 personsHouston, TX1,113,894San Antonio, TX: 686,200 personsSan Antonio, TX686,200Dallas, TX: 670,477 personsDallas, TX670,477Austin, TX: 598,154 personsAustin, TX598,154Fort Worth, TX: 475,649 personsFort Worth, TX475,649El Paso, TX: 298,110 personsEl Paso, TX298,110Arlington, TX: 203,743 personsArlington, TX203,743Plano, TX: 157,556 personsPlano, TX157,556Corpus Christi, TX: 139,944 personsCorpus Christi, TX139,944Irving, TX: 135,111 personsIrving, TX135,111Lubbock, TX: 129,751 personsLubbock, TX129,751Garland, TX: 125,038 personsGarland, TX125,038Frisco, TX: 115,994 personsFrisco, TX115,994McKinney, TX: 109,125 personsMcKinney, TX109,125Laredo, TX: 103,468 personsLaredo, TX103,468Grand Prairie, TX: 100,792 personsGrand Prairie, TX100,792Amarillo, TX: 97,345 personsAmarillo, TX97,345Denton, TX: 80,496 personsDenton, TX80,496Carrollton, TX: 79,783 personsCarrollton, TX79,783Brownsville, TX: 77,507 personsBrownsville, TX77,507Lewisville, TX: 76,275 personsLewisville, TX76,275Mesquite, TX: 74,983 personsMesquite, TX74,983Round Rock, TX: 71,692 personsRound Rock, TX71,692Midland, TX: 68,459 personsMidland, TX68,459Richardson, TX: 65,659 personsRichardson, TX65,659Waco, TX: 65,496 personsWaco, TX65,496McAllen, TX: 65,356 personsMcAllen, TX65,356College Station, TX: 63,328 personsCollege Station, TX63,328Pasadena, TX: 63,023 personsPasadena, TX63,023Pearland, TX: 62,288 personsPearland, TX62,288Killeen, TX: 59,567 personsKilleen, TX59,567Allen, TX: 58,069 personsAllen, TX58,069League City, TX: 57,442 personsLeague City, TX57,442Abilene, TX: 56,576 personsAbilene, TX56,576Odessa, TX: 56,412 personsOdessa, TX56,412Sugar Land, TX: 52,714 personsSugar Land, TX52,714New Braunfels, TX: 52,648 personsNew Braunfels, TX52,648Tyler, TX: 50,817 personsTyler, TX50,817Conroe, TX: 48,927 personsConroe, TX48,927Beaumont, TX: 48,501 personsBeaumont, TX48,501
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Houston, TX1,113,894+3.6%
2San Antonio, TX686,200+4.1%
3Dallas, TX670,477+3.9%
4Austin, TX598,154+5.8%
5Fort Worth, TX475,649+5.1%
6El Paso, TX298,110+3.1%
7Arlington, TX203,743+3.4%
8Plano, TX157,556+3.7%
9Corpus Christi, TX139,944+2.2%
10Irving, TX135,111+3.2%
11Lubbock, TX129,751+3.2%
12Garland, TX125,038+4%
13Frisco, TX115,994+7.5%
14McKinney, TX109,125+5.5%
15Laredo, TX103,468+3.4%
16Grand Prairie, TX100,792+5.4%
17Amarillo, TX97,345+1.6%
18Denton, TX80,496+5.5%
19Carrollton, TX79,783+3.4%
20Brownsville, TX77,507+3.5%
21Lewisville, TX76,275+6.5%
22Mesquite, TX74,983+3.3%
23Round Rock, TX71,692+7.5%
24Midland, TX68,459+8.9%
25Richardson, TX65,659+3.8%
26Waco, TX65,496+2.7%
27McAllen, TX65,356+3.5%
28College Station, TX63,328+4.7%
29Pasadena, TX63,023+2.4%
30Pearland, TX62,288+3.7%
31Killeen, TX59,567+2%
32Allen, TX58,069+7.7%
33League City, TX57,442+2.5%
34Abilene, TX56,576+3.7%
35Odessa, TX56,412+8.2%
36Sugar Land, TX52,714+2.9%
37New Braunfels, TX52,648+8.4%
38Tyler, TX50,817+3.4%
39Conroe, TX48,927+9.2%
40Beaumont, TX48,501+2.6%
41San Angelo, TX48,031+3.4%
42Edinburg, TX45,444+4.1%
43Wichita Falls, TX42,859+1.1%
44Bryan, TX42,688+6.4%
45Flower Mound, TX42,667+4.5%
46Cedar Park, TX42,076+3.7%
47Leander, TX41,982+16.5%
48San Marcos, TX40,276+6.6%
49Mansfield, TX40,125+6.2%
50Georgetown, TX38,150+20.4%
51Pflugerville, TX38,146+3.8%
52North Richland Hills, TX37,653+3.6%
53Missouri City, TX37,617+5%
54Temple, TX37,133+5.2%
55Baytown, TX36,424+3.1%
56Longview, TX36,158+3.4%
57Rowlett, TX35,586+5.3%
58Mission, TX34,908+3.6%
59Euless, TX34,574+2.4%
60Pharr, TX32,922+3.6%
61Wylie, TX32,169+6%
62Kyle, TX31,613+16.4%
63Grapevine, TX30,243+3.7%
64DeSoto, TX29,480+3.9%
65Harlingen, TX29,316+2.2%
66Little Elm, TX28,805+11.5%
67Victoria, TX28,705+2.4%
68The Colony, TX28,069+3.6%
69Rockwall, TX27,565+6.7%
70Bedford, TX26,639+2%
71Burleson, TX26,351+6.7%
72Texas City, TX24,728+5.2%
73Cedar Hill, TX24,426+2.7%
74Galveston, TX23,884+2.2%
75Waxahachie, TX23,394+7%
76Coppell, TX22,999+2.4%
77Keller, TX22,712+2.5%
78Haltom City, TX22,316+2.5%
79Farmers Branch, TX21,800+3.9%
80Hutto, TX21,228+24.6%
81Sherman, TX21,027+0.7%
82Hurst, TX20,656+1.9%
83Midlothian, TX20,072+7.5%
84Rosenberg, TX19,358+6.1%
85Port Arthur, TX19,236+2.8%
86Schertz, TX19,057+3.5%
87Lancaster, TX18,701+2.5%
88Friendswood, TX18,538+2.3%
89Prosper, TX18,064+14.1%
90Weatherford, TX17,829+9.5%
91Celina, TX17,653+47.8%
92Duncanville, TX17,463+2.2%
93La Porte, TX17,076+4.5%
94Forney, TX17,037+21.3%
95Huntsville, TX17,023+1.7%
96Socorro, TX16,669+7.6%
96Weslaco, TX16,669+6%
98Sachse, TX16,662+8.8%
99Cleburne, TX15,577+8.2%
100Deer Park, TX15,567+2.3%
101Seguin, TX15,445+10.8%
102Cibolo, TX15,327+6.6%
103Copperas Cove, TX14,743+2.1%
104Del Rio, TX14,693+1.3%
105San Juan, TX14,688+3.7%
106Nacogdoches, TX14,242-0.4%
107Texarkana, TX14,216+0.3%
108Greenville, TX14,183+8.2%
109Harker Heights, TX13,997+2.1%
110Fulshear, TX13,895+39.9%
111Converse, TX13,765+6%
112Lufkin, TX13,544+0.6%
113Southlake, TX13,451+3%
114Lake Jackson, TX13,070+2%
115Alvin, TX12,936+5.2%
116Saginaw, TX12,849+8.5%
117Balch Springs, TX12,796+2.4%
118Anna, TX12,498+20%
119Colleyville, TX12,434+2.5%
120Princeton, TX12,364+17.7%
121Fate, TX11,437+11.9%
122Katy, TX11,215+9.4%
123Eagle Pass, TX11,092+3.9%
124Denison, TX10,842+5%
125Corsicana, TX10,758-0.7%
126University Park, TX10,740+3%
127Paris, TX10,646+0.3%
128Kingsville, TX10,601+1.2%
129Royse City, TX10,538+27.1%
130Kerrville, TX10,238+1.6%
131Belton, TX10,091+3.3%
132Melissa, TX9,602+17.8%
133Big Spring, TX9,319-3%
134San Benito, TX8,807+2.5%

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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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.11 million in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

San Benito, TX, with 8,807 in 2022.

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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