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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 134 cities in 2023, at 1.14 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 8,926. The median was 28,638. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,139,986Houston, TX
Lowest8,926San Benito, TX
Median28,638134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Houston, TX: 1,139,986 personsHouston, TX1,139,986San Antonio, TX: 704,952 personsSan Antonio, TX704,952Dallas, TX: 680,502 personsDallas, TX680,502Austin, TX: 616,339 personsAustin, TX616,339Fort Worth, TX: 492,640 personsFort Worth, TX492,640El Paso, TX: 305,073 personsEl Paso, TX305,073Arlington, TX: 208,386 personsArlington, TX208,386Plano, TX: 159,477 personsPlano, TX159,477Corpus Christi, TX: 143,916 personsCorpus Christi, TX143,916Irving, TX: 136,766 personsIrving, TX136,766Lubbock, TX: 132,294 personsLubbock, TX132,294Garland, TX: 125,219 personsGarland, TX125,219Frisco, TX: 119,942 personsFrisco, TX119,942McKinney, TX: 113,427 personsMcKinney, TX113,427Laredo, TX: 106,553 personsLaredo, TX106,553Grand Prairie, TX: 102,343 personsGrand Prairie, TX102,343Amarillo, TX: 98,800 personsAmarillo, TX98,800Denton, TX: 85,308 personsDenton, TX85,308Carrollton, TX: 79,986 personsCarrollton, TX79,986Brownsville, TX: 79,472 personsBrownsville, TX79,472Lewisville, TX: 78,195 personsLewisville, TX78,195Mesquite, TX: 75,667 personsMesquite, TX75,667Round Rock, TX: 75,444 personsRound Rock, TX75,444Midland, TX: 73,114 personsMidland, TX73,114McAllen, TX: 67,237 personsMcAllen, TX67,237Waco, TX: 67,005 personsWaco, TX67,005Richardson, TX: 65,613 personsRichardson, TX65,613College Station, TX: 65,372 personsCollege Station, TX65,372Pasadena, TX: 63,720 personsPasadena, TX63,720Pearland, TX: 63,420 personsPearland, TX63,420Killeen, TX: 59,739 personsKilleen, TX59,739Odessa, TX: 59,254 personsOdessa, TX59,254Allen, TX: 58,718 personsAllen, TX58,718League City, TX: 58,488 personsLeague City, TX58,488Abilene, TX: 58,321 personsAbilene, TX58,321New Braunfels, TX: 56,329 personsNew Braunfels, TX56,329Sugar Land, TX: 53,095 personsSugar Land, TX53,095Conroe, TX: 52,840 personsConroe, TX52,840Tyler, TX: 52,034 personsTyler, TX52,034Beaumont, TX: 49,499 personsBeaumont, TX49,499Houston, TX: 1,139,986 personsHouston, TX1,139,986San Antonio, TX: 704,952 personsSan Antonio, TX704,952Dallas, TX: 680,502 personsDallas, TX680,502Austin, TX: 616,339 personsAustin, TX616,339Fort Worth, TX: 492,640 personsFort Worth, TX492,640El Paso, TX: 305,073 personsEl Paso, TX305,073Arlington, TX: 208,386 personsArlington, TX208,386Plano, TX: 159,477 personsPlano, TX159,477Corpus Christi, TX: 143,916 personsCorpus Christi, TX143,916Irving, TX: 136,766 personsIrving, TX136,766Lubbock, TX: 132,294 personsLubbock, TX132,294Garland, TX: 125,219 personsGarland, TX125,219Frisco, TX: 119,942 personsFrisco, TX119,942McKinney, TX: 113,427 personsMcKinney, TX113,427Laredo, TX: 106,553 personsLaredo, TX106,553Grand Prairie, TX: 102,343 personsGrand Prairie, TX102,343Amarillo, TX: 98,800 personsAmarillo, TX98,800Denton, TX: 85,308 personsDenton, TX85,308Carrollton, TX: 79,986 personsCarrollton, TX79,986Brownsville, TX: 79,472 personsBrownsville, TX79,472Lewisville, TX: 78,195 personsLewisville, TX78,195Mesquite, TX: 75,667 personsMesquite, TX75,667Round Rock, TX: 75,444 personsRound Rock, TX75,444Midland, TX: 73,114 personsMidland, TX73,114McAllen, TX: 67,237 personsMcAllen, TX67,237Waco, TX: 67,005 personsWaco, TX67,005Richardson, TX: 65,613 personsRichardson, TX65,613College Station, TX: 65,372 personsCollege Station, TX65,372Pasadena, TX: 63,720 personsPasadena, TX63,720Pearland, TX: 63,420 personsPearland, TX63,420Killeen, TX: 59,739 personsKilleen, TX59,739Odessa, TX: 59,254 personsOdessa, TX59,254Allen, TX: 58,718 personsAllen, TX58,718League City, TX: 58,488 personsLeague City, TX58,488Abilene, TX: 58,321 personsAbilene, TX58,321New Braunfels, TX: 56,329 personsNew Braunfels, TX56,329Sugar Land, TX: 53,095 personsSugar Land, TX53,095Conroe, TX: 52,840 personsConroe, TX52,840Tyler, TX: 52,034 personsTyler, TX52,034Beaumont, TX: 49,499 personsBeaumont, TX49,499
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Houston, TX1,139,986+2.3%
2San Antonio, TX704,952+2.7%
3Dallas, TX680,502+1.5%
4Austin, TX616,339+3%
5Fort Worth, TX492,640+3.6%
6El Paso, TX305,073+2.3%
7Arlington, TX208,386+2.3%
8Plano, TX159,477+1.2%
9Corpus Christi, TX143,916+2.8%
10Irving, TX136,766+1.2%
11Lubbock, TX132,294+2%
12Garland, TX125,219+0.1%
13Frisco, TX119,942+3.4%
14McKinney, TX113,427+3.9%
15Laredo, TX106,553+3%
16Grand Prairie, TX102,343+1.5%
17Amarillo, TX98,800+1.5%
18Denton, TX85,308+6%
19Carrollton, TX79,986+0.3%
20Brownsville, TX79,472+2.5%
21Lewisville, TX78,195+2.5%
22Mesquite, TX75,667+0.9%
23Round Rock, TX75,444+5.2%
24Midland, TX73,114+6.8%
25McAllen, TX67,237+2.9%
26Waco, TX67,005+2.3%
27Richardson, TX65,613-0.1%
28College Station, TX65,372+3.2%
29Pasadena, TX63,720+1.1%
30Pearland, TX63,420+1.8%
31Killeen, TX59,739+0.3%
32Odessa, TX59,254+5%
33Allen, TX58,718+1.1%
34League City, TX58,488+1.8%
35Abilene, TX58,321+3.1%
36New Braunfels, TX56,329+7%
37Sugar Land, TX53,095+0.7%
38Conroe, TX52,840+8%
39Tyler, TX52,034+2.4%
40Beaumont, TX49,499+2.1%
41San Angelo, TX49,131+2.3%
42Edinburg, TX46,721+2.8%
43Leander, TX46,272+10.2%
44Bryan, TX44,432+4.1%
45Flower Mound, TX43,476+1.9%
46Wichita Falls, TX43,194+0.8%
47Georgetown, TX43,185+13.2%
48Cedar Park, TX42,945+2.1%
49San Marcos, TX41,866+3.9%
50Mansfield, TX41,599+3.7%
51Pflugerville, TX38,921+2%
52Temple, TX38,598+3.9%
53Missouri City, TX38,348+1.9%
54North Richland Hills, TX38,150+1.3%
55Rowlett, TX36,962+3.9%
56Baytown, TX36,931+1.4%
57Longview, TX36,681+1.4%
58Mission, TX35,696+2.3%
59Kyle, TX35,318+11.7%
60Euless, TX34,756+0.5%
61Pharr, TX33,498+1.7%
62Wylie, TX32,579+1.3%
63Little Elm, TX30,675+6.5%
64Grapevine, TX30,437+0.6%
65Harlingen, TX29,847+1.8%
66DeSoto, TX29,680+0.7%
67Victoria, TX28,832+0.4%
68Rockwall, TX28,443+3.2%
69The Colony, TX28,329+0.9%
70Burleson, TX27,481+4.3%
71Bedford, TX26,768+0.5%
72Texas City, TX25,396+2.7%
73Cedar Hill, TX24,783+1.5%
74Waxahachie, TX24,364+4.1%
75Galveston, TX24,194+1.3%
76Keller, TX23,569+3.8%
77Coppell, TX23,0060%
78Hutto, TX22,991+8.3%
79Celina, TX22,590+28%
80Haltom City, TX22,497+0.8%
81Farmers Branch, TX22,471+3.1%
82Sherman, TX22,304+6.1%
83Midlothian, TX21,576+7.5%
84Hurst, TX20,745+0.4%
85Prosper, TX20,150+11.5%
86Rosenberg, TX19,897+2.8%
87Port Arthur, TX19,639+2.1%
88Schertz, TX19,359+1.6%
89Weatherford, TX18,945+6.3%
90Forney, TX18,943+11.2%
91Lancaster, TX18,835+0.7%
92Friendswood, TX18,814+1.5%
93Sachse, TX17,794+6.8%
94Fulshear, TX17,708+27.4%
95La Porte, TX17,575+2.9%
96Duncanville, TX17,436-0.2%
97Huntsville, TX17,307+1.7%
98Weslaco, TX17,243+3.4%
99Socorro, TX17,238+3.4%
100Seguin, TX16,826+8.9%
101Cleburne, TX16,807+7.9%
102Cibolo, TX16,193+5.7%
103Deer Park, TX15,680+0.7%
104Princeton, TX15,280+23.6%
105San Juan, TX15,182+3.4%
106Greenville, TX15,011+5.8%
107Copperas Cove, TX15,008+1.8%
108Anna, TX14,736+17.9%
109Del Rio, TX14,578-0.8%
110Nacogdoches, TX14,443+1.4%
111Texarkana, TX14,337+0.9%
112Converse, TX14,260+3.6%
113Harker Heights, TX14,121+0.9%
114Southlake, TX13,648+1.5%
115Lufkin, TX13,513-0.2%
116Alvin, TX13,301+2.8%
117Lake Jackson, TX13,279+1.6%
118Saginaw, TX12,972+1%
119Royse City, TX12,940+22.8%
120Balch Springs, TX12,860+0.5%
121Colleyville, TX12,545+0.9%
122Fate, TX12,410+8.5%
123Katy, TX11,880+5.9%
124Melissa, TX11,830+23.2%
125Eagle Pass, TX11,360+2.4%
126Denison, TX10,980+1.3%
127University Park, TX10,836+0.9%
128Kingsville, TX10,756+1.5%
129Corsicana, TX10,724-0.3%
130Belton, TX10,470+3.8%
131Paris, TX10,467-1.7%
132Kerrville, TX10,421+1.8%
133Big Spring, TX9,363+0.5%
134San Benito, TX8,926+1.4%

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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.14 million in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

San Benito, TX, with 8,926 in 2023.

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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