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Cities in Texas by employed residents

Houston, TX had the highest employed residents of 134 cities in 2024, at 1.16 million. San Benito, TX had the lowest, at 9,082. The median was 28,729. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest1,160,459Houston, TX
Lowest9,082San Benito, TX
Median28,729134 cities

Top 40 cities, 2024

Houston, TX: 1,160,459 personsHouston, TX1,160,459San Antonio, TX: 721,336 personsSan Antonio, TX721,336Dallas, TX: 683,692 personsDallas, TX683,692Austin, TX: 624,646 personsAustin, TX624,646Fort Worth, TX: 507,014 personsFort Worth, TX507,014El Paso, TX: 315,609 personsEl Paso, TX315,609Arlington, TX: 210,802 personsArlington, TX210,802Plano, TX: 159,000 personsPlano, TX159,000Corpus Christi, TX: 146,145 personsCorpus Christi, TX146,145Irving, TX: 136,780 personsIrving, TX136,780Lubbock, TX: 135,576 personsLubbock, TX135,576Garland, TX: 127,072 personsGarland, TX127,072Frisco, TX: 123,957 personsFrisco, TX123,957McKinney, TX: 119,250 personsMcKinney, TX119,250Laredo, TX: 109,671 personsLaredo, TX109,671Grand Prairie, TX: 104,086 personsGrand Prairie, TX104,086Amarillo, TX: 100,711 personsAmarillo, TX100,711Denton, TX: 88,707 personsDenton, TX88,707Brownsville, TX: 81,003 personsBrownsville, TX81,003Carrollton, TX: 80,636 personsCarrollton, TX80,636Lewisville, TX: 78,906 personsLewisville, TX78,906Round Rock, TX: 78,430 personsRound Rock, TX78,430Midland, TX: 76,258 personsMidland, TX76,258Mesquite, TX: 76,077 personsMesquite, TX76,077McAllen, TX: 68,754 personsMcAllen, TX68,754Waco, TX: 68,368 personsWaco, TX68,368College Station, TX: 67,321 personsCollege Station, TX67,321Richardson, TX: 65,244 personsRichardson, TX65,244Pasadena, TX: 64,045 personsPasadena, TX64,045Pearland, TX: 63,863 personsPearland, TX63,863Odessa, TX: 61,473 personsOdessa, TX61,473Killeen, TX: 60,615 personsKilleen, TX60,615Abilene, TX: 60,056 personsAbilene, TX60,056New Braunfels, TX: 59,450 personsNew Braunfels, TX59,450League City, TX: 59,330 personsLeague City, TX59,330Allen, TX: 59,031 personsAllen, TX59,031Conroe, TX: 55,571 personsConroe, TX55,571Tyler, TX: 53,239 personsTyler, TX53,239Sugar Land, TX: 53,084 personsSugar Land, TX53,084Beaumont, TX: 51,393 personsBeaumont, TX51,393Houston, TX: 1,160,459 personsHouston, TX1,160,459San Antonio, TX: 721,336 personsSan Antonio, TX721,336Dallas, TX: 683,692 personsDallas, TX683,692Austin, TX: 624,646 personsAustin, TX624,646Fort Worth, TX: 507,014 personsFort Worth, TX507,014El Paso, TX: 315,609 personsEl Paso, TX315,609Arlington, TX: 210,802 personsArlington, TX210,802Plano, TX: 159,000 personsPlano, TX159,000Corpus Christi, TX: 146,145 personsCorpus Christi, TX146,145Irving, TX: 136,780 personsIrving, TX136,780Lubbock, TX: 135,576 personsLubbock, TX135,576Garland, TX: 127,072 personsGarland, TX127,072Frisco, TX: 123,957 personsFrisco, TX123,957McKinney, TX: 119,250 personsMcKinney, TX119,250Laredo, TX: 109,671 personsLaredo, TX109,671Grand Prairie, TX: 104,086 personsGrand Prairie, TX104,086Amarillo, TX: 100,711 personsAmarillo, TX100,711Denton, TX: 88,707 personsDenton, TX88,707Brownsville, TX: 81,003 personsBrownsville, TX81,003Carrollton, TX: 80,636 personsCarrollton, TX80,636Lewisville, TX: 78,906 personsLewisville, TX78,906Round Rock, TX: 78,430 personsRound Rock, TX78,430Midland, TX: 76,258 personsMidland, TX76,258Mesquite, TX: 76,077 personsMesquite, TX76,077McAllen, TX: 68,754 personsMcAllen, TX68,754Waco, TX: 68,368 personsWaco, TX68,368College Station, TX: 67,321 personsCollege Station, TX67,321Richardson, TX: 65,244 personsRichardson, TX65,244Pasadena, TX: 64,045 personsPasadena, TX64,045Pearland, TX: 63,863 personsPearland, TX63,863Odessa, TX: 61,473 personsOdessa, TX61,473Killeen, TX: 60,615 personsKilleen, TX60,615Abilene, TX: 60,056 personsAbilene, TX60,056New Braunfels, TX: 59,450 personsNew Braunfels, TX59,450League City, TX: 59,330 personsLeague City, TX59,330Allen, TX: 59,031 personsAllen, TX59,031Conroe, TX: 55,571 personsConroe, TX55,571Tyler, TX: 53,239 personsTyler, TX53,239Sugar Land, TX: 53,084 personsSugar Land, TX53,084Beaumont, TX: 51,393 personsBeaumont, TX51,393
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Houston, TX1,160,459+1.8%
2San Antonio, TX721,336+2.3%
3Dallas, TX683,692+0.5%
4Austin, TX624,646+1.3%
5Fort Worth, TX507,014+2.9%
6El Paso, TX315,609+3.5%
7Arlington, TX210,802+1.2%
8Plano, TX159,000-0.3%
9Corpus Christi, TX146,145+1.5%
10Irving, TX136,7800%
11Lubbock, TX135,576+2.5%
12Garland, TX127,072+1.5%
13Frisco, TX123,957+3.3%
14McKinney, TX119,250+5.1%
15Laredo, TX109,671+2.9%
16Grand Prairie, TX104,086+1.7%
17Amarillo, TX100,711+1.9%
18Denton, TX88,707+4%
19Brownsville, TX81,003+1.9%
20Carrollton, TX80,636+0.8%
21Lewisville, TX78,906+0.9%
22Round Rock, TX78,430+4%
23Midland, TX76,258+4.3%
24Mesquite, TX76,077+0.5%
25McAllen, TX68,754+2.3%
26Waco, TX68,368+2%
27College Station, TX67,321+3%
28Richardson, TX65,244-0.6%
29Pasadena, TX64,045+0.5%
30Pearland, TX63,863+0.7%
31Odessa, TX61,473+3.7%
32Killeen, TX60,615+1.5%
33Abilene, TX60,056+3%
34New Braunfels, TX59,450+5.5%
35League City, TX59,330+1.4%
36Allen, TX59,031+0.5%
37Conroe, TX55,571+5.2%
38Tyler, TX53,239+2.3%
39Sugar Land, TX53,084-0%
40Beaumont, TX51,393+3.8%
41Leander, TX50,742+9.7%
42San Angelo, TX50,112+2%
43Edinburg, TX48,527+3.9%
44Bryan, TX45,889+3.3%
45Georgetown, TX45,632+5.7%
46San Marcos, TX43,652+4.3%
47Cedar Park, TX43,506+1.3%
48Flower Mound, TX43,389-0.2%
49Wichita Falls, TX43,2020%
50Mansfield, TX42,744+2.8%
51Temple, TX40,227+4.2%
52Pflugerville, TX39,815+2.3%
53Missouri City, TX38,760+1.1%
54North Richland Hills, TX38,516+1%
55Kyle, TX37,323+5.7%
56Rowlett, TX37,235+0.7%
57Baytown, TX37,210+0.8%
58Longview, TX36,585-0.3%
59Mission, TX36,465+2.2%
60Euless, TX34,883+0.4%
61Pharr, TX34,064+1.7%
62Wylie, TX33,102+1.6%
63Little Elm, TX31,822+3.7%
64Grapevine, TX30,636+0.7%
65Harlingen, TX30,319+1.6%
66DeSoto, TX29,787+0.4%
67Victoria, TX28,8360%
68Rockwall, TX28,622+0.6%
69The Colony, TX28,3320%
70Burleson, TX28,123+2.3%
71Bedford, TX26,910+0.5%
72Celina, TX26,638+17.9%
73Texas City, TX25,895+2%
74Hutto, TX25,377+10.4%
75Cedar Hill, TX25,052+1.1%
76Waxahachie, TX25,022+2.7%
77Galveston, TX24,237+0.2%
78Keller, TX23,694+0.5%
79Sherman, TX23,580+5.7%
80Coppell, TX22,916-0.4%
81Midlothian, TX22,895+6.1%
82Haltom City, TX22,698+0.9%
83Fulshear, TX22,465+26.9%
84Farmers Branch, TX22,432-0.2%
85Prosper, TX21,278+5.6%
86Hurst, TX20,810+0.3%
87Forney, TX20,435+7.9%
88Port Arthur, TX20,343+3.6%
89Rosenberg, TX20,302+2%
90Schertz, TX19,958+3.1%
91Princeton, TX19,911+30.3%
92Weatherford, TX19,653+3.7%
93Friendswood, TX18,907+0.5%
94Lancaster, TX18,8400%
95Seguin, TX18,195+8.1%
96Socorro, TX17,973+4.3%
97Sachse, TX17,962+0.9%
98La Porte, TX17,828+1.4%
99Cleburne, TX17,797+5.9%
100Huntsville, TX17,771+2.7%
101Weslaco, TX17,695+2.6%
102Duncanville, TX17,342-0.5%
103Cibolo, TX16,904+4.4%
104Anna, TX16,846+14.3%
105Deer Park, TX16,090+2.6%
106Greenville, TX15,683+4.5%
107San Juan, TX15,661+3.2%
108Copperas Cove, TX15,487+3.2%
109Converse, TX14,809+3.8%
110Del Rio, TX14,626+0.3%
111Harker Heights, TX14,611+3.5%
112Texarkana, TX14,602+1.8%
113Nacogdoches, TX14,481+0.3%
114Royse City, TX14,037+8.5%
115Fate, TX13,784+11.1%
116Southlake, TX13,778+1%
117Alvin, TX13,771+3.5%
118Lufkin, TX13,769+1.9%
119Saginaw, TX13,416+3.4%
120Lake Jackson, TX13,369+0.7%
121Melissa, TX12,981+9.7%
122Balch Springs, TX12,941+0.6%
123Colleyville, TX12,658+0.9%
124Katy, TX12,384+4.2%
125Eagle Pass, TX11,448+0.8%
126Denison, TX10,992+0.1%
127Kingsville, TX10,970+2%
128University Park, TX10,842+0.1%
129Belton, TX10,771+2.9%
130Kerrville, TX10,741+3.1%
131Paris, TX10,654+1.8%
132Corsicana, TX10,497-2.1%
133Big Spring, TX9,547+2%
134San Benito, TX9,082+1.7%

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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Houston, TX, with 1.16 million in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

San Benito, TX, with 9,082 in 2024.

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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