Data / Rankings / Employed residents / US cities

US cities by employed residents

New York, NY had the highest employed residents of 1699 cities in 2023, at 4.05 million. Paradise, CA had the lowest, at 2,097. The median was 23,028. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest4,049,067New York, NY
Lowest2,097Paradise, CA
Median23,0281699 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

New York, NY: 4,049,067 personsNew York, NY4,049,067Los Angeles, CA: 1,960,870 personsLos Angeles, CA1,960,870Chicago, IL: 1,390,493 personsChicago, IL1,390,493Houston, TX: 1,139,986 personsHouston, TX1,139,986Phoenix, AZ: 872,143 personsPhoenix, AZ872,143Philadelphia, PA: 747,673 personsPhiladelphia, PA747,673San Diego, CA: 711,265 personsSan Diego, CA711,265San Antonio, TX: 704,952 personsSan Antonio, TX704,952Dallas, TX: 680,502 personsDallas, TX680,502Austin, TX: 616,339 personsAustin, TX616,339San Jose, CA: 514,181 personsSan Jose, CA514,181San Francisco, CA: 500,864 personsSan Francisco, CA500,864Charlotte, NC: 497,661 personsCharlotte, NC497,661Fort Worth, TX: 492,640 personsFort Worth, TX492,640Seattle, WA: 488,534 personsSeattle, WA488,534Columbus, OH: 482,219 personsColumbus, OH482,219Jacksonville, FL: 479,290 personsJacksonville, FL479,290Indianapolis, IN: 441,914 personsIndianapolis, IN441,914Denver, CO: 432,100 personsDenver, CO432,100Boston, MA: 381,199 personsBoston, MA381,199Portland, OR: 366,898 personsPortland, OR366,898Oklahoma City, OK: 360,324 personsOklahoma City, OK360,324Las Vegas, NV: 312,180 personsLas Vegas, NV312,180El Paso, TX: 305,073 personsEl Paso, TX305,073Albuquerque, NM: 284,149 personsAlbuquerque, NM284,149Raleigh, NC: 276,377 personsRaleigh, NC276,377Atlanta, GA: 275,681 personsAtlanta, GA275,681Memphis, TN: 269,728 personsMemphis, TN269,728Baltimore, MD: 268,609 personsBaltimore, MD268,609Kansas City, MO: 268,362 personsKansas City, MO268,362Mesa, AZ: 262,989 personsMesa, AZ262,989Milwaukee, WI: 258,683 personsMilwaukee, WI258,683Tucson, AZ: 257,321 personsTucson, AZ257,321Miami, FL: 254,221 personsMiami, FL254,221Sacramento, CA: 253,016 personsSacramento, CA253,016Colorado Springs, CO: 252,915 personsColorado Springs, CO252,915Omaha, NE: 251,354 personsOmaha, NE251,354Minneapolis, MN: 245,182 personsMinneapolis, MN245,182Detroit, MI: 239,691 personsDetroit, MI239,691Fresno, CA: 235,002 personsFresno, CA235,002New York, NY: 4,049,067 personsNew York, NY4,049,067Los Angeles, CA: 1,960,870 personsLos Angeles, CA1,960,870Chicago, IL: 1,390,493 personsChicago, IL1,390,493Houston, TX: 1,139,986 personsHouston, TX1,139,986Phoenix, AZ: 872,143 personsPhoenix, AZ872,143Philadelphia, PA: 747,673 personsPhiladelphia, PA747,673San Diego, CA: 711,265 personsSan Diego, CA711,265San Antonio, TX: 704,952 personsSan Antonio, TX704,952Dallas, TX: 680,502 personsDallas, TX680,502Austin, TX: 616,339 personsAustin, TX616,339San Jose, CA: 514,181 personsSan Jose, CA514,181San Francisco, CA: 500,864 personsSan Francisco, CA500,864Charlotte, NC: 497,661 personsCharlotte, NC497,661Fort Worth, TX: 492,640 personsFort Worth, TX492,640Seattle, WA: 488,534 personsSeattle, WA488,534Columbus, OH: 482,219 personsColumbus, OH482,219Jacksonville, FL: 479,290 personsJacksonville, FL479,290Indianapolis, IN: 441,914 personsIndianapolis, IN441,914Denver, CO: 432,100 personsDenver, CO432,100Boston, MA: 381,199 personsBoston, MA381,199Portland, OR: 366,898 personsPortland, OR366,898Oklahoma City, OK: 360,324 personsOklahoma City, OK360,324Las Vegas, NV: 312,180 personsLas Vegas, NV312,180El Paso, TX: 305,073 personsEl Paso, TX305,073Albuquerque, NM: 284,149 personsAlbuquerque, NM284,149Raleigh, NC: 276,377 personsRaleigh, NC276,377Atlanta, GA: 275,681 personsAtlanta, GA275,681Memphis, TN: 269,728 personsMemphis, TN269,728Baltimore, MD: 268,609 personsBaltimore, MD268,609Kansas City, MO: 268,362 personsKansas City, MO268,362Mesa, AZ: 262,989 personsMesa, AZ262,989Milwaukee, WI: 258,683 personsMilwaukee, WI258,683Tucson, AZ: 257,321 personsTucson, AZ257,321Miami, FL: 254,221 personsMiami, FL254,221Sacramento, CA: 253,016 personsSacramento, CA253,016Colorado Springs, CO: 252,915 personsColorado Springs, CO252,915Omaha, NE: 251,354 personsOmaha, NE251,354Minneapolis, MN: 245,182 personsMinneapolis, MN245,182Detroit, MI: 239,691 personsDetroit, MI239,691Fresno, CA: 235,002 personsFresno, CA235,002
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
1New York, NY4,049,067+3%
2Los Angeles, CA1,960,870+1%
3Chicago, IL1,390,493+1.3%
4Houston, TX1,139,986+2.3%
5Phoenix, AZ872,143+2.3%
6Philadelphia, PA747,673+2%
7San Diego, CA711,265+1.8%
8San Antonio, TX704,952+2.7%
9Dallas, TX680,502+1.5%
10Austin, TX616,339+3%
11San Jose, CA514,181+0.3%
12San Francisco, CA500,864-0.9%
13Charlotte, NC497,661+2.2%
14Fort Worth, TX492,640+3.6%
15Seattle, WA488,534+2.3%
16Columbus, OH482,219+1.6%
17Jacksonville, FL479,290+1.7%
18Indianapolis, IN441,914+0.8%
19Denver, CO432,100+1.1%
20Boston, MA381,199+2%
21Portland, OR366,898-0.3%
22Oklahoma City, OK360,324+3.8%
23Las Vegas, NV312,180+4%
24El Paso, TX305,073+2.3%
25Albuquerque, NM284,149+2.1%
26Raleigh, NC276,377+3.9%
27Atlanta, GA275,681+3.4%
28Memphis, TN269,728-2%
29Baltimore, MD268,609+1%
30Kansas City, MO268,362+1.7%
31Mesa, AZ262,989+1.9%
32Milwaukee, WI258,683+0.3%
33Tucson, AZ257,321+1%
34Miami, FL254,221+4.2%
35Sacramento, CA253,016+1.8%
36Colorado Springs, CO252,915+2.2%
37Omaha, NE251,354-0%
38Minneapolis, MN245,182+1.1%
39Detroit, MI239,691+3.1%
40Fresno, CA235,002+3%
41Long Beach, CA232,239+0.1%
42Virginia Beach, VA228,825+2.5%
43Oakland, CA228,080+1.1%
44Aurora, CO212,537+1.1%
45Tampa, FL209,121+2.8%
46Arlington, TX208,386+2.3%
47Tulsa, OK199,688+2.8%
48Wichita, KS196,819+1.3%
49Orlando, FL182,708+3.6%
50Bakersfield, CA180,119+1.8%
51Anaheim, CA170,057+0.6%
52New Orleans, LA168,935-0.9%
53Jersey City, NJ167,026+3.5%
54Lexington, KY166,650+1%
55Madison, WI165,346+2.5%
56Lincoln, NE163,327+1.6%
57Durham, NC162,085+3.1%
58St. Paul, MN161,351+0.2%
59Plano, TX159,477+1.2%
60Chandler, AZ159,122+1.8%
61Pittsburgh, PA158,518+2.3%
62Henderson, NV157,857+5.1%
63Cincinnati, OH156,092+1.8%
64Irvine, CA156,087+1.5%
65Cleveland, OH155,359+2.1%
66Gilbert, AZ154,821+3.3%
67Riverside, CA154,782+1%
68Santa Ana, CA153,328+1.1%
69St. Louis, MO150,662-0%
70St. Petersburg, FL146,584+2%
71Corpus Christi, TX143,916+2.8%
72Reno, NV143,903+2.2%
73Anchorage, AK143,090+0.7%
74Greensboro, NC142,518-0%
75Irving, TX136,766+1.2%
76Stockton, CA133,816+0.1%
77Boise City, ID133,753+0.2%
78Scottsdale, AZ132,431+2.5%
79Lubbock, TX132,294+2%
80North Las Vegas, NV131,833+4.8%
81Fort Wayne, IN130,414+0.8%
82Salt Lake City, UT129,830+3%
83Newark, NJ129,400+1.7%
84Chula Vista, CA127,680+1.6%
85Richmond, VA125,797+2.4%
86Garland, TX125,219+0.1%
87Glendale, AZ124,782+2.8%
88Chesapeake, VA123,122+3.3%
89Frisco, TX119,942+3.4%
90Tacoma, WA119,692+3.9%
91Buffalo, NY118,526+1.6%
92Toledo, OH116,417+1.2%
93Tempe, AZ115,850+2.2%
94Hialeah, FL115,830+3.4%
95Fremont, CA115,253+0.5%
96Sioux Falls, SD114,824+2.3%
97Huntsville, AL114,620+3.2%
98Santa Clarita, CA113,953+0.6%
99Overland Park, KS113,604+1%
100McKinney, TX113,427+3.9%
101Winston-Salem, NC113,212-0%
102Des Moines, IA112,805+0.8%
103Port St. Lucie, FL110,803+5.9%
104Tallahassee, FL110,518+2.2%
105Spokane, WA108,269-0.8%
106Laredo, TX106,553+3%
107Yonkers, NY106,467+1.6%
108Grand Rapids, MI106,084+3.2%
109Norfolk, VA104,678+2.2%
110Cape Coral, FL104,500+4.7%
111Worcester, MA103,489+1.7%
112Grand Prairie, TX102,343+1.5%
113Fontana, CA101,913+1.4%
114Baton Rouge, LA101,666-0.5%
115Fort Lauderdale, FL100,423+2.4%
116Huntington Beach, CA99,937+0.1%
117Little Rock, AR99,284+2.3%
118Amarillo, TX98,800+1.5%
119Alexandria, VA98,283+2.5%
120Peoria, AZ97,908+2.6%
121Fort Collins, CO97,827+1.2%
122Cary, NC97,775+1%
123Vancouver, WA97,006+1.4%
124Knoxville, TN96,706+0.4%
125San Bernardino, CA96,538+1.2%
126Moreno Valley, CA95,660+1%
127Providence, RI94,881+1.7%
128Oxnard, CA94,078+0.5%
129Rochester, NY93,513+0.8%
130Modesto, CA93,249+0.8%
131Aurora, IL92,875+0.8%
132Chattanooga, TN92,653+3.8%
133Murfreesboro, TN92,489+2.2%
134Glendale, CA91,047-0.1%
135Mobile, AL90,824+0.2%
136Birmingham, AL90,338+0.8%
137Pembroke Pines, FL89,814+2.6%
138Lakewood, CO89,085+0.2%
139Ontario, CA88,764+1.8%
140Santa Rosa, CA88,247+0.5%
141Eugene, OR87,726-0.4%
142Akron, OH87,106+1.4%
143Rancho Cucamonga, CA86,907+0.9%
144Newport News, VA86,719+2.3%
145Sunnyvale, CA86,458+0.7%
146Charleston, SC85,453+4.2%
147Denton, TX85,308+6%
148Salem, OR85,263+0.9%
149Montgomery, AL85,144+0.9%
150Hollywood, FL84,686+2.6%
151Oceanside, CA84,283+0.9%
152Springfield, MO83,710+0.9%
153Bellevue, WA83,597+1.3%
154Elk Grove, CA82,992+1.9%
155Garden Grove, CA81,557+1%
156Olathe, KS81,039+2.2%
157Thornton, CO80,481+1.7%
158Hayward, CA80,249+0.6%
159Columbus, GA80,167+0.3%
160Corona, CA80,125+1.1%
161Carrollton, TX79,986+0.3%
162Miramar, FL79,950+2.6%
163Brownsville, TX79,472+2.5%
164Lewisville, TX78,195+2.5%
165Naperville, IL78,173+1.3%
166Fargo, ND78,044+1.3%
167Stamford, CT78,040+0.3%
168Fayetteville, NC77,006+0.7%
169Roseville, CA76,679+3.2%
170Joliet, IL76,320+1.1%
171Shreveport, LA76,051-0.4%
172Mesquite, TX75,667+0.9%
173Round Rock, TX75,444+5.2%
174Salinas, CA75,105-0.8%
175Santa Clara, CA74,925+1.2%
176Pasadena, CA74,276+0.7%
177Bridgeport, CT73,377+0.5%
178Midland, TX73,114+6.8%
179Kansas City, KS72,906+1.3%
180Cedar Rapids, IA72,440-1.4%
181Surprise, AZ72,411+4.9%
182Clarksville, TN72,405+2.1%
183West Valley City, UT72,287+1.6%
184Coral Springs, FL72,219+3%
185Escondido, CA72,191+1%
186Meridian, ID71,648+4.7%
187Savannah, GA71,574+0.7%
188Gainesville, FL70,844+1.7%
189Kent, WA70,704+0.8%
190Orange, CA70,336+1.1%
191Cambridge, MA70,316+1.5%
192Paterson, NJ69,815+2.2%
193Arvada, CO69,762+0.2%
194Torrance, CA69,608-0.2%
195Pomona, CA69,337+0.8%
196Palmdale, CA68,855+0.1%
197Norman, OK68,131+3.1%
198Westminster, CO68,073+0.5%
199McAllen, TX67,237+2.9%
200Ann Arbor, MI67,086+3.8%
201Waco, TX67,005+2.3%
202Fullerton, CA66,911+0.3%
203New Haven, CT66,728-0.3%
204Columbia, MO66,708-0.6%
205Rochester, MN66,077+1%
206Richardson, TX65,613-0.1%
207West Palm Beach, FL65,548+4.4%
208Warren, MI65,435+2%
209West Jordan, UT65,390+0.6%
210Manchester, NH65,3780%
211College Station, TX65,372+3.2%
212Columbia, SC65,327+3.5%
213Lancaster, CA65,210+0.3%
214Visalia, CA65,071+2.1%
215Hampton, VA64,936+2.2%
216Elizabeth, NJ64,934+2.4%
217Simi Valley, CA64,703+1%
218Provo, UT64,697-0.6%
219Sterling Heights, MI64,380+3%
220Pasadena, TX63,720+1.1%
221Sandy Springs, GA63,482-0.7%
222Pearland, TX63,420+1.8%
223Springfield, MA63,129-0.7%
224Wilmington, NC63,032+2.2%
225Palm Bay, FL62,752+5.9%
226Costa Mesa, CA62,467+0.1%
227Concord, CA61,928+0.2%
228Hillsboro, OR61,707+1.6%
229Rockford, IL61,538-0.3%
230Billings, MT61,496+0.4%
231Broken Arrow, OK61,179+3.9%
232Jackson, MS61,089-0.8%
233North Charleston, SC61,079+5.5%
234Topeka, KS61,028+1%
235Macon, GA60,997-0.7%
236Boulder, CO60,852+1%
237Berkeley, CA60,831+1.1%
238Syracuse, NY60,592+0.4%
239Lowell, MA60,382+0.9%
240Thousand Oaks, CA60,335+0.3%
241Davie, FL59,905+2.9%
242Killeen, TX59,739+0.3%
243Centennial, CO59,619+1.7%
244Lafayette, LA59,522+0.2%
245Renton, WA59,276+0.8%
246Odessa, TX59,254+5%
247San Mateo, CA59,075-1.4%
248Nampa, ID59,056+3.8%
249Clearwater, FL58,944+1.2%
250Allen, TX58,718+1.1%

Showing the top 250 of 1699. The Excel download has every row.

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. 7 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (US cities by employed residents, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, US cities 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/us-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. US cities 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/us-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, US cities 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/us-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_us_cities_by_employed_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: US cities by employed residents, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/us-cities?period=2023. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: US cities by employed residents, 2023
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/us-cities?period=2023
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/us-cities?period=2023.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank US cities by employed residents using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"employed_residents","level":"municipality","within":"United States","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=employed_residents&level=municipality&within=United%20States&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

New York, NY, with 4.05 million in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Paradise, CA, with 2,097 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. 7 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

Employed residents: other rankings

US cities: more rankings