# Cities in Texas by unemployed people, 2025

All 134 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/texas-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Houston, TX | 55,047 |
| 2 | San Antonio, TX | 29,423 |
| 3 | Dallas, TX | 29,262 |
| 4 | Austin, TX | 22,134 |
| 5 | Fort Worth, TX | 21,377 |
| 6 | El Paso, TX | 14,095 |
| 7 | Arlington, TX | 8,859 |
| 8 | Brownsville, TX | 6,836 |
| 9 | Plano, TX | 6,551 |
| 10 | Corpus Christi, TX | 6,494 |
| 11 | Irving, TX | 5,368 |
| 12 | Laredo, TX | 5,347 |
| 13 | Garland, TX | 5,293 |
| 14 | Lubbock, TX | 5,010 |
| 15 | Frisco, TX | 4,809 |
| 16 | McKinney, TX | 4,800 |
| 17 | Grand Prairie, TX | 4,565 |
| 18 | Denton, TX | 3,713 |
| 19 | Pasadena, TX | 3,626 |
| 20 | McAllen, TX | 3,459 |
| 21 | Killeen, TX | 3,411 |
| 22 | Mesquite, TX | 3,374 |
| 23 | Amarillo, TX | 3,269 |
| 24 | Carrollton, TX | 3,024 |
| 25 | Lewisville, TX | 3,016 |
| 26 | Waco, TX | 2,930 |
| 27 | Beaumont, TX | 2,848 |
| 28 | Baytown, TX | 2,829 |
| 29 | Round Rock, TX | 2,813 |
| 30 | Pearland, TX | 2,727 |
| 31 | College Station, TX | 2,708 |
| 32 | Edinburg, TX | 2,677 |
| 33 | Richardson, TX | 2,539 |
| 34 | Midland, TX | 2,521 |
| 35 | Allen, TX | 2,442 |
| 36 | Pharr, TX | 2,406 |
| 37 | League City, TX | 2,386 |
| 38 | Conroe, TX | 2,357 |
| 39 | Odessa, TX | 2,327 |
| 40 | Tyler, TX | 2,279 |
| 41 | Sugar Land, TX | 2,243 |
| 42 | Abilene, TX | 2,237 |
| 43 | Mission, TX | 2,216 |
| 44 | New Braunfels, TX | 2,051 |
| 45 | Missouri City, TX | 2,024 |
| 46 | Georgetown, TX | 2,007 |
| 47 | Port Arthur, TX | 1,830 |
| 48 | Leander, TX | 1,823 |
| 49 | Mansfield, TX | 1,816 |
| 50 | Temple, TX | 1,800 |
| 51 | Wichita Falls, TX | 1,767 |
| 52 | Longview, TX | 1,752 |
| 53 | San Angelo, TX | 1,697 |
| 54 | Bryan, TX | 1,685 |
| 55 | DeSoto, TX | 1,665 |
| 56 | San Marcos, TX | 1,657 |
| 57 | Cedar Park, TX | 1,616 |
| 58 | Harlingen, TX | 1,610 |
| 59 | Rowlett, TX | 1,575 |
| 60 | Flower Mound, TX | 1,566 |
| 60 | Pflugerville, TX | 1,566 |
| 62 | North Richland Hills, TX | 1,560 |
| 63 | Texas City, TX | 1,443 |
| 64 | Euless, TX | 1,395 |
| 65 | Weslaco, TX | 1,384 |
| 66 | Cedar Hill, TX | 1,375 |
| 67 | Little Elm, TX | 1,352 |
| 68 | Eagle Pass, TX | 1,312 |
| 69 | Wylie, TX | 1,288 |
| 70 | Victoria, TX | 1,261 |
| 71 | Kyle, TX | 1,182 |
| 72 | San Juan, TX | 1,181 |
| 73 | Lancaster, TX | 1,169 |
| 74 | The Colony, TX | 1,136 |
| 75 | Grapevine, TX | 1,107 |
| 76 | Bedford, TX | 1,094 |
| 77 | Galveston, TX | 1,090 |
| 78 | Rockwall, TX | 1,079 |
| 79 | Burleson, TX | 1,062 |
| 80 | Waxahachie, TX | 1,055 |
| 81 | La Porte, TX | 992 |
| 82 | Rosenberg, TX | 943 |
| 83 | Duncanville, TX | 940 |
| 84 | Farmers Branch, TX | 938 |
| 85 | Celina, TX | 931 |
| 86 | Coppell, TX | 925 |
| 87 | Haltom City, TX | 921 |
| 88 | Fulshear, TX | 917 |
| 89 | Sherman, TX | 910 |
| 90 | Princeton, TX | 904 |
| 91 | Keller, TX | 890 |
| 92 | Hutto, TX | 883 |
| 92 | Prosper, TX | 883 |
| 94 | Midlothian, TX | 866 |
| 95 | Socorro, TX | 840 |
| 96 | Schertz, TX | 833 |
| 97 | Hurst, TX | 832 |
| 98 | Deer Park, TX | 831 |
| 99 | Del Rio, TX | 802 |
| 100 | Huntsville, TX | 796 |
| 101 | Friendswood, TX | 794 |
| 102 | Seguin, TX | 772 |
| 103 | Forney, TX | 762 |
| 104 | Lake Jackson, TX | 721 |
| 105 | Sachse, TX | 714 |
| 106 | Harker Heights, TX | 702 |
| 107 | Copperas Cove, TX | 700 |
| 108 | Cibolo, TX | 695 |
| 108 | Nacogdoches, TX | 695 |
| 110 | Anna, TX | 694 |
| 110 | Greenville, TX | 694 |
| 112 | Texarkana, TX | 689 |
| 113 | Weatherford, TX | 686 |
| 114 | Alvin, TX | 673 |
| 115 | Cleburne, TX | 671 |
| 116 | Converse, TX | 667 |
| 117 | San Benito, TX | 665 |
| 118 | Lufkin, TX | 649 |
| 119 | Katy, TX | 610 |
| 120 | Balch Springs, TX | 589 |
| 121 | Southlake, TX | 577 |
| 122 | Saginaw, TX | 540 |
| 123 | Melissa, TX | 532 |
| 124 | Royse City, TX | 529 |
| 125 | Corsicana, TX | 524 |
| 126 | Fate, TX | 522 |
| 127 | Kingsville, TX | 515 |
| 128 | Paris, TX | 512 |
| 129 | Colleyville, TX | 501 |
| 130 | Denison, TX | 500 |
| 131 | Belton, TX | 469 |
| 132 | University Park, TX | 459 |
| 133 | Kerrville, TX | 408 |
| 134 | Big Spring, TX | 378 |