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Employed residents in Columbus, GA

Employed residents in Columbus, GA was 78,874 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 45 cities in 2025.

2025, persons78,874
Change on 2024-0%
Rank2nd of 45Cities in Georgia ranked
Series high83,0632018
Series low71,9731990

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Employed residents in Columbus, GA, 1990 to 2025

70K72.5K75K77.5K80K82.5K85K19901996200220082014202020251990: 71,973 persons1991: 72,438 persons1992: 72,657 persons1993: 73,329 persons1994: 73,948 persons1995: 74,803 persons1996: 77,315 persons1997: 80,181 persons1998: 82,036 persons1999: 83,009 persons2000: 79,149 persons2001: 77,819 persons2002: 77,556 persons2003: 78,579 persons2004: 78,519 persons2005: 78,872 persons2006: 79,898 persons2007: 80,241 persons2008: 79,659 persons2009: 77,062 persons2010: 73,441 persons2011: 74,411 persons2012: 75,267 persons2013: 75,350 persons2014: 73,908 persons2015: 72,148 persons2016: 80,458 persons2017: 82,803 persons2018: 83,063 persons2019: 82,674 persons2020: 79,766 persons2021: 81,084 persons2022: 79,966 persons2023: 80,167 persons2024: 78,900 persons2025: 78,874 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202578,874
202478,900
202380,167
202279,966
202181,084
202079,766
201982,674
201883,063
201782,803
201680,458
201572,148
201473,908
201375,350
201275,267
201174,411
201073,441
200977,062
200879,659
200780,241
200679,898
200578,872
200478,519
200378,579
200277,556
200177,819
200079,149
199983,009
199882,036
199780,181
199677,315
199574,803
199473,948
199373,329
199272,657
199172,438
199071,973

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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.

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.

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.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Columbus, GA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Columbus, GA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/columbus-ga. 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. Employed residents, Columbus, GA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/columbus-ga.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Columbus, GA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/columbus-ga (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the employed residents in Columbus, GA?

Employed residents in Columbus, GA was 78,874 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is unchanged from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 45 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Columbus, GA?

83,063 in 2018, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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