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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 41 cities in 2016, at 254,000. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 10,348. The median was 17,805. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest254,000Atlanta, GA
Lowest10,348Decatur, GA
Median17,80541 cities

All cities, 2016

Atlanta, GA: 254,000 personsAtlanta, GA254,000Columbus, GA: 85,947 personsColumbus, GA85,947Savannah, GA: 71,798 personsSavannah, GA71,798Macon, GA: 66,193 personsMacon, GA66,193Sandy Springs, GA: 61,939 personsSandy Springs, GA61,939Roswell, GA: 48,971 personsRoswell, GA48,971Johns Creek, GA: 40,023 personsJohns Creek, GA40,023Warner Robins, GA: 34,757 personsWarner Robins, GA34,757Alpharetta, GA: 33,802 personsAlpharetta, GA33,802Smyrna, GA: 32,604 personsSmyrna, GA32,604Marietta, GA: 31,520 personsMarietta, GA31,520Brookhaven, GA: 31,019 personsBrookhaven, GA31,019Albany, GA: 28,903 personsAlbany, GA28,903Dunwoody, GA: 27,449 personsDunwoody, GA27,449Valdosta, GA: 24,032 personsValdosta, GA24,032Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,410 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,410Milton, GA: 21,224 personsMilton, GA21,224East Point, GA: 20,246 personsEast Point, GA20,246Newnan, GA: 19,490 personsNewnan, GA19,490Woodstock, GA: 18,161 personsWoodstock, GA18,161Stockbridge, GA: 17,805 personsStockbridge, GA17,805Tucker, GA: 17,757 personsTucker, GA17,757Duluth, GA: 17,287 personsDuluth, GA17,287Douglasville, GA: 16,903 personsDouglasville, GA16,903Kennesaw, GA: 16,801 personsKennesaw, GA16,801Chamblee, GA: 16,660 personsChamblee, GA16,660Dalton, GA: 16,660 personsDalton, GA16,660Peachtree City, GA: 16,468 personsPeachtree City, GA16,468Gainesville, GA: 16,273 personsGainesville, GA16,273Rome, GA: 16,144 personsRome, GA16,144Statesboro, GA: 14,620 personsStatesboro, GA14,620Lawrenceville, GA: 14,393 personsLawrenceville, GA14,393LaGrange, GA: 13,587 personsLaGrange, GA13,587Canton, GA: 13,388 personsCanton, GA13,388McDonough, GA: 12,833 personsMcDonough, GA12,833Carrollton, GA: 12,749 personsCarrollton, GA12,749Hinesville, GA: 12,510 personsHinesville, GA12,510Union City, GA: 12,481 personsUnion City, GA12,481Pooler, GA: 11,628 personsPooler, GA11,628Sugar Hill, GA: 11,240 personsSugar Hill, GA11,240Decatur, GA: 10,348 personsDecatur, GA10,348Atlanta, GA: 254,000 personsAtlanta, GA254,000Columbus, GA: 85,947 personsColumbus, GA85,947Savannah, GA: 71,798 personsSavannah, GA71,798Macon, GA: 66,193 personsMacon, GA66,193Sandy Springs, GA: 61,939 personsSandy Springs, GA61,939Roswell, GA: 48,971 personsRoswell, GA48,971Johns Creek, GA: 40,023 personsJohns Creek, GA40,023Warner Robins, GA: 34,757 personsWarner Robins, GA34,757Alpharetta, GA: 33,802 personsAlpharetta, GA33,802Smyrna, GA: 32,604 personsSmyrna, GA32,604Marietta, GA: 31,520 personsMarietta, GA31,520Brookhaven, GA: 31,019 personsBrookhaven, GA31,019Albany, GA: 28,903 personsAlbany, GA28,903Dunwoody, GA: 27,449 personsDunwoody, GA27,449Valdosta, GA: 24,032 personsValdosta, GA24,032Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,410 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,410Milton, GA: 21,224 personsMilton, GA21,224East Point, GA: 20,246 personsEast Point, GA20,246Newnan, GA: 19,490 personsNewnan, GA19,490Woodstock, GA: 18,161 personsWoodstock, GA18,161Stockbridge, GA: 17,805 personsStockbridge, GA17,805Tucker, GA: 17,757 personsTucker, GA17,757Duluth, GA: 17,287 personsDuluth, GA17,287Douglasville, GA: 16,903 personsDouglasville, GA16,903Kennesaw, GA: 16,801 personsKennesaw, GA16,801Chamblee, GA: 16,660 personsChamblee, GA16,660Dalton, GA: 16,660 personsDalton, GA16,660Peachtree City, GA: 16,468 personsPeachtree City, GA16,468Gainesville, GA: 16,273 personsGainesville, GA16,273Rome, GA: 16,144 personsRome, GA16,144Statesboro, GA: 14,620 personsStatesboro, GA14,620Lawrenceville, GA: 14,393 personsLawrenceville, GA14,393LaGrange, GA: 13,587 personsLaGrange, GA13,587Canton, GA: 13,388 personsCanton, GA13,388McDonough, GA: 12,833 personsMcDonough, GA12,833Carrollton, GA: 12,749 personsCarrollton, GA12,749Hinesville, GA: 12,510 personsHinesville, GA12,510Union City, GA: 12,481 personsUnion City, GA12,481Pooler, GA: 11,628 personsPooler, GA11,628Sugar Hill, GA: 11,240 personsSugar Hill, GA11,240Decatur, GA: 10,348 personsDecatur, GA10,348
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Atlanta, GA254,000+9.5%
2Columbus, GA85,947+10.1%
3Savannah, GA71,798+11.8%
4Macon, GA66,193-1.5%
5Sandy Springs, GA61,939+3.3%
6Roswell, GA48,971-3.3%
7Johns Creek, GA40,023-4.6%
8Warner Robins, GA34,757+12.4%
9Alpharetta, GA33,802+1.6%
10Smyrna, GA32,604-0.8%
11Marietta, GA31,520-3.8%
12Brookhaven, GA31,019+0.1%
13Albany, GA28,903-4.9%
14Dunwoody, GA27,449+7.4%
15Valdosta, GA24,032-3.4%
16Peachtree Corners, GA22,410+0.9%
17Milton, GA21,224+16.5%
18East Point, GA20,246+24%
19Newnan, GA19,490+18.6%
20Woodstock, GA18,161+19.5%
21Stockbridge, GA17,805+35.6%
22Tucker, GA17,757n/a
23Duluth, GA17,287+15%
24Douglasville, GA16,903+6.3%
25Kennesaw, GA16,801-9.8%
26Chamblee, GA16,660-8.8%
26Dalton, GA16,660+16.2%
28Peachtree City, GA16,468-4.8%
29Gainesville, GA16,273-6%
30Rome, GA16,144+7.9%
31Statesboro, GA14,620+9%
32Lawrenceville, GA14,393+2.7%
33LaGrange, GA13,587-7.6%
34Canton, GA13,388+5.6%
35McDonough, GA12,833+23.5%
36Carrollton, GA12,749+16.9%
37Hinesville, GA12,510-12.9%
38Union City, GA12,481+40.5%
39Pooler, GA11,628-1.4%
40Sugar Hill, GA11,240+2.5%
41Decatur, GA10,348-11.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, 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, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. 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. 4 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/georgia-cities?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/georgia-cities?period=2016.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/georgia-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 254,000 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Decatur, GA, with 10,348 in 2016.

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: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 4 cities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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