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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 41 cities in 2017, at 266,869. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,090. The median was 18,509. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest266,869Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,090Decatur, GA
Median18,50941 cities

All cities, 2017

Atlanta, GA: 266,869 personsAtlanta, GA266,869Columbus, GA: 87,709 personsColumbus, GA87,709Savannah, GA: 73,407 personsSavannah, GA73,407Macon, GA: 67,639 personsMacon, GA67,639Sandy Springs, GA: 64,076 personsSandy Springs, GA64,076Roswell, GA: 50,260 personsRoswell, GA50,260Johns Creek, GA: 41,203 personsJohns Creek, GA41,203Warner Robins, GA: 35,784 personsWarner Robins, GA35,784Alpharetta, GA: 34,809 personsAlpharetta, GA34,809Smyrna, GA: 33,642 personsSmyrna, GA33,642Marietta, GA: 32,443 personsMarietta, GA32,443Brookhaven, GA: 32,227 personsBrookhaven, GA32,227Albany, GA: 29,510 personsAlbany, GA29,510Dunwoody, GA: 28,379 personsDunwoody, GA28,379Valdosta, GA: 24,307 personsValdosta, GA24,307Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,317 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,317Milton, GA: 21,975 personsMilton, GA21,975East Point, GA: 20,657 personsEast Point, GA20,657Newnan, GA: 20,338 personsNewnan, GA20,338Woodstock, GA: 19,197 personsWoodstock, GA19,197Stockbridge, GA: 18,509 personsStockbridge, GA18,509Tucker, GA: 18,274 personsTucker, GA18,274Duluth, GA: 17,864 personsDuluth, GA17,864Gainesville, GA: 17,835 personsGainesville, GA17,835Chamblee, GA: 17,578 personsChamblee, GA17,578Douglasville, GA: 17,515 personsDouglasville, GA17,515Kennesaw, GA: 17,493 personsKennesaw, GA17,493Peachtree City, GA: 17,015 personsPeachtree City, GA17,015Dalton, GA: 16,871 personsDalton, GA16,871Rome, GA: 16,576 personsRome, GA16,576Lawrenceville, GA: 14,884 personsLawrenceville, GA14,884Statesboro, GA: 14,862 personsStatesboro, GA14,862Canton, GA: 14,626 personsCanton, GA14,626LaGrange, GA: 13,828 personsLaGrange, GA13,828McDonough, GA: 13,588 personsMcDonough, GA13,588Carrollton, GA: 13,162 personsCarrollton, GA13,162Union City, GA: 12,938 personsUnion City, GA12,938Hinesville, GA: 12,928 personsHinesville, GA12,928Pooler, GA: 12,073 personsPooler, GA12,073Sugar Hill, GA: 12,024 personsSugar Hill, GA12,024Decatur, GA: 11,090 personsDecatur, GA11,090Atlanta, GA: 266,869 personsAtlanta, GA266,869Columbus, GA: 87,709 personsColumbus, GA87,709Savannah, GA: 73,407 personsSavannah, GA73,407Macon, GA: 67,639 personsMacon, GA67,639Sandy Springs, GA: 64,076 personsSandy Springs, GA64,076Roswell, GA: 50,260 personsRoswell, GA50,260Johns Creek, GA: 41,203 personsJohns Creek, GA41,203Warner Robins, GA: 35,784 personsWarner Robins, GA35,784Alpharetta, GA: 34,809 personsAlpharetta, GA34,809Smyrna, GA: 33,642 personsSmyrna, GA33,642Marietta, GA: 32,443 personsMarietta, GA32,443Brookhaven, GA: 32,227 personsBrookhaven, GA32,227Albany, GA: 29,510 personsAlbany, GA29,510Dunwoody, GA: 28,379 personsDunwoody, GA28,379Valdosta, GA: 24,307 personsValdosta, GA24,307Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,317 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,317Milton, GA: 21,975 personsMilton, GA21,975East Point, GA: 20,657 personsEast Point, GA20,657Newnan, GA: 20,338 personsNewnan, GA20,338Woodstock, GA: 19,197 personsWoodstock, GA19,197Stockbridge, GA: 18,509 personsStockbridge, GA18,509Tucker, GA: 18,274 personsTucker, GA18,274Duluth, GA: 17,864 personsDuluth, GA17,864Gainesville, GA: 17,835 personsGainesville, GA17,835Chamblee, GA: 17,578 personsChamblee, GA17,578Douglasville, GA: 17,515 personsDouglasville, GA17,515Kennesaw, GA: 17,493 personsKennesaw, GA17,493Peachtree City, GA: 17,015 personsPeachtree City, GA17,015Dalton, GA: 16,871 personsDalton, GA16,871Rome, GA: 16,576 personsRome, GA16,576Lawrenceville, GA: 14,884 personsLawrenceville, GA14,884Statesboro, GA: 14,862 personsStatesboro, GA14,862Canton, GA: 14,626 personsCanton, GA14,626LaGrange, GA: 13,828 personsLaGrange, GA13,828McDonough, GA: 13,588 personsMcDonough, GA13,588Carrollton, GA: 13,162 personsCarrollton, GA13,162Union City, GA: 12,938 personsUnion City, GA12,938Hinesville, GA: 12,928 personsHinesville, GA12,928Pooler, GA: 12,073 personsPooler, GA12,073Sugar Hill, GA: 12,024 personsSugar Hill, GA12,024Decatur, GA: 11,090 personsDecatur, GA11,090
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

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Atlanta, GA266,869+5.1%
2Columbus, GA87,709+2.1%
3Savannah, GA73,407+2.2%
4Macon, GA67,639+2.2%
5Sandy Springs, GA64,076+3.5%
6Roswell, GA50,260+2.6%
7Johns Creek, GA41,203+2.9%
8Warner Robins, GA35,784+3%
9Alpharetta, GA34,809+3%
10Smyrna, GA33,642+3.2%
11Marietta, GA32,443+2.9%
12Brookhaven, GA32,227+3.9%
13Albany, GA29,510+2.1%
14Dunwoody, GA28,379+3.4%
15Valdosta, GA24,307+1.1%
16Peachtree Corners, GA23,317+4%
17Milton, GA21,975+3.5%
18East Point, GA20,657+2%
19Newnan, GA20,338+4.4%
20Woodstock, GA19,197+5.7%
21Stockbridge, GA18,509+4%
22Tucker, GA18,274+2.9%
23Duluth, GA17,864+3.3%
24Gainesville, GA17,835+9.6%
25Chamblee, GA17,578+5.5%
26Douglasville, GA17,515+3.6%
27Kennesaw, GA17,493+4.1%
28Peachtree City, GA17,015+3.3%
29Dalton, GA16,871+1.3%
30Rome, GA16,576+2.7%
31Lawrenceville, GA14,884+3.4%
32Statesboro, GA14,862+1.7%
33Canton, GA14,626+9.2%
34LaGrange, GA13,828+1.8%
35McDonough, GA13,588+5.9%
36Carrollton, GA13,162+3.2%
37Union City, GA12,938+3.7%
38Hinesville, GA12,928+3.3%
39Pooler, GA12,073+3.8%
40Sugar Hill, GA12,024+7%
41Decatur, GA11,090+7.2%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 266,869 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Decatur, GA, with 11,090 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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