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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 41 cities in 2018, at 268,604. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,918. The median was 18,667. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest268,604Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,918Decatur, GA
Median18,66741 cities

All cities, 2018

Atlanta, GA: 268,604 personsAtlanta, GA268,604Columbus, GA: 87,256 personsColumbus, GA87,256Savannah, GA: 73,641 personsSavannah, GA73,641Macon, GA: 66,742 personsMacon, GA66,742Sandy Springs, GA: 65,147 personsSandy Springs, GA65,147Roswell, GA: 49,981 personsRoswell, GA49,981Johns Creek, GA: 40,957 personsJohns Creek, GA40,957Warner Robins, GA: 35,960 personsWarner Robins, GA35,960Alpharetta, GA: 34,900 personsAlpharetta, GA34,900Smyrna, GA: 33,649 personsSmyrna, GA33,649Brookhaven, GA: 32,389 personsBrookhaven, GA32,389Marietta, GA: 32,217 personsMarietta, GA32,217Albany, GA: 28,492 personsAlbany, GA28,492Dunwoody, GA: 28,275 personsDunwoody, GA28,275Valdosta, GA: 24,197 personsValdosta, GA24,197Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,459 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,459Milton, GA: 22,051 personsMilton, GA22,051Newnan, GA: 20,616 personsNewnan, GA20,616East Point, GA: 20,418 personsEast Point, GA20,418Woodstock, GA: 19,490 personsWoodstock, GA19,490Stockbridge, GA: 18,667 personsStockbridge, GA18,667Tucker, GA: 18,287 personsTucker, GA18,287Gainesville, GA: 18,233 personsGainesville, GA18,233Duluth, GA: 17,817 personsDuluth, GA17,817Chamblee, GA: 17,740 personsChamblee, GA17,740Douglasville, GA: 17,649 personsDouglasville, GA17,649Kennesaw, GA: 17,348 personsKennesaw, GA17,348Peachtree City, GA: 17,209 personsPeachtree City, GA17,209Dalton, GA: 16,804 personsDalton, GA16,804Rome, GA: 16,560 personsRome, GA16,560Canton, GA: 15,012 personsCanton, GA15,012Statesboro, GA: 14,825 personsStatesboro, GA14,825Lawrenceville, GA: 14,820 personsLawrenceville, GA14,820McDonough, GA: 14,056 personsMcDonough, GA14,056LaGrange, GA: 13,376 personsLaGrange, GA13,376Union City, GA: 13,187 personsUnion City, GA13,187Hinesville, GA: 13,106 personsHinesville, GA13,106Carrollton, GA: 12,928 personsCarrollton, GA12,928Sugar Hill, GA: 12,516 personsSugar Hill, GA12,516Pooler, GA: 12,342 personsPooler, GA12,342Decatur, GA: 11,918 personsDecatur, GA11,918Atlanta, GA: 268,604 personsAtlanta, GA268,604Columbus, GA: 87,256 personsColumbus, GA87,256Savannah, GA: 73,641 personsSavannah, GA73,641Macon, GA: 66,742 personsMacon, GA66,742Sandy Springs, GA: 65,147 personsSandy Springs, GA65,147Roswell, GA: 49,981 personsRoswell, GA49,981Johns Creek, GA: 40,957 personsJohns Creek, GA40,957Warner Robins, GA: 35,960 personsWarner Robins, GA35,960Alpharetta, GA: 34,900 personsAlpharetta, GA34,900Smyrna, GA: 33,649 personsSmyrna, GA33,649Brookhaven, GA: 32,389 personsBrookhaven, GA32,389Marietta, GA: 32,217 personsMarietta, GA32,217Albany, GA: 28,492 personsAlbany, GA28,492Dunwoody, GA: 28,275 personsDunwoody, GA28,275Valdosta, GA: 24,197 personsValdosta, GA24,197Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,459 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,459Milton, GA: 22,051 personsMilton, GA22,051Newnan, GA: 20,616 personsNewnan, GA20,616East Point, GA: 20,418 personsEast Point, GA20,418Woodstock, GA: 19,490 personsWoodstock, GA19,490Stockbridge, GA: 18,667 personsStockbridge, GA18,667Tucker, GA: 18,287 personsTucker, GA18,287Gainesville, GA: 18,233 personsGainesville, GA18,233Duluth, GA: 17,817 personsDuluth, GA17,817Chamblee, GA: 17,740 personsChamblee, GA17,740Douglasville, GA: 17,649 personsDouglasville, GA17,649Kennesaw, GA: 17,348 personsKennesaw, GA17,348Peachtree City, GA: 17,209 personsPeachtree City, GA17,209Dalton, GA: 16,804 personsDalton, GA16,804Rome, GA: 16,560 personsRome, GA16,560Canton, GA: 15,012 personsCanton, GA15,012Statesboro, GA: 14,825 personsStatesboro, GA14,825Lawrenceville, GA: 14,820 personsLawrenceville, GA14,820McDonough, GA: 14,056 personsMcDonough, GA14,056LaGrange, GA: 13,376 personsLaGrange, GA13,376Union City, GA: 13,187 personsUnion City, GA13,187Hinesville, GA: 13,106 personsHinesville, GA13,106Carrollton, GA: 12,928 personsCarrollton, GA12,928Sugar Hill, GA: 12,516 personsSugar Hill, GA12,516Pooler, GA: 12,342 personsPooler, GA12,342Decatur, GA: 11,918 personsDecatur, GA11,918
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

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Atlanta, GA268,604+0.7%
2Columbus, GA87,256-0.5%
3Savannah, GA73,641+0.3%
4Macon, GA66,742-1.3%
5Sandy Springs, GA65,147+1.7%
6Roswell, GA49,981-0.6%
7Johns Creek, GA40,957-0.6%
8Warner Robins, GA35,960+0.5%
9Alpharetta, GA34,900+0.3%
10Smyrna, GA33,6490%
11Brookhaven, GA32,389+0.5%
12Marietta, GA32,217-0.7%
13Albany, GA28,492-3.4%
14Dunwoody, GA28,275-0.4%
15Valdosta, GA24,197-0.5%
16Peachtree Corners, GA23,459+0.6%
17Milton, GA22,051+0.3%
18Newnan, GA20,616+1.4%
19East Point, GA20,418-1.2%
20Woodstock, GA19,490+1.5%
21Stockbridge, GA18,667+0.9%
22Tucker, GA18,287+0.1%
23Gainesville, GA18,233+2.2%
24Duluth, GA17,817-0.3%
25Chamblee, GA17,740+0.9%
26Douglasville, GA17,649+0.8%
27Kennesaw, GA17,348-0.8%
28Peachtree City, GA17,209+1.1%
29Dalton, GA16,804-0.4%
30Rome, GA16,560-0.1%
31Canton, GA15,012+2.6%
32Statesboro, GA14,825-0.2%
33Lawrenceville, GA14,820-0.4%
34McDonough, GA14,056+3.4%
35LaGrange, GA13,376-3.3%
36Union City, GA13,187+1.9%
37Hinesville, GA13,106+1.4%
38Carrollton, GA12,928-1.8%
39Sugar Hill, GA12,516+4.1%
40Pooler, GA12,342+2.2%
41Decatur, GA11,918+7.5%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 268,604 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Decatur, GA, with 11,918 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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