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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 41 cities in 2019, at 271,913. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,879. The median was 18,912. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest271,913Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,879Decatur, GA
Median18,91241 cities

All cities, 2019

Atlanta, GA: 271,913 personsAtlanta, GA271,913Columbus, GA: 86,516 personsColumbus, GA86,516Savannah, GA: 72,885 personsSavannah, GA72,885Macon, GA: 65,992 personsMacon, GA65,992Sandy Springs, GA: 65,230 personsSandy Springs, GA65,230Roswell, GA: 49,789 personsRoswell, GA49,789Johns Creek, GA: 40,910 personsJohns Creek, GA40,910Warner Robins, GA: 36,548 personsWarner Robins, GA36,548Alpharetta, GA: 35,279 personsAlpharetta, GA35,279Smyrna, GA: 33,704 personsSmyrna, GA33,704Brookhaven, GA: 33,161 personsBrookhaven, GA33,161Marietta, GA: 32,349 personsMarietta, GA32,349Dunwoody, GA: 28,052 personsDunwoody, GA28,052Albany, GA: 27,986 personsAlbany, GA27,986Valdosta, GA: 23,856 personsValdosta, GA23,856Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,608 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,608Milton, GA: 22,160 personsMilton, GA22,160Newnan, GA: 21,376 personsNewnan, GA21,376East Point, GA: 20,305 personsEast Point, GA20,305Woodstock, GA: 20,033 personsWoodstock, GA20,033Gainesville, GA: 18,912 personsGainesville, GA18,912Stockbridge, GA: 18,757 personsStockbridge, GA18,757Tucker, GA: 18,322 personsTucker, GA18,322Chamblee, GA: 18,069 personsChamblee, GA18,069Duluth, GA: 17,845 personsDuluth, GA17,845Douglasville, GA: 17,770 personsDouglasville, GA17,770Peachtree City, GA: 17,439 personsPeachtree City, GA17,439Kennesaw, GA: 17,337 personsKennesaw, GA17,337Rome, GA: 16,386 personsRome, GA16,386Dalton, GA: 16,355 personsDalton, GA16,355Canton, GA: 15,708 personsCanton, GA15,708Lawrenceville, GA: 15,352 personsLawrenceville, GA15,352Statesboro, GA: 15,074 personsStatesboro, GA15,074McDonough, GA: 14,524 personsMcDonough, GA14,524LaGrange, GA: 13,861 personsLaGrange, GA13,861Union City, GA: 13,357 personsUnion City, GA13,357Carrollton, GA: 13,198 personsCarrollton, GA13,198Pooler, GA: 13,197 personsPooler, GA13,197Hinesville, GA: 13,053 personsHinesville, GA13,053Sugar Hill, GA: 12,784 personsSugar Hill, GA12,784Decatur, GA: 11,879 personsDecatur, GA11,879Atlanta, GA: 271,913 personsAtlanta, GA271,913Columbus, GA: 86,516 personsColumbus, GA86,516Savannah, GA: 72,885 personsSavannah, GA72,885Macon, GA: 65,992 personsMacon, GA65,992Sandy Springs, GA: 65,230 personsSandy Springs, GA65,230Roswell, GA: 49,789 personsRoswell, GA49,789Johns Creek, GA: 40,910 personsJohns Creek, GA40,910Warner Robins, GA: 36,548 personsWarner Robins, GA36,548Alpharetta, GA: 35,279 personsAlpharetta, GA35,279Smyrna, GA: 33,704 personsSmyrna, GA33,704Brookhaven, GA: 33,161 personsBrookhaven, GA33,161Marietta, GA: 32,349 personsMarietta, GA32,349Dunwoody, GA: 28,052 personsDunwoody, GA28,052Albany, GA: 27,986 personsAlbany, GA27,986Valdosta, GA: 23,856 personsValdosta, GA23,856Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,608 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,608Milton, GA: 22,160 personsMilton, GA22,160Newnan, GA: 21,376 personsNewnan, GA21,376East Point, GA: 20,305 personsEast Point, GA20,305Woodstock, GA: 20,033 personsWoodstock, GA20,033Gainesville, GA: 18,912 personsGainesville, GA18,912Stockbridge, GA: 18,757 personsStockbridge, GA18,757Tucker, GA: 18,322 personsTucker, GA18,322Chamblee, GA: 18,069 personsChamblee, GA18,069Duluth, GA: 17,845 personsDuluth, GA17,845Douglasville, GA: 17,770 personsDouglasville, GA17,770Peachtree City, GA: 17,439 personsPeachtree City, GA17,439Kennesaw, GA: 17,337 personsKennesaw, GA17,337Rome, GA: 16,386 personsRome, GA16,386Dalton, GA: 16,355 personsDalton, GA16,355Canton, GA: 15,708 personsCanton, GA15,708Lawrenceville, GA: 15,352 personsLawrenceville, GA15,352Statesboro, GA: 15,074 personsStatesboro, GA15,074McDonough, GA: 14,524 personsMcDonough, GA14,524LaGrange, GA: 13,861 personsLaGrange, GA13,861Union City, GA: 13,357 personsUnion City, GA13,357Carrollton, GA: 13,198 personsCarrollton, GA13,198Pooler, GA: 13,197 personsPooler, GA13,197Hinesville, GA: 13,053 personsHinesville, GA13,053Sugar Hill, GA: 12,784 personsSugar Hill, GA12,784Decatur, GA: 11,879 personsDecatur, GA11,879
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Atlanta, GA271,913+1.2%
2Columbus, GA86,516-0.8%
3Savannah, GA72,885-1%
4Macon, GA65,992-1.1%
5Sandy Springs, GA65,230+0.1%
6Roswell, GA49,789-0.4%
7Johns Creek, GA40,910-0.1%
8Warner Robins, GA36,548+1.6%
9Alpharetta, GA35,279+1.1%
10Smyrna, GA33,704+0.2%
11Brookhaven, GA33,161+2.4%
12Marietta, GA32,349+0.4%
13Dunwoody, GA28,052-0.8%
14Albany, GA27,986-1.8%
15Valdosta, GA23,856-1.4%
16Peachtree Corners, GA23,608+0.6%
17Milton, GA22,160+0.5%
18Newnan, GA21,376+3.7%
19East Point, GA20,305-0.6%
20Woodstock, GA20,033+2.8%
21Gainesville, GA18,912+3.7%
22Stockbridge, GA18,757+0.5%
23Tucker, GA18,322+0.2%
24Chamblee, GA18,069+1.9%
25Duluth, GA17,845+0.2%
26Douglasville, GA17,770+0.7%
27Peachtree City, GA17,439+1.3%
28Kennesaw, GA17,337-0.1%
29Rome, GA16,386-1.1%
30Dalton, GA16,355-2.7%
31Canton, GA15,708+4.6%
32Lawrenceville, GA15,352+3.6%
33Statesboro, GA15,074+1.7%
34McDonough, GA14,524+3.3%
35LaGrange, GA13,861+3.6%
36Union City, GA13,357+1.3%
37Carrollton, GA13,198+2.1%
38Pooler, GA13,197+6.9%
39Hinesville, GA13,053-0.4%
40Sugar Hill, GA12,784+2.1%
41Decatur, GA11,879-0.3%

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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 271,913 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Decatur, GA, with 11,879 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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