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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 42 cities in 2020, at 271,714. Cartersville, GA had the lowest, at 11,039. The median was 18,867. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest271,714Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,039Cartersville, GA
Median18,86742 cities

All cities, 2020

Atlanta, GA: 271,714 personsAtlanta, GA271,714Columbus, GA: 85,907 personsColumbus, GA85,907Savannah, GA: 72,310 personsSavannah, GA72,310Macon, GA: 65,542 personsMacon, GA65,542Sandy Springs, GA: 63,231 personsSandy Springs, GA63,231Roswell, GA: 48,321 personsRoswell, GA48,321Johns Creek, GA: 39,772 personsJohns Creek, GA39,772Warner Robins, GA: 36,158 personsWarner Robins, GA36,158Alpharetta, GA: 34,328 personsAlpharetta, GA34,328Smyrna, GA: 32,795 personsSmyrna, GA32,795Brookhaven, GA: 31,978 personsBrookhaven, GA31,978Marietta, GA: 31,470 personsMarietta, GA31,470Albany, GA: 27,871 personsAlbany, GA27,871Dunwoody, GA: 26,953 personsDunwoody, GA26,953Valdosta, GA: 23,939 personsValdosta, GA23,939Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,113 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,113Newnan, GA: 21,571 personsNewnan, GA21,571Milton, GA: 21,450 personsMilton, GA21,450East Point, GA: 20,668 personsEast Point, GA20,668Woodstock, GA: 19,519 personsWoodstock, GA19,519Gainesville, GA: 19,157 personsGainesville, GA19,157Stockbridge, GA: 18,577 personsStockbridge, GA18,577Tucker, GA: 18,126 personsTucker, GA18,126Douglasville, GA: 17,727 personsDouglasville, GA17,727Chamblee, GA: 17,611 personsChamblee, GA17,611Duluth, GA: 17,354 personsDuluth, GA17,354Kennesaw, GA: 17,161 personsKennesaw, GA17,161Peachtree City, GA: 16,846 personsPeachtree City, GA16,846Rome, GA: 16,107 personsRome, GA16,107Dalton, GA: 16,027 personsDalton, GA16,027Canton, GA: 15,891 personsCanton, GA15,891McDonough, GA: 14,975 personsMcDonough, GA14,975Lawrenceville, GA: 14,969 personsLawrenceville, GA14,969Statesboro, GA: 14,918 personsStatesboro, GA14,918LaGrange, GA: 14,099 personsLaGrange, GA14,099Union City, GA: 13,770 personsUnion City, GA13,770Hinesville, GA: 13,215 personsHinesville, GA13,215Pooler, GA: 13,092 personsPooler, GA13,092Carrollton, GA: 12,846 personsCarrollton, GA12,846Sugar Hill, GA: 12,553 personsSugar Hill, GA12,553Decatur, GA: 11,450 personsDecatur, GA11,450Cartersville, GA: 11,039 personsCartersville, GA11,039Atlanta, GA: 271,714 personsAtlanta, GA271,714Columbus, GA: 85,907 personsColumbus, GA85,907Savannah, GA: 72,310 personsSavannah, GA72,310Macon, GA: 65,542 personsMacon, GA65,542Sandy Springs, GA: 63,231 personsSandy Springs, GA63,231Roswell, GA: 48,321 personsRoswell, GA48,321Johns Creek, GA: 39,772 personsJohns Creek, GA39,772Warner Robins, GA: 36,158 personsWarner Robins, GA36,158Alpharetta, GA: 34,328 personsAlpharetta, GA34,328Smyrna, GA: 32,795 personsSmyrna, GA32,795Brookhaven, GA: 31,978 personsBrookhaven, GA31,978Marietta, GA: 31,470 personsMarietta, GA31,470Albany, GA: 27,871 personsAlbany, GA27,871Dunwoody, GA: 26,953 personsDunwoody, GA26,953Valdosta, GA: 23,939 personsValdosta, GA23,939Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,113 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,113Newnan, GA: 21,571 personsNewnan, GA21,571Milton, GA: 21,450 personsMilton, GA21,450East Point, GA: 20,668 personsEast Point, GA20,668Woodstock, GA: 19,519 personsWoodstock, GA19,519Gainesville, GA: 19,157 personsGainesville, GA19,157Stockbridge, GA: 18,577 personsStockbridge, GA18,577Tucker, GA: 18,126 personsTucker, GA18,126Douglasville, GA: 17,727 personsDouglasville, GA17,727Chamblee, GA: 17,611 personsChamblee, GA17,611Duluth, GA: 17,354 personsDuluth, GA17,354Kennesaw, GA: 17,161 personsKennesaw, GA17,161Peachtree City, GA: 16,846 personsPeachtree City, GA16,846Rome, GA: 16,107 personsRome, GA16,107Dalton, GA: 16,027 personsDalton, GA16,027Canton, GA: 15,891 personsCanton, GA15,891McDonough, GA: 14,975 personsMcDonough, GA14,975Lawrenceville, GA: 14,969 personsLawrenceville, GA14,969Statesboro, GA: 14,918 personsStatesboro, GA14,918LaGrange, GA: 14,099 personsLaGrange, GA14,099Union City, GA: 13,770 personsUnion City, GA13,770Hinesville, GA: 13,215 personsHinesville, GA13,215Pooler, GA: 13,092 personsPooler, GA13,092Carrollton, GA: 12,846 personsCarrollton, GA12,846Sugar Hill, GA: 12,553 personsSugar Hill, GA12,553Decatur, GA: 11,450 personsDecatur, GA11,450Cartersville, GA: 11,039 personsCartersville, GA11,039
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

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Atlanta, GA271,714-0.1%
2Columbus, GA85,907-0.7%
3Savannah, GA72,310-0.8%
4Macon, GA65,542-0.7%
5Sandy Springs, GA63,231-3.1%
6Roswell, GA48,321-2.9%
7Johns Creek, GA39,772-2.8%
8Warner Robins, GA36,158-1.1%
9Alpharetta, GA34,328-2.7%
10Smyrna, GA32,795-2.7%
11Brookhaven, GA31,978-3.6%
12Marietta, GA31,470-2.7%
13Albany, GA27,871-0.4%
14Dunwoody, GA26,953-3.9%
15Valdosta, GA23,939+0.3%
16Peachtree Corners, GA23,113-2.1%
17Newnan, GA21,571+0.9%
18Milton, GA21,450-3.2%
19East Point, GA20,668+1.8%
20Woodstock, GA19,519-2.6%
21Gainesville, GA19,157+1.3%
22Stockbridge, GA18,577-1%
23Tucker, GA18,126-1.1%
24Douglasville, GA17,727-0.2%
25Chamblee, GA17,611-2.5%
26Duluth, GA17,354-2.8%
27Kennesaw, GA17,161-1%
28Peachtree City, GA16,846-3.4%
29Rome, GA16,107-1.7%
30Dalton, GA16,027-2%
31Canton, GA15,891+1.2%
32McDonough, GA14,975+3.1%
33Lawrenceville, GA14,969-2.5%
34Statesboro, GA14,918-1%
35LaGrange, GA14,099+1.7%
36Union City, GA13,770+3.1%
37Hinesville, GA13,215+1.2%
38Pooler, GA13,092-0.8%
39Carrollton, GA12,846-2.7%
40Sugar Hill, GA12,553-1.8%
41Decatur, GA11,450-3.6%
42Cartersville, GA11,039n/a

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. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/georgia-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/georgia-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/georgia-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 271,714 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Cartersville, GA, with 11,039 in 2020.

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. 3 cities have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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