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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 42 cities in 2022, at 275,792. Cartersville, GA had the lowest, at 11,611. The median was 20,088. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest275,792Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,611Cartersville, GA
Median20,08842 cities

All cities, 2022

Atlanta, GA: 275,792 personsAtlanta, GA275,792Columbus, GA: 83,217 personsColumbus, GA83,217Savannah, GA: 73,534 personsSavannah, GA73,534Sandy Springs, GA: 65,572 personsSandy Springs, GA65,572Macon, GA: 63,964 personsMacon, GA63,964Roswell, GA: 50,292 personsRoswell, GA50,292Johns Creek, GA: 41,222 personsJohns Creek, GA41,222Alpharetta, GA: 36,418 personsAlpharetta, GA36,418Warner Robins, GA: 36,109 personsWarner Robins, GA36,109Brookhaven, GA: 34,135 personsBrookhaven, GA34,135Smyrna, GA: 33,627 personsSmyrna, GA33,627Marietta, GA: 32,896 personsMarietta, GA32,896Dunwoody, GA: 28,468 personsDunwoody, GA28,468Albany, GA: 26,741 personsAlbany, GA26,741Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,909 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,909Valdosta, GA: 23,140 personsValdosta, GA23,140Newnan, GA: 22,915 personsNewnan, GA22,915Milton, GA: 22,724 personsMilton, GA22,724Woodstock, GA: 21,382 personsWoodstock, GA21,382Gainesville, GA: 20,697 personsGainesville, GA20,697East Point, GA: 20,499 personsEast Point, GA20,499Douglasville, GA: 19,677 personsDouglasville, GA19,677Stockbridge, GA: 18,920 personsStockbridge, GA18,920Tucker, GA: 18,483 personsTucker, GA18,483Peachtree City, GA: 18,273 personsPeachtree City, GA18,273Chamblee, GA: 18,145 personsChamblee, GA18,145Duluth, GA: 18,121 personsDuluth, GA18,121Canton, GA: 17,598 personsCanton, GA17,598Kennesaw, GA: 17,580 personsKennesaw, GA17,580Rome, GA: 16,719 personsRome, GA16,719LaGrange, GA: 16,316 personsLaGrange, GA16,316Dalton, GA: 16,155 personsDalton, GA16,155McDonough, GA: 15,586 personsMcDonough, GA15,586Lawrenceville, GA: 15,455 personsLawrenceville, GA15,455Statesboro, GA: 15,284 personsStatesboro, GA15,284Pooler, GA: 15,092 personsPooler, GA15,092Union City, GA: 14,326 personsUnion City, GA14,326Carrollton, GA: 13,522 personsCarrollton, GA13,522Sugar Hill, GA: 13,159 personsSugar Hill, GA13,159Hinesville, GA: 12,924 personsHinesville, GA12,924Decatur, GA: 11,637 personsDecatur, GA11,637Cartersville, GA: 11,611 personsCartersville, GA11,611Atlanta, GA: 275,792 personsAtlanta, GA275,792Columbus, GA: 83,217 personsColumbus, GA83,217Savannah, GA: 73,534 personsSavannah, GA73,534Sandy Springs, GA: 65,572 personsSandy Springs, GA65,572Macon, GA: 63,964 personsMacon, GA63,964Roswell, GA: 50,292 personsRoswell, GA50,292Johns Creek, GA: 41,222 personsJohns Creek, GA41,222Alpharetta, GA: 36,418 personsAlpharetta, GA36,418Warner Robins, GA: 36,109 personsWarner Robins, GA36,109Brookhaven, GA: 34,135 personsBrookhaven, GA34,135Smyrna, GA: 33,627 personsSmyrna, GA33,627Marietta, GA: 32,896 personsMarietta, GA32,896Dunwoody, GA: 28,468 personsDunwoody, GA28,468Albany, GA: 26,741 personsAlbany, GA26,741Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,909 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,909Valdosta, GA: 23,140 personsValdosta, GA23,140Newnan, GA: 22,915 personsNewnan, GA22,915Milton, GA: 22,724 personsMilton, GA22,724Woodstock, GA: 21,382 personsWoodstock, GA21,382Gainesville, GA: 20,697 personsGainesville, GA20,697East Point, GA: 20,499 personsEast Point, GA20,499Douglasville, GA: 19,677 personsDouglasville, GA19,677Stockbridge, GA: 18,920 personsStockbridge, GA18,920Tucker, GA: 18,483 personsTucker, GA18,483Peachtree City, GA: 18,273 personsPeachtree City, GA18,273Chamblee, GA: 18,145 personsChamblee, GA18,145Duluth, GA: 18,121 personsDuluth, GA18,121Canton, GA: 17,598 personsCanton, GA17,598Kennesaw, GA: 17,580 personsKennesaw, GA17,580Rome, GA: 16,719 personsRome, GA16,719LaGrange, GA: 16,316 personsLaGrange, GA16,316Dalton, GA: 16,155 personsDalton, GA16,155McDonough, GA: 15,586 personsMcDonough, GA15,586Lawrenceville, GA: 15,455 personsLawrenceville, GA15,455Statesboro, GA: 15,284 personsStatesboro, GA15,284Pooler, GA: 15,092 personsPooler, GA15,092Union City, GA: 14,326 personsUnion City, GA14,326Carrollton, GA: 13,522 personsCarrollton, GA13,522Sugar Hill, GA: 13,159 personsSugar Hill, GA13,159Hinesville, GA: 12,924 personsHinesville, GA12,924Decatur, GA: 11,637 personsDecatur, GA11,637Cartersville, GA: 11,611 personsCartersville, GA11,611
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Atlanta, GA275,792+1.6%
2Columbus, GA83,217-2.3%
3Savannah, GA73,534+0.3%
4Sandy Springs, GA65,572+1.7%
5Macon, GA63,964-2.1%
6Roswell, GA50,292+1.9%
7Johns Creek, GA41,222+1.7%
8Alpharetta, GA36,418+3.1%
9Warner Robins, GA36,109-1.4%
10Brookhaven, GA34,135+3.1%
11Smyrna, GA33,627+0.4%
12Marietta, GA32,896+2%
13Dunwoody, GA28,468+3.7%
14Albany, GA26,741-1.3%
15Peachtree Corners, GA23,909+1.2%
16Valdosta, GA23,140-2.6%
17Newnan, GA22,915+3.2%
18Milton, GA22,724+3%
19Woodstock, GA21,382+3.2%
20Gainesville, GA20,697+5.1%
21East Point, GA20,499-0.2%
22Douglasville, GA19,677+8.1%
23Stockbridge, GA18,920-0.1%
24Tucker, GA18,483+0.8%
25Peachtree City, GA18,273+3.7%
26Chamblee, GA18,145+1.5%
27Duluth, GA18,121+2.1%
28Canton, GA17,598+3.9%
29Kennesaw, GA17,580+0.9%
30Rome, GA16,719+2.5%
31LaGrange, GA16,316-1.3%
32Dalton, GA16,155+0.9%
33McDonough, GA15,586+1.4%
34Lawrenceville, GA15,455+1.7%
35Statesboro, GA15,284+2%
36Pooler, GA15,092+6.5%
37Union City, GA14,326+1.5%
38Carrollton, GA13,522+3.1%
39Sugar Hill, GA13,159+2%
40Hinesville, GA12,924-1.7%
41Decatur, GA11,637+1.5%
42Cartersville, GA11,611+2.6%

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 2022 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 275,792 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Cartersville, GA, with 11,611 in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.

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