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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 44 cities in 2023, at 286,215. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,817. The median was 21,305. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest286,215Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,817Decatur, GA
Median21,30544 cities

All cities, 2023

Atlanta, GA: 286,215 personsAtlanta, GA286,215Columbus, GA: 83,416 personsColumbus, GA83,416Savannah, GA: 73,941 personsSavannah, GA73,941Sandy Springs, GA: 65,160 personsSandy Springs, GA65,160Macon, GA: 63,601 personsMacon, GA63,601South Fulton, GA: 57,737 personsSouth Fulton, GA57,737Roswell, GA: 50,309 personsRoswell, GA50,309Johns Creek, GA: 41,113 personsJohns Creek, GA41,113Warner Robins, GA: 37,166 personsWarner Robins, GA37,166Alpharetta, GA: 36,799 personsAlpharetta, GA36,799Brookhaven, GA: 34,660 personsBrookhaven, GA34,660Smyrna, GA: 34,105 personsSmyrna, GA34,105Marietta, GA: 33,331 personsMarietta, GA33,331Stonecrest, GA: 31,357 personsStonecrest, GA31,357Dunwoody, GA: 28,645 personsDunwoody, GA28,645Albany, GA: 26,444 personsAlbany, GA26,444Peachtree Corners, GA: 24,169 personsPeachtree Corners, GA24,169Newnan, GA: 23,412 personsNewnan, GA23,412Valdosta, GA: 22,956 personsValdosta, GA22,956Milton, GA: 22,777 personsMilton, GA22,777Woodstock, GA: 22,235 personsWoodstock, GA22,235Gainesville, GA: 22,044 personsGainesville, GA22,044East Point, GA: 20,566 personsEast Point, GA20,566Douglasville, GA: 20,452 personsDouglasville, GA20,452Chamblee, GA: 19,629 personsChamblee, GA19,629Stockbridge, GA: 18,982 personsStockbridge, GA18,982Peachtree City, GA: 18,792 personsPeachtree City, GA18,792Tucker, GA: 18,738 personsTucker, GA18,738Duluth, GA: 18,586 personsDuluth, GA18,586Kennesaw, GA: 18,388 personsKennesaw, GA18,388Canton, GA: 18,260 personsCanton, GA18,260Rome, GA: 17,424 personsRome, GA17,424LaGrange, GA: 16,838 personsLaGrange, GA16,838McDonough, GA: 16,666 personsMcDonough, GA16,666Dalton, GA: 16,290 personsDalton, GA16,290Lawrenceville, GA: 15,836 personsLawrenceville, GA15,836Pooler, GA: 15,632 personsPooler, GA15,632Statesboro, GA: 15,213 personsStatesboro, GA15,213Union City, GA: 14,508 personsUnion City, GA14,508Carrollton, GA: 13,880 personsCarrollton, GA13,880Sugar Hill, GA: 13,591 personsSugar Hill, GA13,591Hinesville, GA: 13,128 personsHinesville, GA13,128Cartersville, GA: 12,245 personsCartersville, GA12,245Decatur, GA: 11,817 personsDecatur, GA11,817Atlanta, GA: 286,215 personsAtlanta, GA286,215Columbus, GA: 83,416 personsColumbus, GA83,416Savannah, GA: 73,941 personsSavannah, GA73,941Sandy Springs, GA: 65,160 personsSandy Springs, GA65,160Macon, GA: 63,601 personsMacon, GA63,601South Fulton, GA: 57,737 personsSouth Fulton, GA57,737Roswell, GA: 50,309 personsRoswell, GA50,309Johns Creek, GA: 41,113 personsJohns Creek, GA41,113Warner Robins, GA: 37,166 personsWarner Robins, GA37,166Alpharetta, GA: 36,799 personsAlpharetta, GA36,799Brookhaven, GA: 34,660 personsBrookhaven, GA34,660Smyrna, GA: 34,105 personsSmyrna, GA34,105Marietta, GA: 33,331 personsMarietta, GA33,331Stonecrest, GA: 31,357 personsStonecrest, GA31,357Dunwoody, GA: 28,645 personsDunwoody, GA28,645Albany, GA: 26,444 personsAlbany, GA26,444Peachtree Corners, GA: 24,169 personsPeachtree Corners, GA24,169Newnan, GA: 23,412 personsNewnan, GA23,412Valdosta, GA: 22,956 personsValdosta, GA22,956Milton, GA: 22,777 personsMilton, GA22,777Woodstock, GA: 22,235 personsWoodstock, GA22,235Gainesville, GA: 22,044 personsGainesville, GA22,044East Point, GA: 20,566 personsEast Point, GA20,566Douglasville, GA: 20,452 personsDouglasville, GA20,452Chamblee, GA: 19,629 personsChamblee, GA19,629Stockbridge, GA: 18,982 personsStockbridge, GA18,982Peachtree City, GA: 18,792 personsPeachtree City, GA18,792Tucker, GA: 18,738 personsTucker, GA18,738Duluth, GA: 18,586 personsDuluth, GA18,586Kennesaw, GA: 18,388 personsKennesaw, GA18,388Canton, GA: 18,260 personsCanton, GA18,260Rome, GA: 17,424 personsRome, GA17,424LaGrange, GA: 16,838 personsLaGrange, GA16,838McDonough, GA: 16,666 personsMcDonough, GA16,666Dalton, GA: 16,290 personsDalton, GA16,290Lawrenceville, GA: 15,836 personsLawrenceville, GA15,836Pooler, GA: 15,632 personsPooler, GA15,632Statesboro, GA: 15,213 personsStatesboro, GA15,213Union City, GA: 14,508 personsUnion City, GA14,508Carrollton, GA: 13,880 personsCarrollton, GA13,880Sugar Hill, GA: 13,591 personsSugar Hill, GA13,591Hinesville, GA: 13,128 personsHinesville, GA13,128Cartersville, GA: 12,245 personsCartersville, GA12,245Decatur, GA: 11,817 personsDecatur, GA11,817
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Atlanta, GA286,215+3.8%
2Columbus, GA83,416+0.2%
3Savannah, GA73,941+0.6%
4Sandy Springs, GA65,160-0.6%
5Macon, GA63,601-0.6%
6South Fulton, GA57,737n/a
7Roswell, GA50,3090%
8Johns Creek, GA41,113-0.3%
9Warner Robins, GA37,166+2.9%
10Alpharetta, GA36,799+1%
11Brookhaven, GA34,660+1.5%
12Smyrna, GA34,105+1.4%
13Marietta, GA33,331+1.3%
14Stonecrest, GA31,357n/a
15Dunwoody, GA28,645+0.6%
16Albany, GA26,444-1.1%
17Peachtree Corners, GA24,169+1.1%
18Newnan, GA23,412+2.2%
19Valdosta, GA22,956-0.8%
20Milton, GA22,777+0.2%
21Woodstock, GA22,235+4%
22Gainesville, GA22,044+6.5%
23East Point, GA20,566+0.3%
24Douglasville, GA20,452+3.9%
25Chamblee, GA19,629+8.2%
26Stockbridge, GA18,982+0.3%
27Peachtree City, GA18,792+2.8%
28Tucker, GA18,738+1.4%
29Duluth, GA18,586+2.6%
30Kennesaw, GA18,388+4.6%
31Canton, GA18,260+3.8%
32Rome, GA17,424+4.2%
33LaGrange, GA16,838+3.2%
34McDonough, GA16,666+6.9%
35Dalton, GA16,290+0.8%
36Lawrenceville, GA15,836+2.5%
37Pooler, GA15,632+3.6%
38Statesboro, GA15,213-0.5%
39Union City, GA14,508+1.3%
40Carrollton, GA13,880+2.6%
41Sugar Hill, GA13,591+3.3%
42Hinesville, GA13,128+1.6%
43Cartersville, GA12,245+5.5%
44Decatur, GA11,817+1.5%

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 286,215 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Decatur, GA, with 11,817 in 2023.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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