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Cities in Georgia by civilian labor force

Atlanta, GA had the highest civilian labor force of 45 cities in 2024, at 289,679. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,764. The median was 22,254. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest289,679Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,764Decatur, GA
Median22,25445 cities

All cities, 2024

Atlanta, GA: 289,679 personsAtlanta, GA289,679Columbus, GA: 82,223 personsColumbus, GA82,223Savannah, GA: 74,713 personsSavannah, GA74,713Sandy Springs, GA: 64,568 personsSandy Springs, GA64,568Macon, GA: 63,175 personsMacon, GA63,175South Fulton, GA: 58,019 personsSouth Fulton, GA58,019Roswell, GA: 50,323 personsRoswell, GA50,323Mableton, GA: 41,811 personsMableton, GA41,811Johns Creek, GA: 40,926 personsJohns Creek, GA40,926Warner Robins, GA: 37,422 personsWarner Robins, GA37,422Alpharetta, GA: 36,726 personsAlpharetta, GA36,726Brookhaven, GA: 35,227 personsBrookhaven, GA35,227Smyrna, GA: 34,066 personsSmyrna, GA34,066Marietta, GA: 33,129 personsMarietta, GA33,129Stonecrest, GA: 31,334 personsStonecrest, GA31,334Dunwoody, GA: 28,454 personsDunwoody, GA28,454Albany, GA: 26,280 personsAlbany, GA26,280Peachtree Corners, GA: 24,255 personsPeachtree Corners, GA24,255Newnan, GA: 23,661 personsNewnan, GA23,661Valdosta, GA: 23,132 personsValdosta, GA23,132Milton, GA: 22,702 personsMilton, GA22,702Woodstock, GA: 22,593 personsWoodstock, GA22,593Gainesville, GA: 22,254 personsGainesville, GA22,254Douglasville, GA: 21,141 personsDouglasville, GA21,141East Point, GA: 20,562 personsEast Point, GA20,562Kennesaw, GA: 19,759 personsKennesaw, GA19,759Chamblee, GA: 19,755 personsChamblee, GA19,755Stockbridge, GA: 19,217 personsStockbridge, GA19,217Peachtree City, GA: 18,965 personsPeachtree City, GA18,965Duluth, GA: 18,828 personsDuluth, GA18,828Canton, GA: 18,753 personsCanton, GA18,753Tucker, GA: 18,699 personsTucker, GA18,699LaGrange, GA: 17,858 personsLaGrange, GA17,858Rome, GA: 17,742 personsRome, GA17,742McDonough, GA: 16,970 personsMcDonough, GA16,970Pooler, GA: 16,568 personsPooler, GA16,568Dalton, GA: 16,330 personsDalton, GA16,330Lawrenceville, GA: 16,174 personsLawrenceville, GA16,174Statesboro, GA: 15,597 personsStatesboro, GA15,597Sugar Hill, GA: 14,883 personsSugar Hill, GA14,883Union City, GA: 14,625 personsUnion City, GA14,625Carrollton, GA: 14,112 personsCarrollton, GA14,112Hinesville, GA: 13,132 personsHinesville, GA13,132Cartersville, GA: 12,209 personsCartersville, GA12,209Decatur, GA: 11,764 personsDecatur, GA11,764Atlanta, GA: 289,679 personsAtlanta, GA289,679Columbus, GA: 82,223 personsColumbus, GA82,223Savannah, GA: 74,713 personsSavannah, GA74,713Sandy Springs, GA: 64,568 personsSandy Springs, GA64,568Macon, GA: 63,175 personsMacon, GA63,175South Fulton, GA: 58,019 personsSouth Fulton, GA58,019Roswell, GA: 50,323 personsRoswell, GA50,323Mableton, GA: 41,811 personsMableton, GA41,811Johns Creek, GA: 40,926 personsJohns Creek, GA40,926Warner Robins, GA: 37,422 personsWarner Robins, GA37,422Alpharetta, GA: 36,726 personsAlpharetta, GA36,726Brookhaven, GA: 35,227 personsBrookhaven, GA35,227Smyrna, GA: 34,066 personsSmyrna, GA34,066Marietta, GA: 33,129 personsMarietta, GA33,129Stonecrest, GA: 31,334 personsStonecrest, GA31,334Dunwoody, GA: 28,454 personsDunwoody, GA28,454Albany, GA: 26,280 personsAlbany, GA26,280Peachtree Corners, GA: 24,255 personsPeachtree Corners, GA24,255Newnan, GA: 23,661 personsNewnan, GA23,661Valdosta, GA: 23,132 personsValdosta, GA23,132Milton, GA: 22,702 personsMilton, GA22,702Woodstock, GA: 22,593 personsWoodstock, GA22,593Gainesville, GA: 22,254 personsGainesville, GA22,254Douglasville, GA: 21,141 personsDouglasville, GA21,141East Point, GA: 20,562 personsEast Point, GA20,562Kennesaw, GA: 19,759 personsKennesaw, GA19,759Chamblee, GA: 19,755 personsChamblee, GA19,755Stockbridge, GA: 19,217 personsStockbridge, GA19,217Peachtree City, GA: 18,965 personsPeachtree City, GA18,965Duluth, GA: 18,828 personsDuluth, GA18,828Canton, GA: 18,753 personsCanton, GA18,753Tucker, GA: 18,699 personsTucker, GA18,699LaGrange, GA: 17,858 personsLaGrange, GA17,858Rome, GA: 17,742 personsRome, GA17,742McDonough, GA: 16,970 personsMcDonough, GA16,970Pooler, GA: 16,568 personsPooler, GA16,568Dalton, GA: 16,330 personsDalton, GA16,330Lawrenceville, GA: 16,174 personsLawrenceville, GA16,174Statesboro, GA: 15,597 personsStatesboro, GA15,597Sugar Hill, GA: 14,883 personsSugar Hill, GA14,883Union City, GA: 14,625 personsUnion City, GA14,625Carrollton, GA: 14,112 personsCarrollton, GA14,112Hinesville, GA: 13,132 personsHinesville, GA13,132Cartersville, GA: 12,209 personsCartersville, GA12,209Decatur, GA: 11,764 personsDecatur, GA11,764
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Atlanta, GA289,679+1.2%
2Columbus, GA82,223-1.4%
3Savannah, GA74,713+1%
4Sandy Springs, GA64,568-0.9%
5Macon, GA63,175-0.7%
6South Fulton, GA58,019+0.5%
7Roswell, GA50,3230%
8Mableton, GA41,811n/a
9Johns Creek, GA40,926-0.5%
10Warner Robins, GA37,422+0.7%
11Alpharetta, GA36,726-0.2%
12Brookhaven, GA35,227+1.6%
13Smyrna, GA34,066-0.1%
14Marietta, GA33,129-0.6%
15Stonecrest, GA31,334-0.1%
16Dunwoody, GA28,454-0.7%
17Albany, GA26,280-0.6%
18Peachtree Corners, GA24,255+0.4%
19Newnan, GA23,661+1.1%
20Valdosta, GA23,132+0.8%
21Milton, GA22,702-0.3%
22Woodstock, GA22,593+1.6%
23Gainesville, GA22,254+1%
24Douglasville, GA21,141+3.4%
25East Point, GA20,562-0%
26Kennesaw, GA19,759+7.5%
27Chamblee, GA19,755+0.6%
28Stockbridge, GA19,217+1.2%
29Peachtree City, GA18,965+0.9%
30Duluth, GA18,828+1.3%
31Canton, GA18,753+2.7%
32Tucker, GA18,699-0.2%
33LaGrange, GA17,858+6.1%
34Rome, GA17,742+1.8%
35McDonough, GA16,970+1.8%
36Pooler, GA16,568+6%
37Dalton, GA16,330+0.2%
38Lawrenceville, GA16,174+2.1%
39Statesboro, GA15,597+2.5%
40Sugar Hill, GA14,883+9.5%
41Union City, GA14,625+0.8%
42Carrollton, GA14,112+1.7%
43Hinesville, GA13,1320%
44Cartersville, GA12,209-0.3%
45Decatur, GA11,764-0.4%

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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. 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Atlanta, GA, with 289,679 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Decatur, GA, with 11,764 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

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