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Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 41 cities in 2017, at 253,739. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 10,584. The median was 17,611. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest253,739Atlanta, GA
Lowest10,584Decatur, GA
Median17,61141 cities

All cities, 2017

Atlanta, GA: 253,739 personsAtlanta, GA253,739Columbus, GA: 82,803 personsColumbus, GA82,803Savannah, GA: 69,964 personsSavannah, GA69,964Macon, GA: 63,831 personsMacon, GA63,831Sandy Springs, GA: 61,756 personsSandy Springs, GA61,756Roswell, GA: 48,317 personsRoswell, GA48,317Johns Creek, GA: 39,471 personsJohns Creek, GA39,471Warner Robins, GA: 34,113 personsWarner Robins, GA34,113Alpharetta, GA: 33,463 personsAlpharetta, GA33,463Smyrna, GA: 32,263 personsSmyrna, GA32,263Brookhaven, GA: 31,151 personsBrookhaven, GA31,151Marietta, GA: 30,962 personsMarietta, GA30,962Albany, GA: 27,551 personsAlbany, GA27,551Dunwoody, GA: 27,327 personsDunwoody, GA27,327Valdosta, GA: 23,021 personsValdosta, GA23,021Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,381 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,381Milton, GA: 21,182 personsMilton, GA21,182East Point, GA: 19,483 personsEast Point, GA19,483Newnan, GA: 19,463 personsNewnan, GA19,463Woodstock, GA: 18,554 personsWoodstock, GA18,554Stockbridge, GA: 17,611 personsStockbridge, GA17,611Tucker, GA: 17,453 personsTucker, GA17,453Duluth, GA: 17,162 personsDuluth, GA17,162Gainesville, GA: 17,050 personsGainesville, GA17,050Chamblee, GA: 16,965 personsChamblee, GA16,965Kennesaw, GA: 16,711 personsKennesaw, GA16,711Douglasville, GA: 16,626 personsDouglasville, GA16,626Peachtree City, GA: 16,325 personsPeachtree City, GA16,325Dalton, GA: 16,041 personsDalton, GA16,041Rome, GA: 15,680 personsRome, GA15,680Lawrenceville, GA: 14,167 personsLawrenceville, GA14,167Canton, GA: 14,090 personsCanton, GA14,090Statesboro, GA: 13,924 personsStatesboro, GA13,924LaGrange, GA: 13,044 personsLaGrange, GA13,044McDonough, GA: 12,833 personsMcDonough, GA12,833Carrollton, GA: 12,440 personsCarrollton, GA12,440Union City, GA: 12,248 personsUnion City, GA12,248Hinesville, GA: 12,200 personsHinesville, GA12,200Pooler, GA: 11,613 personsPooler, GA11,613Sugar Hill, GA: 11,548 personsSugar Hill, GA11,548Decatur, GA: 10,584 personsDecatur, GA10,584Atlanta, GA: 253,739 personsAtlanta, GA253,739Columbus, GA: 82,803 personsColumbus, GA82,803Savannah, GA: 69,964 personsSavannah, GA69,964Macon, GA: 63,831 personsMacon, GA63,831Sandy Springs, GA: 61,756 personsSandy Springs, GA61,756Roswell, GA: 48,317 personsRoswell, GA48,317Johns Creek, GA: 39,471 personsJohns Creek, GA39,471Warner Robins, GA: 34,113 personsWarner Robins, GA34,113Alpharetta, GA: 33,463 personsAlpharetta, GA33,463Smyrna, GA: 32,263 personsSmyrna, GA32,263Brookhaven, GA: 31,151 personsBrookhaven, GA31,151Marietta, GA: 30,962 personsMarietta, GA30,962Albany, GA: 27,551 personsAlbany, GA27,551Dunwoody, GA: 27,327 personsDunwoody, GA27,327Valdosta, GA: 23,021 personsValdosta, GA23,021Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,381 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,381Milton, GA: 21,182 personsMilton, GA21,182East Point, GA: 19,483 personsEast Point, GA19,483Newnan, GA: 19,463 personsNewnan, GA19,463Woodstock, GA: 18,554 personsWoodstock, GA18,554Stockbridge, GA: 17,611 personsStockbridge, GA17,611Tucker, GA: 17,453 personsTucker, GA17,453Duluth, GA: 17,162 personsDuluth, GA17,162Gainesville, GA: 17,050 personsGainesville, GA17,050Chamblee, GA: 16,965 personsChamblee, GA16,965Kennesaw, GA: 16,711 personsKennesaw, GA16,711Douglasville, GA: 16,626 personsDouglasville, GA16,626Peachtree City, GA: 16,325 personsPeachtree City, GA16,325Dalton, GA: 16,041 personsDalton, GA16,041Rome, GA: 15,680 personsRome, GA15,680Lawrenceville, GA: 14,167 personsLawrenceville, GA14,167Canton, GA: 14,090 personsCanton, GA14,090Statesboro, GA: 13,924 personsStatesboro, GA13,924LaGrange, GA: 13,044 personsLaGrange, GA13,044McDonough, GA: 12,833 personsMcDonough, GA12,833Carrollton, GA: 12,440 personsCarrollton, GA12,440Union City, GA: 12,248 personsUnion City, GA12,248Hinesville, GA: 12,200 personsHinesville, GA12,200Pooler, GA: 11,613 personsPooler, GA11,613Sugar Hill, GA: 11,548 personsSugar Hill, GA11,548Decatur, GA: 10,584 personsDecatur, GA10,584
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Atlanta, GA253,739+5.8%
2Columbus, GA82,803+2.9%
3Savannah, GA69,964+3.1%
4Macon, GA63,831+2.9%
5Sandy Springs, GA61,756+4%
6Roswell, GA48,317+3.2%
7Johns Creek, GA39,471+3.4%
8Warner Robins, GA34,113+3.7%
9Alpharetta, GA33,463+3.5%
10Smyrna, GA32,263+3.7%
11Brookhaven, GA31,151+4.2%
12Marietta, GA30,962+3.6%
13Albany, GA27,551+3.1%
14Dunwoody, GA27,327+3.7%
15Valdosta, GA23,021+1.9%
16Peachtree Corners, GA22,381+4.8%
17Milton, GA21,182+4%
18East Point, GA19,483+2.7%
19Newnan, GA19,463+5.3%
20Woodstock, GA18,554+6.1%
21Stockbridge, GA17,611+4.6%
22Tucker, GA17,453+3.8%
23Duluth, GA17,162+3.8%
24Gainesville, GA17,050+10.4%
25Chamblee, GA16,965+6.2%
26Kennesaw, GA16,711+4.7%
27Douglasville, GA16,626+4.3%
28Peachtree City, GA16,325+4.2%
29Dalton, GA16,041+2%
30Rome, GA15,680+3.4%
31Lawrenceville, GA14,167+4.2%
32Canton, GA14,090+9.8%
33Statesboro, GA13,924+2.6%
34LaGrange, GA13,044+2.9%
35McDonough, GA12,833+6.7%
36Carrollton, GA12,440+4.5%
37Union City, GA12,248+4.5%
38Hinesville, GA12,200+4.2%
39Pooler, GA11,613+4.7%
40Sugar Hill, GA11,548+7.4%
41Decatur, GA10,584+7.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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 2017 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: employment (measure 05), 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2017) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2017. 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/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2017. 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/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2017}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 253,739 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Decatur, GA, with 10,584 in 2017.

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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 4 cities have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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