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Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 41 cities in 2018, at 257,565. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,471. The median was 17,901. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest257,565Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,471Decatur, GA
Median17,90141 cities

All cities, 2018

Atlanta, GA: 257,565 personsAtlanta, GA257,565Columbus, GA: 83,063 personsColumbus, GA83,063Savannah, GA: 70,783 personsSavannah, GA70,783Macon, GA: 63,538 personsMacon, GA63,538Sandy Springs, GA: 63,141 personsSandy Springs, GA63,141Roswell, GA: 48,360 personsRoswell, GA48,360Johns Creek, GA: 39,542 personsJohns Creek, GA39,542Warner Robins, GA: 34,536 personsWarner Robins, GA34,536Alpharetta, GA: 33,783 personsAlpharetta, GA33,783Smyrna, GA: 32,458 personsSmyrna, GA32,458Brookhaven, GA: 31,489 personsBrookhaven, GA31,489Marietta, GA: 31,006 personsMarietta, GA31,006Dunwoody, GA: 27,404 personsDunwoody, GA27,404Albany, GA: 26,854 personsAlbany, GA26,854Valdosta, GA: 23,056 personsValdosta, GA23,056Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,635 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,635Milton, GA: 21,388 personsMilton, GA21,388Newnan, GA: 19,900 personsNewnan, GA19,900East Point, GA: 19,445 personsEast Point, GA19,445Woodstock, GA: 18,943 personsWoodstock, GA18,943Stockbridge, GA: 17,901 personsStockbridge, GA17,901Tucker, GA: 17,575 personsTucker, GA17,575Gainesville, GA: 17,572 personsGainesville, GA17,572Duluth, GA: 17,246 personsDuluth, GA17,246Chamblee, GA: 17,212 personsChamblee, GA17,212Douglasville, GA: 16,901 personsDouglasville, GA16,901Kennesaw, GA: 16,709 personsKennesaw, GA16,709Peachtree City, GA: 16,616 personsPeachtree City, GA16,616Dalton, GA: 16,075 personsDalton, GA16,075Rome, GA: 15,816 personsRome, GA15,816Canton, GA: 14,572 personsCanton, GA14,572Lawrenceville, GA: 14,235 personsLawrenceville, GA14,235Statesboro, GA: 14,014 personsStatesboro, GA14,014McDonough, GA: 13,393 personsMcDonough, GA13,393LaGrange, GA: 12,743 personsLaGrange, GA12,743Union City, GA: 12,575 personsUnion City, GA12,575Hinesville, GA: 12,480 personsHinesville, GA12,480Carrollton, GA: 12,370 personsCarrollton, GA12,370Sugar Hill, GA: 12,103 personsSugar Hill, GA12,103Pooler, GA: 11,953 personsPooler, GA11,953Decatur, GA: 11,471 personsDecatur, GA11,471Atlanta, GA: 257,565 personsAtlanta, GA257,565Columbus, GA: 83,063 personsColumbus, GA83,063Savannah, GA: 70,783 personsSavannah, GA70,783Macon, GA: 63,538 personsMacon, GA63,538Sandy Springs, GA: 63,141 personsSandy Springs, GA63,141Roswell, GA: 48,360 personsRoswell, GA48,360Johns Creek, GA: 39,542 personsJohns Creek, GA39,542Warner Robins, GA: 34,536 personsWarner Robins, GA34,536Alpharetta, GA: 33,783 personsAlpharetta, GA33,783Smyrna, GA: 32,458 personsSmyrna, GA32,458Brookhaven, GA: 31,489 personsBrookhaven, GA31,489Marietta, GA: 31,006 personsMarietta, GA31,006Dunwoody, GA: 27,404 personsDunwoody, GA27,404Albany, GA: 26,854 personsAlbany, GA26,854Valdosta, GA: 23,056 personsValdosta, GA23,056Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,635 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,635Milton, GA: 21,388 personsMilton, GA21,388Newnan, GA: 19,900 personsNewnan, GA19,900East Point, GA: 19,445 personsEast Point, GA19,445Woodstock, GA: 18,943 personsWoodstock, GA18,943Stockbridge, GA: 17,901 personsStockbridge, GA17,901Tucker, GA: 17,575 personsTucker, GA17,575Gainesville, GA: 17,572 personsGainesville, GA17,572Duluth, GA: 17,246 personsDuluth, GA17,246Chamblee, GA: 17,212 personsChamblee, GA17,212Douglasville, GA: 16,901 personsDouglasville, GA16,901Kennesaw, GA: 16,709 personsKennesaw, GA16,709Peachtree City, GA: 16,616 personsPeachtree City, GA16,616Dalton, GA: 16,075 personsDalton, GA16,075Rome, GA: 15,816 personsRome, GA15,816Canton, GA: 14,572 personsCanton, GA14,572Lawrenceville, GA: 14,235 personsLawrenceville, GA14,235Statesboro, GA: 14,014 personsStatesboro, GA14,014McDonough, GA: 13,393 personsMcDonough, GA13,393LaGrange, GA: 12,743 personsLaGrange, GA12,743Union City, GA: 12,575 personsUnion City, GA12,575Hinesville, GA: 12,480 personsHinesville, GA12,480Carrollton, GA: 12,370 personsCarrollton, GA12,370Sugar Hill, GA: 12,103 personsSugar Hill, GA12,103Pooler, GA: 11,953 personsPooler, GA11,953Decatur, GA: 11,471 personsDecatur, GA11,471
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Atlanta, GA257,565+1.5%
2Columbus, GA83,063+0.3%
3Savannah, GA70,783+1.2%
4Macon, GA63,538-0.5%
5Sandy Springs, GA63,141+2.2%
6Roswell, GA48,360+0.1%
7Johns Creek, GA39,542+0.2%
8Warner Robins, GA34,536+1.2%
9Alpharetta, GA33,783+1%
10Smyrna, GA32,458+0.6%
11Brookhaven, GA31,489+1.1%
12Marietta, GA31,006+0.1%
13Dunwoody, GA27,404+0.3%
14Albany, GA26,854-2.5%
15Valdosta, GA23,056+0.2%
16Peachtree Corners, GA22,635+1.1%
17Milton, GA21,388+1%
18Newnan, GA19,900+2.2%
19East Point, GA19,445-0.2%
20Woodstock, GA18,943+2.1%
21Stockbridge, GA17,901+1.6%
22Tucker, GA17,575+0.7%
23Gainesville, GA17,572+3.1%
24Duluth, GA17,246+0.5%
25Chamblee, GA17,212+1.5%
26Douglasville, GA16,901+1.7%
27Kennesaw, GA16,709-0%
28Peachtree City, GA16,616+1.8%
29Dalton, GA16,075+0.2%
30Rome, GA15,816+0.9%
31Canton, GA14,572+3.4%
32Lawrenceville, GA14,235+0.5%
33Statesboro, GA14,014+0.6%
34McDonough, GA13,393+4.4%
35LaGrange, GA12,743-2.3%
36Union City, GA12,575+2.7%
37Hinesville, GA12,480+2.3%
38Carrollton, GA12,370-0.6%
39Sugar Hill, GA12,103+4.8%
40Pooler, GA11,953+2.9%
41Decatur, GA11,471+8.4%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 257,565 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Decatur, GA, with 11,471 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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