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Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 41 cities in 2019, at 261,929. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,488. The median was 18,293. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest261,929Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,488Decatur, GA
Median18,29341 cities

All cities, 2019

Atlanta, GA: 261,929 personsAtlanta, GA261,929Columbus, GA: 82,674 personsColumbus, GA82,674Savannah, GA: 70,264 personsSavannah, GA70,264Sandy Springs, GA: 63,432 personsSandy Springs, GA63,432Macon, GA: 63,165 personsMacon, GA63,165Roswell, GA: 48,360 personsRoswell, GA48,360Johns Creek, GA: 39,625 personsJohns Creek, GA39,625Warner Robins, GA: 35,282 personsWarner Robins, GA35,282Alpharetta, GA: 34,250 personsAlpharetta, GA34,250Smyrna, GA: 32,648 personsSmyrna, GA32,648Brookhaven, GA: 32,360 personsBrookhaven, GA32,360Marietta, GA: 31,211 personsMarietta, GA31,211Dunwoody, GA: 27,302 personsDunwoody, GA27,302Albany, GA: 26,506 personsAlbany, GA26,506Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,895 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,895Valdosta, GA: 22,849 personsValdosta, GA22,849Milton, GA: 21,561 personsMilton, GA21,561Newnan, GA: 20,712 personsNewnan, GA20,712Woodstock, GA: 19,512 personsWoodstock, GA19,512East Point, GA: 19,427 personsEast Point, GA19,427Gainesville, GA: 18,293 personsGainesville, GA18,293Stockbridge, GA: 18,082 personsStockbridge, GA18,082Tucker, GA: 17,694 personsTucker, GA17,694Chamblee, GA: 17,592 personsChamblee, GA17,592Duluth, GA: 17,330 personsDuluth, GA17,330Douglasville, GA: 17,099 personsDouglasville, GA17,099Peachtree City, GA: 16,904 personsPeachtree City, GA16,904Kennesaw, GA: 16,743 personsKennesaw, GA16,743Rome, GA: 15,708 personsRome, GA15,708Dalton, GA: 15,680 personsDalton, GA15,680Canton, GA: 15,274 personsCanton, GA15,274Lawrenceville, GA: 14,823 personsLawrenceville, GA14,823Statesboro, GA: 14,319 personsStatesboro, GA14,319McDonough, GA: 13,911 personsMcDonough, GA13,911LaGrange, GA: 13,276 personsLaGrange, GA13,276Union City, GA: 12,823 personsUnion City, GA12,823Pooler, GA: 12,816 personsPooler, GA12,816Carrollton, GA: 12,690 personsCarrollton, GA12,690Hinesville, GA: 12,469 personsHinesville, GA12,469Sugar Hill, GA: 12,398 personsSugar Hill, GA12,398Decatur, GA: 11,488 personsDecatur, GA11,488Atlanta, GA: 261,929 personsAtlanta, GA261,929Columbus, GA: 82,674 personsColumbus, GA82,674Savannah, GA: 70,264 personsSavannah, GA70,264Sandy Springs, GA: 63,432 personsSandy Springs, GA63,432Macon, GA: 63,165 personsMacon, GA63,165Roswell, GA: 48,360 personsRoswell, GA48,360Johns Creek, GA: 39,625 personsJohns Creek, GA39,625Warner Robins, GA: 35,282 personsWarner Robins, GA35,282Alpharetta, GA: 34,250 personsAlpharetta, GA34,250Smyrna, GA: 32,648 personsSmyrna, GA32,648Brookhaven, GA: 32,360 personsBrookhaven, GA32,360Marietta, GA: 31,211 personsMarietta, GA31,211Dunwoody, GA: 27,302 personsDunwoody, GA27,302Albany, GA: 26,506 personsAlbany, GA26,506Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,895 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,895Valdosta, GA: 22,849 personsValdosta, GA22,849Milton, GA: 21,561 personsMilton, GA21,561Newnan, GA: 20,712 personsNewnan, GA20,712Woodstock, GA: 19,512 personsWoodstock, GA19,512East Point, GA: 19,427 personsEast Point, GA19,427Gainesville, GA: 18,293 personsGainesville, GA18,293Stockbridge, GA: 18,082 personsStockbridge, GA18,082Tucker, GA: 17,694 personsTucker, GA17,694Chamblee, GA: 17,592 personsChamblee, GA17,592Duluth, GA: 17,330 personsDuluth, GA17,330Douglasville, GA: 17,099 personsDouglasville, GA17,099Peachtree City, GA: 16,904 personsPeachtree City, GA16,904Kennesaw, GA: 16,743 personsKennesaw, GA16,743Rome, GA: 15,708 personsRome, GA15,708Dalton, GA: 15,680 personsDalton, GA15,680Canton, GA: 15,274 personsCanton, GA15,274Lawrenceville, GA: 14,823 personsLawrenceville, GA14,823Statesboro, GA: 14,319 personsStatesboro, GA14,319McDonough, GA: 13,911 personsMcDonough, GA13,911LaGrange, GA: 13,276 personsLaGrange, GA13,276Union City, GA: 12,823 personsUnion City, GA12,823Pooler, GA: 12,816 personsPooler, GA12,816Carrollton, GA: 12,690 personsCarrollton, GA12,690Hinesville, GA: 12,469 personsHinesville, GA12,469Sugar Hill, GA: 12,398 personsSugar Hill, GA12,398Decatur, GA: 11,488 personsDecatur, GA11,488
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Atlanta, GA261,929+1.7%
2Columbus, GA82,674-0.5%
3Savannah, GA70,264-0.7%
4Sandy Springs, GA63,432+0.5%
5Macon, GA63,165-0.6%
6Roswell, GA48,3600%
7Johns Creek, GA39,625+0.2%
8Warner Robins, GA35,282+2.2%
9Alpharetta, GA34,250+1.4%
10Smyrna, GA32,648+0.6%
11Brookhaven, GA32,360+2.8%
12Marietta, GA31,211+0.7%
13Dunwoody, GA27,302-0.4%
14Albany, GA26,506-1.3%
15Peachtree Corners, GA22,895+1.1%
16Valdosta, GA22,849-0.9%
17Milton, GA21,561+0.8%
18Newnan, GA20,712+4.1%
19Woodstock, GA19,512+3%
20East Point, GA19,427-0.1%
21Gainesville, GA18,293+4.1%
22Stockbridge, GA18,082+1%
23Tucker, GA17,694+0.7%
24Chamblee, GA17,592+2.2%
25Duluth, GA17,330+0.5%
26Douglasville, GA17,099+1.2%
27Peachtree City, GA16,904+1.7%
28Kennesaw, GA16,743+0.2%
29Rome, GA15,708-0.7%
30Dalton, GA15,680-2.5%
31Canton, GA15,274+4.8%
32Lawrenceville, GA14,823+4.1%
33Statesboro, GA14,319+2.2%
34McDonough, GA13,911+3.9%
35LaGrange, GA13,276+4.2%
36Union City, GA12,823+2%
37Pooler, GA12,816+7.2%
38Carrollton, GA12,690+2.6%
39Hinesville, GA12,469-0.1%
40Sugar Hill, GA12,398+2.4%
41Decatur, GA11,488+0.1%

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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 261,929 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Decatur, GA, with 11,488 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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