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Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 42 cities in 2020, at 249,468. Cartersville, GA had the lowest, at 10,437. The median was 17,654. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest249,468Atlanta, GA
Lowest10,437Cartersville, GA
Median17,65442 cities

All cities, 2020

Atlanta, GA: 249,468 personsAtlanta, GA249,468Columbus, GA: 79,766 personsColumbus, GA79,766Savannah, GA: 66,147 personsSavannah, GA66,147Macon, GA: 60,464 personsMacon, GA60,464Sandy Springs, GA: 59,997 personsSandy Springs, GA59,997Roswell, GA: 45,852 personsRoswell, GA45,852Johns Creek, GA: 37,595 personsJohns Creek, GA37,595Warner Robins, GA: 34,172 personsWarner Robins, GA34,172Alpharetta, GA: 32,588 personsAlpharetta, GA32,588Smyrna, GA: 30,742 personsSmyrna, GA30,742Brookhaven, GA: 30,635 personsBrookhaven, GA30,635Marietta, GA: 29,435 personsMarietta, GA29,435Dunwoody, GA: 25,709 personsDunwoody, GA25,709Albany, GA: 25,136 personsAlbany, GA25,136Valdosta, GA: 22,123 personsValdosta, GA22,123Peachtree Corners, GA: 21,735 personsPeachtree Corners, GA21,735Milton, GA: 20,531 personsMilton, GA20,531Newnan, GA: 20,121 personsNewnan, GA20,121Woodstock, GA: 18,701 personsWoodstock, GA18,701East Point, GA: 18,374 personsEast Point, GA18,374Gainesville, GA: 18,104 personsGainesville, GA18,104Stockbridge, GA: 17,204 personsStockbridge, GA17,204Tucker, GA: 16,857 personsTucker, GA16,857Chamblee, GA: 16,782 personsChamblee, GA16,782Duluth, GA: 16,368 personsDuluth, GA16,368Douglasville, GA: 16,333 personsDouglasville, GA16,333Peachtree City, GA: 16,162 personsPeachtree City, GA16,162Kennesaw, GA: 16,076 personsKennesaw, GA16,076Canton, GA: 15,212 personsCanton, GA15,212Dalton, GA: 14,971 personsDalton, GA14,971Rome, GA: 14,953 personsRome, GA14,953Lawrenceville, GA: 13,934 personsLawrenceville, GA13,934Statesboro, GA: 13,705 personsStatesboro, GA13,705McDonough, GA: 13,613 personsMcDonough, GA13,613LaGrange, GA: 12,717 personsLaGrange, GA12,717Union City, GA: 12,485 personsUnion City, GA12,485Hinesville, GA: 12,300 personsHinesville, GA12,300Pooler, GA: 12,285 personsPooler, GA12,285Carrollton, GA: 12,015 personsCarrollton, GA12,015Sugar Hill, GA: 11,820 personsSugar Hill, GA11,820Decatur, GA: 10,804 personsDecatur, GA10,804Cartersville, GA: 10,437 personsCartersville, GA10,437Atlanta, GA: 249,468 personsAtlanta, GA249,468Columbus, GA: 79,766 personsColumbus, GA79,766Savannah, GA: 66,147 personsSavannah, GA66,147Macon, GA: 60,464 personsMacon, GA60,464Sandy Springs, GA: 59,997 personsSandy Springs, GA59,997Roswell, GA: 45,852 personsRoswell, GA45,852Johns Creek, GA: 37,595 personsJohns Creek, GA37,595Warner Robins, GA: 34,172 personsWarner Robins, GA34,172Alpharetta, GA: 32,588 personsAlpharetta, GA32,588Smyrna, GA: 30,742 personsSmyrna, GA30,742Brookhaven, GA: 30,635 personsBrookhaven, GA30,635Marietta, GA: 29,435 personsMarietta, GA29,435Dunwoody, GA: 25,709 personsDunwoody, GA25,709Albany, GA: 25,136 personsAlbany, GA25,136Valdosta, GA: 22,123 personsValdosta, GA22,123Peachtree Corners, GA: 21,735 personsPeachtree Corners, GA21,735Milton, GA: 20,531 personsMilton, GA20,531Newnan, GA: 20,121 personsNewnan, GA20,121Woodstock, GA: 18,701 personsWoodstock, GA18,701East Point, GA: 18,374 personsEast Point, GA18,374Gainesville, GA: 18,104 personsGainesville, GA18,104Stockbridge, GA: 17,204 personsStockbridge, GA17,204Tucker, GA: 16,857 personsTucker, GA16,857Chamblee, GA: 16,782 personsChamblee, GA16,782Duluth, GA: 16,368 personsDuluth, GA16,368Douglasville, GA: 16,333 personsDouglasville, GA16,333Peachtree City, GA: 16,162 personsPeachtree City, GA16,162Kennesaw, GA: 16,076 personsKennesaw, GA16,076Canton, GA: 15,212 personsCanton, GA15,212Dalton, GA: 14,971 personsDalton, GA14,971Rome, GA: 14,953 personsRome, GA14,953Lawrenceville, GA: 13,934 personsLawrenceville, GA13,934Statesboro, GA: 13,705 personsStatesboro, GA13,705McDonough, GA: 13,613 personsMcDonough, GA13,613LaGrange, GA: 12,717 personsLaGrange, GA12,717Union City, GA: 12,485 personsUnion City, GA12,485Hinesville, GA: 12,300 personsHinesville, GA12,300Pooler, GA: 12,285 personsPooler, GA12,285Carrollton, GA: 12,015 personsCarrollton, GA12,015Sugar Hill, GA: 11,820 personsSugar Hill, GA11,820Decatur, GA: 10,804 personsDecatur, GA10,804Cartersville, GA: 10,437 personsCartersville, GA10,437
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Atlanta, GA249,468-4.8%
2Columbus, GA79,766-3.5%
3Savannah, GA66,147-5.9%
4Macon, GA60,464-4.3%
5Sandy Springs, GA59,997-5.4%
6Roswell, GA45,852-5.2%
7Johns Creek, GA37,595-5.1%
8Warner Robins, GA34,172-3.1%
9Alpharetta, GA32,588-4.9%
10Smyrna, GA30,742-5.8%
11Brookhaven, GA30,635-5.3%
12Marietta, GA29,435-5.7%
13Dunwoody, GA25,709-5.8%
14Albany, GA25,136-5.2%
15Valdosta, GA22,123-3.2%
16Peachtree Corners, GA21,735-5.1%
17Milton, GA20,531-4.8%
18Newnan, GA20,121-2.9%
19Woodstock, GA18,701-4.2%
20East Point, GA18,374-5.4%
21Gainesville, GA18,104-1%
22Stockbridge, GA17,204-4.9%
23Tucker, GA16,857-4.7%
24Chamblee, GA16,782-4.6%
25Duluth, GA16,368-5.6%
26Douglasville, GA16,333-4.5%
27Peachtree City, GA16,162-4.4%
28Kennesaw, GA16,076-4%
29Canton, GA15,212-0.4%
30Dalton, GA14,971-4.5%
31Rome, GA14,953-4.8%
32Lawrenceville, GA13,934-6%
33Statesboro, GA13,705-4.3%
34McDonough, GA13,613-2.1%
35LaGrange, GA12,717-4.2%
36Union City, GA12,485-2.6%
37Hinesville, GA12,300-1.4%
38Pooler, GA12,285-4.1%
39Carrollton, GA12,015-5.3%
40Sugar Hill, GA11,820-4.7%
41Decatur, GA10,804-6%
42Cartersville, GA10,437n/a

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. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2020) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2020. 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/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. 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/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2020 (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, 2020}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 249,468 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Cartersville, GA, with 10,437 in 2020.

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. 3 cities have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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