Data / Rankings / Employed residents / Cities in Georgia

Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 42 cities in 2021, at 258,326. Cartersville, GA had the lowest, at 10,963. The median was 18,601. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest258,326Atlanta, GA
Lowest10,963Cartersville, GA
Median18,60142 cities

All cities, 2021

Atlanta, GA: 258,326 personsAtlanta, GA258,326Columbus, GA: 81,084 personsColumbus, GA81,084Savannah, GA: 69,735 personsSavannah, GA69,735Sandy Springs, GA: 62,533 personsSandy Springs, GA62,533Macon, GA: 61,930 personsMacon, GA61,930Roswell, GA: 48,010 personsRoswell, GA48,010Johns Creek, GA: 39,309 personsJohns Creek, GA39,309Warner Robins, GA: 35,192 personsWarner Robins, GA35,192Alpharetta, GA: 34,370 personsAlpharetta, GA34,370Smyrna, GA: 32,304 personsSmyrna, GA32,304Brookhaven, GA: 32,297 personsBrookhaven, GA32,297Marietta, GA: 31,030 personsMarietta, GA31,030Dunwoody, GA: 26,673 personsDunwoody, GA26,673Albany, GA: 25,140 personsAlbany, GA25,140Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,803 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,803Valdosta, GA: 22,515 personsValdosta, GA22,515Milton, GA: 21,530 personsMilton, GA21,530Newnan, GA: 21,377 personsNewnan, GA21,377Woodstock, GA: 20,225 personsWoodstock, GA20,225East Point, GA: 19,215 personsEast Point, GA19,215Gainesville, GA: 19,069 personsGainesville, GA19,069Stockbridge, GA: 18,133 personsStockbridge, GA18,133Tucker, GA: 17,635 personsTucker, GA17,635Chamblee, GA: 17,401 personsChamblee, GA17,401Douglasville, GA: 17,366 personsDouglasville, GA17,366Duluth, GA: 17,220 personsDuluth, GA17,220Peachtree City, GA: 17,205 personsPeachtree City, GA17,205Kennesaw, GA: 16,834 personsKennesaw, GA16,834Canton, GA: 16,526 personsCanton, GA16,526LaGrange, GA: 15,678 personsLaGrange, GA15,678Rome, GA: 15,629 personsRome, GA15,629Dalton, GA: 15,464 personsDalton, GA15,464McDonough, GA: 14,574 personsMcDonough, GA14,574Lawrenceville, GA: 14,532 personsLawrenceville, GA14,532Statesboro, GA: 14,218 personsStatesboro, GA14,218Pooler, GA: 13,710 personsPooler, GA13,710Union City, GA: 13,275 personsUnion City, GA13,275Carrollton, GA: 12,614 personsCarrollton, GA12,614Hinesville, GA: 12,551 personsHinesville, GA12,551Sugar Hill, GA: 12,505 personsSugar Hill, GA12,505Decatur, GA: 11,081 personsDecatur, GA11,081Cartersville, GA: 10,963 personsCartersville, GA10,963Atlanta, GA: 258,326 personsAtlanta, GA258,326Columbus, GA: 81,084 personsColumbus, GA81,084Savannah, GA: 69,735 personsSavannah, GA69,735Sandy Springs, GA: 62,533 personsSandy Springs, GA62,533Macon, GA: 61,930 personsMacon, GA61,930Roswell, GA: 48,010 personsRoswell, GA48,010Johns Creek, GA: 39,309 personsJohns Creek, GA39,309Warner Robins, GA: 35,192 personsWarner Robins, GA35,192Alpharetta, GA: 34,370 personsAlpharetta, GA34,370Smyrna, GA: 32,304 personsSmyrna, GA32,304Brookhaven, GA: 32,297 personsBrookhaven, GA32,297Marietta, GA: 31,030 personsMarietta, GA31,030Dunwoody, GA: 26,673 personsDunwoody, GA26,673Albany, GA: 25,140 personsAlbany, GA25,140Peachtree Corners, GA: 22,803 personsPeachtree Corners, GA22,803Valdosta, GA: 22,515 personsValdosta, GA22,515Milton, GA: 21,530 personsMilton, GA21,530Newnan, GA: 21,377 personsNewnan, GA21,377Woodstock, GA: 20,225 personsWoodstock, GA20,225East Point, GA: 19,215 personsEast Point, GA19,215Gainesville, GA: 19,069 personsGainesville, GA19,069Stockbridge, GA: 18,133 personsStockbridge, GA18,133Tucker, GA: 17,635 personsTucker, GA17,635Chamblee, GA: 17,401 personsChamblee, GA17,401Douglasville, GA: 17,366 personsDouglasville, GA17,366Duluth, GA: 17,220 personsDuluth, GA17,220Peachtree City, GA: 17,205 personsPeachtree City, GA17,205Kennesaw, GA: 16,834 personsKennesaw, GA16,834Canton, GA: 16,526 personsCanton, GA16,526LaGrange, GA: 15,678 personsLaGrange, GA15,678Rome, GA: 15,629 personsRome, GA15,629Dalton, GA: 15,464 personsDalton, GA15,464McDonough, GA: 14,574 personsMcDonough, GA14,574Lawrenceville, GA: 14,532 personsLawrenceville, GA14,532Statesboro, GA: 14,218 personsStatesboro, GA14,218Pooler, GA: 13,710 personsPooler, GA13,710Union City, GA: 13,275 personsUnion City, GA13,275Carrollton, GA: 12,614 personsCarrollton, GA12,614Hinesville, GA: 12,551 personsHinesville, GA12,551Sugar Hill, GA: 12,505 personsSugar Hill, GA12,505Decatur, GA: 11,081 personsDecatur, GA11,081Cartersville, GA: 10,963 personsCartersville, GA10,963
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Atlanta, GA258,326+3.6%
2Columbus, GA81,084+1.7%
3Savannah, GA69,735+5.4%
4Sandy Springs, GA62,533+4.2%
5Macon, GA61,930+2.4%
6Roswell, GA48,010+4.7%
7Johns Creek, GA39,309+4.6%
8Warner Robins, GA35,192+3%
9Alpharetta, GA34,370+5.5%
10Smyrna, GA32,304+5.1%
11Brookhaven, GA32,297+5.4%
12Marietta, GA31,030+5.4%
13Dunwoody, GA26,673+3.7%
14Albany, GA25,1400%
15Peachtree Corners, GA22,803+4.9%
16Valdosta, GA22,515+1.8%
17Milton, GA21,530+4.9%
18Newnan, GA21,377+6.2%
19Woodstock, GA20,225+8.1%
20East Point, GA19,215+4.6%
21Gainesville, GA19,069+5.3%
22Stockbridge, GA18,133+5.4%
23Tucker, GA17,635+4.6%
24Chamblee, GA17,401+3.7%
25Douglasville, GA17,366+6.3%
26Duluth, GA17,220+5.2%
27Peachtree City, GA17,205+6.5%
28Kennesaw, GA16,834+4.7%
29Canton, GA16,526+8.6%
30LaGrange, GA15,678+23.3%
31Rome, GA15,629+4.5%
32Dalton, GA15,464+3.3%
33McDonough, GA14,574+7.1%
34Lawrenceville, GA14,532+4.3%
35Statesboro, GA14,218+3.7%
36Pooler, GA13,710+11.6%
37Union City, GA13,275+6.3%
38Carrollton, GA12,614+5%
39Hinesville, GA12,551+2%
40Sugar Hill, GA12,505+5.8%
41Decatur, GA11,081+2.6%
42Cartersville, GA10,963+5%

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 2021 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_cities_in_georgia_by_2021,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Georgia by employed residents, 2021
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2021
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/georgia-cities?period=2021.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Georgia by employed residents using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"employed_residents","level":"municipality","within":"Georgia","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=employed_residents&level=municipality&within=Georgia&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 258,326 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Cartersville, GA, with 10,963 in 2021.

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 2021 and are not ranked.

Employed residents: other rankings

Cities in Georgia: more rankings