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Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 42 cities in 2022, at 266,534. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,299. The median was 19,340. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest266,534Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,299Decatur, GA
Median19,34042 cities

All cities, 2022

Atlanta, GA: 266,534 personsAtlanta, GA266,534Columbus, GA: 79,966 personsColumbus, GA79,966Savannah, GA: 71,057 personsSavannah, GA71,057Sandy Springs, GA: 63,932 personsSandy Springs, GA63,932Macon, GA: 61,429 personsMacon, GA61,429Roswell, GA: 49,063 personsRoswell, GA49,063Johns Creek, GA: 40,163 personsJohns Creek, GA40,163Alpharetta, GA: 35,547 personsAlpharetta, GA35,547Warner Robins, GA: 34,933 personsWarner Robins, GA34,933Brookhaven, GA: 33,392 personsBrookhaven, GA33,392Smyrna, GA: 32,679 personsSmyrna, GA32,679Marietta, GA: 31,917 personsMarietta, GA31,917Dunwoody, GA: 27,791 personsDunwoody, GA27,791Albany, GA: 25,435 personsAlbany, GA25,435Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,275 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,275Newnan, GA: 22,288 personsNewnan, GA22,288Valdosta, GA: 22,230 personsValdosta, GA22,230Milton, GA: 22,201 personsMilton, GA22,201Woodstock, GA: 20,906 personsWoodstock, GA20,906Gainesville, GA: 20,118 personsGainesville, GA20,118East Point, GA: 19,653 personsEast Point, GA19,653Douglasville, GA: 19,027 personsDouglasville, GA19,027Stockbridge, GA: 18,323 personsStockbridge, GA18,323Tucker, GA: 17,939 personsTucker, GA17,939Peachtree City, GA: 17,809 personsPeachtree City, GA17,809Chamblee, GA: 17,746 personsChamblee, GA17,746Duluth, GA: 17,657 personsDuluth, GA17,657Canton, GA: 17,186 personsCanton, GA17,186Kennesaw, GA: 17,095 personsKennesaw, GA17,095Rome, GA: 16,159 personsRome, GA16,159LaGrange, GA: 15,759 personsLaGrange, GA15,759Dalton, GA: 15,580 personsDalton, GA15,580McDonough, GA: 15,035 personsMcDonough, GA15,035Lawrenceville, GA: 14,973 personsLawrenceville, GA14,973Pooler, GA: 14,708 personsPooler, GA14,708Statesboro, GA: 14,632 personsStatesboro, GA14,632Union City, GA: 13,773 personsUnion City, GA13,773Carrollton, GA: 13,080 personsCarrollton, GA13,080Sugar Hill, GA: 12,829 personsSugar Hill, GA12,829Hinesville, GA: 12,430 personsHinesville, GA12,430Cartersville, GA: 11,300 personsCartersville, GA11,300Decatur, GA: 11,299 personsDecatur, GA11,299Atlanta, GA: 266,534 personsAtlanta, GA266,534Columbus, GA: 79,966 personsColumbus, GA79,966Savannah, GA: 71,057 personsSavannah, GA71,057Sandy Springs, GA: 63,932 personsSandy Springs, GA63,932Macon, GA: 61,429 personsMacon, GA61,429Roswell, GA: 49,063 personsRoswell, GA49,063Johns Creek, GA: 40,163 personsJohns Creek, GA40,163Alpharetta, GA: 35,547 personsAlpharetta, GA35,547Warner Robins, GA: 34,933 personsWarner Robins, GA34,933Brookhaven, GA: 33,392 personsBrookhaven, GA33,392Smyrna, GA: 32,679 personsSmyrna, GA32,679Marietta, GA: 31,917 personsMarietta, GA31,917Dunwoody, GA: 27,791 personsDunwoody, GA27,791Albany, GA: 25,435 personsAlbany, GA25,435Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,275 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,275Newnan, GA: 22,288 personsNewnan, GA22,288Valdosta, GA: 22,230 personsValdosta, GA22,230Milton, GA: 22,201 personsMilton, GA22,201Woodstock, GA: 20,906 personsWoodstock, GA20,906Gainesville, GA: 20,118 personsGainesville, GA20,118East Point, GA: 19,653 personsEast Point, GA19,653Douglasville, GA: 19,027 personsDouglasville, GA19,027Stockbridge, GA: 18,323 personsStockbridge, GA18,323Tucker, GA: 17,939 personsTucker, GA17,939Peachtree City, GA: 17,809 personsPeachtree City, GA17,809Chamblee, GA: 17,746 personsChamblee, GA17,746Duluth, GA: 17,657 personsDuluth, GA17,657Canton, GA: 17,186 personsCanton, GA17,186Kennesaw, GA: 17,095 personsKennesaw, GA17,095Rome, GA: 16,159 personsRome, GA16,159LaGrange, GA: 15,759 personsLaGrange, GA15,759Dalton, GA: 15,580 personsDalton, GA15,580McDonough, GA: 15,035 personsMcDonough, GA15,035Lawrenceville, GA: 14,973 personsLawrenceville, GA14,973Pooler, GA: 14,708 personsPooler, GA14,708Statesboro, GA: 14,632 personsStatesboro, GA14,632Union City, GA: 13,773 personsUnion City, GA13,773Carrollton, GA: 13,080 personsCarrollton, GA13,080Sugar Hill, GA: 12,829 personsSugar Hill, GA12,829Hinesville, GA: 12,430 personsHinesville, GA12,430Cartersville, GA: 11,300 personsCartersville, GA11,300Decatur, GA: 11,299 personsDecatur, GA11,299
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Atlanta, GA266,534+3.2%
2Columbus, GA79,966-1.4%
3Savannah, GA71,057+1.9%
4Sandy Springs, GA63,932+2.2%
5Macon, GA61,429-0.8%
6Roswell, GA49,063+2.2%
7Johns Creek, GA40,163+2.2%
8Alpharetta, GA35,547+3.4%
9Warner Robins, GA34,933-0.7%
10Brookhaven, GA33,392+3.4%
11Smyrna, GA32,679+1.2%
12Marietta, GA31,917+2.9%
13Dunwoody, GA27,791+4.2%
14Albany, GA25,435+1.2%
15Peachtree Corners, GA23,275+2.1%
16Newnan, GA22,288+4.3%
17Valdosta, GA22,230-1.3%
18Milton, GA22,201+3.1%
19Woodstock, GA20,906+3.4%
20Gainesville, GA20,118+5.5%
21East Point, GA19,653+2.3%
22Douglasville, GA19,027+9.6%
23Stockbridge, GA18,323+1%
24Tucker, GA17,939+1.7%
25Peachtree City, GA17,809+3.5%
26Chamblee, GA17,746+2%
27Duluth, GA17,657+2.5%
28Canton, GA17,186+4%
29Kennesaw, GA17,095+1.6%
30Rome, GA16,159+3.4%
31LaGrange, GA15,759+0.5%
32Dalton, GA15,580+0.8%
33McDonough, GA15,035+3.2%
34Lawrenceville, GA14,973+3%
35Pooler, GA14,708+7.3%
36Statesboro, GA14,632+2.9%
37Union City, GA13,773+3.8%
38Carrollton, GA13,080+3.7%
39Sugar Hill, GA12,829+2.6%
40Hinesville, GA12,430-1%
41Cartersville, GA11,300+3.1%
42Decatur, GA11,299+2%

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 2022 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 266,534 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Decatur, GA, with 11,299 in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.

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