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Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 44 cities in 2023, at 275,681. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,444. The median was 20,580. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest275,681Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,444Decatur, GA
Median20,58044 cities

All cities, 2023

Atlanta, GA: 275,681 personsAtlanta, GA275,681Columbus, GA: 80,167 personsColumbus, GA80,167Savannah, GA: 71,574 personsSavannah, GA71,574Sandy Springs, GA: 63,482 personsSandy Springs, GA63,482Macon, GA: 60,997 personsMacon, GA60,997South Fulton, GA: 55,409 personsSouth Fulton, GA55,409Roswell, GA: 48,945 personsRoswell, GA48,945Johns Creek, GA: 39,953 personsJohns Creek, GA39,953Warner Robins, GA: 36,095 personsWarner Robins, GA36,095Alpharetta, GA: 35,834 personsAlpharetta, GA35,834Brookhaven, GA: 33,817 personsBrookhaven, GA33,817Smyrna, GA: 33,020 personsSmyrna, GA33,020Marietta, GA: 32,257 personsMarietta, GA32,257Stonecrest, GA: 30,058 personsStonecrest, GA30,058Dunwoody, GA: 27,877 personsDunwoody, GA27,877Albany, GA: 25,211 personsAlbany, GA25,211Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,555 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,555Newnan, GA: 22,713 personsNewnan, GA22,713Milton, GA: 22,210 personsMilton, GA22,210Valdosta, GA: 22,025 personsValdosta, GA22,025Woodstock, GA: 21,674 personsWoodstock, GA21,674Gainesville, GA: 21,422 personsGainesville, GA21,422Douglasville, GA: 19,737 personsDouglasville, GA19,737East Point, GA: 19,725 personsEast Point, GA19,725Chamblee, GA: 19,139 personsChamblee, GA19,139Stockbridge, GA: 18,381 personsStockbridge, GA18,381Peachtree City, GA: 18,276 personsPeachtree City, GA18,276Tucker, GA: 18,158 personsTucker, GA18,158Duluth, GA: 18,043 personsDuluth, GA18,043Kennesaw, GA: 17,817 personsKennesaw, GA17,817Canton, GA: 17,783 personsCanton, GA17,783Rome, GA: 16,821 personsRome, GA16,821LaGrange, GA: 16,303 personsLaGrange, GA16,303McDonough, GA: 16,060 personsMcDonough, GA16,060Dalton, GA: 15,692 personsDalton, GA15,692Lawrenceville, GA: 15,346 personsLawrenceville, GA15,346Pooler, GA: 15,256 personsPooler, GA15,256Statesboro, GA: 14,566 personsStatesboro, GA14,566Union City, GA: 13,894 personsUnion City, GA13,894Carrollton, GA: 13,408 personsCarrollton, GA13,408Sugar Hill, GA: 13,228 personsSugar Hill, GA13,228Hinesville, GA: 12,625 personsHinesville, GA12,625Cartersville, GA: 11,853 personsCartersville, GA11,853Decatur, GA: 11,444 personsDecatur, GA11,444Atlanta, GA: 275,681 personsAtlanta, GA275,681Columbus, GA: 80,167 personsColumbus, GA80,167Savannah, GA: 71,574 personsSavannah, GA71,574Sandy Springs, GA: 63,482 personsSandy Springs, GA63,482Macon, GA: 60,997 personsMacon, GA60,997South Fulton, GA: 55,409 personsSouth Fulton, GA55,409Roswell, GA: 48,945 personsRoswell, GA48,945Johns Creek, GA: 39,953 personsJohns Creek, GA39,953Warner Robins, GA: 36,095 personsWarner Robins, GA36,095Alpharetta, GA: 35,834 personsAlpharetta, GA35,834Brookhaven, GA: 33,817 personsBrookhaven, GA33,817Smyrna, GA: 33,020 personsSmyrna, GA33,020Marietta, GA: 32,257 personsMarietta, GA32,257Stonecrest, GA: 30,058 personsStonecrest, GA30,058Dunwoody, GA: 27,877 personsDunwoody, GA27,877Albany, GA: 25,211 personsAlbany, GA25,211Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,555 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,555Newnan, GA: 22,713 personsNewnan, GA22,713Milton, GA: 22,210 personsMilton, GA22,210Valdosta, GA: 22,025 personsValdosta, GA22,025Woodstock, GA: 21,674 personsWoodstock, GA21,674Gainesville, GA: 21,422 personsGainesville, GA21,422Douglasville, GA: 19,737 personsDouglasville, GA19,737East Point, GA: 19,725 personsEast Point, GA19,725Chamblee, GA: 19,139 personsChamblee, GA19,139Stockbridge, GA: 18,381 personsStockbridge, GA18,381Peachtree City, GA: 18,276 personsPeachtree City, GA18,276Tucker, GA: 18,158 personsTucker, GA18,158Duluth, GA: 18,043 personsDuluth, GA18,043Kennesaw, GA: 17,817 personsKennesaw, GA17,817Canton, GA: 17,783 personsCanton, GA17,783Rome, GA: 16,821 personsRome, GA16,821LaGrange, GA: 16,303 personsLaGrange, GA16,303McDonough, GA: 16,060 personsMcDonough, GA16,060Dalton, GA: 15,692 personsDalton, GA15,692Lawrenceville, GA: 15,346 personsLawrenceville, GA15,346Pooler, GA: 15,256 personsPooler, GA15,256Statesboro, GA: 14,566 personsStatesboro, GA14,566Union City, GA: 13,894 personsUnion City, GA13,894Carrollton, GA: 13,408 personsCarrollton, GA13,408Sugar Hill, GA: 13,228 personsSugar Hill, GA13,228Hinesville, GA: 12,625 personsHinesville, GA12,625Cartersville, GA: 11,853 personsCartersville, GA11,853Decatur, GA: 11,444 personsDecatur, GA11,444
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Atlanta, GA275,681+3.4%
2Columbus, GA80,167+0.3%
3Savannah, GA71,574+0.7%
4Sandy Springs, GA63,482-0.7%
5Macon, GA60,997-0.7%
6South Fulton, GA55,409n/a
7Roswell, GA48,945-0.2%
8Johns Creek, GA39,953-0.5%
9Warner Robins, GA36,095+3.3%
10Alpharetta, GA35,834+0.8%
11Brookhaven, GA33,817+1.3%
12Smyrna, GA33,020+1%
13Marietta, GA32,257+1.1%
14Stonecrest, GA30,058n/a
15Dunwoody, GA27,877+0.3%
16Albany, GA25,211-0.9%
17Peachtree Corners, GA23,555+1.2%
18Newnan, GA22,713+1.9%
19Milton, GA22,2100%
20Valdosta, GA22,025-0.9%
21Woodstock, GA21,674+3.7%
22Gainesville, GA21,422+6.5%
23Douglasville, GA19,737+3.7%
24East Point, GA19,725+0.4%
25Chamblee, GA19,139+7.8%
26Stockbridge, GA18,381+0.3%
27Peachtree City, GA18,276+2.6%
28Tucker, GA18,158+1.2%
29Duluth, GA18,043+2.2%
30Kennesaw, GA17,817+4.2%
31Canton, GA17,783+3.5%
32Rome, GA16,821+4.1%
33LaGrange, GA16,303+3.5%
34McDonough, GA16,060+6.8%
35Dalton, GA15,692+0.7%
36Lawrenceville, GA15,346+2.5%
37Pooler, GA15,256+3.7%
38Statesboro, GA14,566-0.5%
39Union City, GA13,894+0.9%
40Carrollton, GA13,408+2.5%
41Sugar Hill, GA13,228+3.1%
42Hinesville, GA12,625+1.6%
43Cartersville, GA11,853+4.9%
44Decatur, GA11,444+1.3%

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 275,681 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Decatur, GA, with 11,444 in 2023.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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