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Cities in Georgia by employed residents

Atlanta, GA had the highest employed residents of 45 cities in 2024, at 278,671. Decatur, GA had the lowest, at 11,388. The median was 21,576. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest278,671Atlanta, GA
Lowest11,388Decatur, GA
Median21,57645 cities

All cities, 2024

Atlanta, GA: 278,671 personsAtlanta, GA278,671Columbus, GA: 78,900 personsColumbus, GA78,900Savannah, GA: 72,248 personsSavannah, GA72,248Sandy Springs, GA: 62,831 personsSandy Springs, GA62,831Macon, GA: 60,388 personsMacon, GA60,388South Fulton, GA: 55,535 personsSouth Fulton, GA55,535Roswell, GA: 48,873 personsRoswell, GA48,873Mableton, GA: 40,537 personsMableton, GA40,537Johns Creek, GA: 39,688 personsJohns Creek, GA39,688Warner Robins, GA: 36,312 personsWarner Robins, GA36,312Alpharetta, GA: 35,698 personsAlpharetta, GA35,698Brookhaven, GA: 34,347 personsBrookhaven, GA34,347Smyrna, GA: 32,937 personsSmyrna, GA32,937Marietta, GA: 32,037 personsMarietta, GA32,037Stonecrest, GA: 29,939 personsStonecrest, GA29,939Dunwoody, GA: 27,671 personsDunwoody, GA27,671Albany, GA: 24,971 personsAlbany, GA24,971Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,597 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,597Newnan, GA: 22,904 personsNewnan, GA22,904Valdosta, GA: 22,131 personsValdosta, GA22,131Milton, GA: 22,101 personsMilton, GA22,101Woodstock, GA: 21,990 personsWoodstock, GA21,990Gainesville, GA: 21,576 personsGainesville, GA21,576Douglasville, GA: 20,416 personsDouglasville, GA20,416East Point, GA: 19,670 personsEast Point, GA19,670Chamblee, GA: 19,250 personsChamblee, GA19,250Kennesaw, GA: 19,134 personsKennesaw, GA19,134Stockbridge, GA: 18,522 personsStockbridge, GA18,522Peachtree City, GA: 18,436 personsPeachtree City, GA18,436Duluth, GA: 18,270 personsDuluth, GA18,270Canton, GA: 18,236 personsCanton, GA18,236Tucker, GA: 18,106 personsTucker, GA18,106LaGrange, GA: 17,268 personsLaGrange, GA17,268Rome, GA: 17,095 personsRome, GA17,095McDonough, GA: 16,308 personsMcDonough, GA16,308Pooler, GA: 16,145 personsPooler, GA16,145Dalton, GA: 15,659 personsDalton, GA15,659Lawrenceville, GA: 15,644 personsLawrenceville, GA15,644Statesboro, GA: 14,914 personsStatesboro, GA14,914Sugar Hill, GA: 14,467 personsSugar Hill, GA14,467Union City, GA: 13,962 personsUnion City, GA13,962Carrollton, GA: 13,611 personsCarrollton, GA13,611Hinesville, GA: 12,617 personsHinesville, GA12,617Cartersville, GA: 11,837 personsCartersville, GA11,837Decatur, GA: 11,388 personsDecatur, GA11,388Atlanta, GA: 278,671 personsAtlanta, GA278,671Columbus, GA: 78,900 personsColumbus, GA78,900Savannah, GA: 72,248 personsSavannah, GA72,248Sandy Springs, GA: 62,831 personsSandy Springs, GA62,831Macon, GA: 60,388 personsMacon, GA60,388South Fulton, GA: 55,535 personsSouth Fulton, GA55,535Roswell, GA: 48,873 personsRoswell, GA48,873Mableton, GA: 40,537 personsMableton, GA40,537Johns Creek, GA: 39,688 personsJohns Creek, GA39,688Warner Robins, GA: 36,312 personsWarner Robins, GA36,312Alpharetta, GA: 35,698 personsAlpharetta, GA35,698Brookhaven, GA: 34,347 personsBrookhaven, GA34,347Smyrna, GA: 32,937 personsSmyrna, GA32,937Marietta, GA: 32,037 personsMarietta, GA32,037Stonecrest, GA: 29,939 personsStonecrest, GA29,939Dunwoody, GA: 27,671 personsDunwoody, GA27,671Albany, GA: 24,971 personsAlbany, GA24,971Peachtree Corners, GA: 23,597 personsPeachtree Corners, GA23,597Newnan, GA: 22,904 personsNewnan, GA22,904Valdosta, GA: 22,131 personsValdosta, GA22,131Milton, GA: 22,101 personsMilton, GA22,101Woodstock, GA: 21,990 personsWoodstock, GA21,990Gainesville, GA: 21,576 personsGainesville, GA21,576Douglasville, GA: 20,416 personsDouglasville, GA20,416East Point, GA: 19,670 personsEast Point, GA19,670Chamblee, GA: 19,250 personsChamblee, GA19,250Kennesaw, GA: 19,134 personsKennesaw, GA19,134Stockbridge, GA: 18,522 personsStockbridge, GA18,522Peachtree City, GA: 18,436 personsPeachtree City, GA18,436Duluth, GA: 18,270 personsDuluth, GA18,270Canton, GA: 18,236 personsCanton, GA18,236Tucker, GA: 18,106 personsTucker, GA18,106LaGrange, GA: 17,268 personsLaGrange, GA17,268Rome, GA: 17,095 personsRome, GA17,095McDonough, GA: 16,308 personsMcDonough, GA16,308Pooler, GA: 16,145 personsPooler, GA16,145Dalton, GA: 15,659 personsDalton, GA15,659Lawrenceville, GA: 15,644 personsLawrenceville, GA15,644Statesboro, GA: 14,914 personsStatesboro, GA14,914Sugar Hill, GA: 14,467 personsSugar Hill, GA14,467Union City, GA: 13,962 personsUnion City, GA13,962Carrollton, GA: 13,611 personsCarrollton, GA13,611Hinesville, GA: 12,617 personsHinesville, GA12,617Cartersville, GA: 11,837 personsCartersville, GA11,837Decatur, GA: 11,388 personsDecatur, GA11,388
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Atlanta, GA278,671+1.1%
2Columbus, GA78,900-1.6%
3Savannah, GA72,248+0.9%
4Sandy Springs, GA62,831-1%
5Macon, GA60,388-1%
6South Fulton, GA55,535+0.2%
7Roswell, GA48,873-0.1%
8Mableton, GA40,537n/a
9Johns Creek, GA39,688-0.7%
10Warner Robins, GA36,312+0.6%
11Alpharetta, GA35,698-0.4%
12Brookhaven, GA34,347+1.6%
13Smyrna, GA32,937-0.3%
14Marietta, GA32,037-0.7%
15Stonecrest, GA29,939-0.4%
16Dunwoody, GA27,671-0.7%
17Albany, GA24,971-1%
18Peachtree Corners, GA23,597+0.2%
19Newnan, GA22,904+0.8%
20Valdosta, GA22,131+0.5%
21Milton, GA22,101-0.5%
22Woodstock, GA21,990+1.5%
23Gainesville, GA21,576+0.7%
24Douglasville, GA20,416+3.4%
25East Point, GA19,670-0.3%
26Chamblee, GA19,250+0.6%
27Kennesaw, GA19,134+7.4%
28Stockbridge, GA18,522+0.8%
29Peachtree City, GA18,436+0.9%
30Duluth, GA18,270+1.3%
31Canton, GA18,236+2.5%
32Tucker, GA18,106-0.3%
33LaGrange, GA17,268+5.9%
34Rome, GA17,095+1.6%
35McDonough, GA16,308+1.5%
36Pooler, GA16,145+5.8%
37Dalton, GA15,659-0.2%
38Lawrenceville, GA15,644+1.9%
39Statesboro, GA14,914+2.4%
40Sugar Hill, GA14,467+9.4%
41Union City, GA13,962+0.5%
42Carrollton, GA13,611+1.5%
43Hinesville, GA12,617-0.1%
44Cartersville, GA11,837-0.1%
45Decatur, GA11,388-0.5%

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. 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Atlanta, GA, with 278,671 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Decatur, GA, with 11,388 in 2024.

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.

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