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Highest labor force participation, Georgia counties

Georgia counties ranked by the share of adults 16+ in the civilian labor force (2024 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 159 is 56.4%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Webster County, GA, up 65 places to #68.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020
01Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46582.9%+4.7 pts
02Bryan County, GAGA52,06270.9%+0.8 pts
03Cobb County, GAGA793,34570.5%+0.7 pts
04▲3Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79169.5%+1.1 pts
05▼1Forsyth County, GAGA282,80569.1%−0.3 pts
06Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09968.6%−0.1 pts
07▲1Cherokee County, GAGA299,27368.5%+0.8 pts
08▼3DeKalb County, GAGA774,39468.3%−0.8 pts
09▲4Paulding County, GAGA190,99667.7%+1.3 pts
10▲4Barrow County, GAGA99,77367.6%+1.3 pts
11▼1Henry County, GAGA264,92267.6%+0.7 pts
12▲3Effingham County, GAGA74,39767.4%+1.3 pts
13▼4Liberty County, GAGA70,31366.7%−0.8 pts
14▲2Clayton County, GAGA297,47166.7%+0.8 pts
15▼4Douglas County, GAGA154,29366.1%−0.5 pts
16▲6Lee County, GAGA34,17965.7%+1.6 pts
17▲6Jackson County, GAGA99,26565.6%+2.0 pts
18▲10Bartow County, GAGA120,80065.4%+2.5 pts
19▲58Echols County, GAGA3,68564.9%+9.5 pts
20▼2Oconee County, GAGA44,89364.9%−0.7 pts
21▲9Rockdale County, GAGA98,41664.8%+2.3 pts
22▲5Newton County, GAGA125,58364.6%+1.5 pts
23▼3Columbia County, GAGA169,18964.5%−0.5 pts
24▼7Coweta County, GAGA160,24064.0%−1.7 pts
25▼6Chatham County, GAGA311,85563.7%−1.4 pts
26▼14Houston County, GAGA178,21463.6%−2.9 pts
27▼3Hall County, GAGA226,56863.6%+0.1 pts
28▲9Carroll County, GAGA131,03663.0%+1.7 pts
29Walton County, GAGA112,69663.0%+0.3 pts
30▲1Whitfield County, GAGA106,21263.0%+0.5 pts
31▲7Murray County, GAGA41,60762.8%+1.5 pts
32▼11Dawson County, GAGA35,36562.6%−1.7 pts
33▲10Clarke County, GAGA129,92162.5%+1.7 pts
34▲7Richmond County, GAGA206,55962.4%+1.5 pts
35▲9Thomas County, GAGA46,36862.4%+1.7 pts
36▼3Catoosa County, GAGA69,62862.0%+0.3 pts
37▲10Troup County, GAGA72,84461.8%+1.8 pts
38▲7Gordon County, GAGA61,70161.3%+0.7 pts
39▲39Peach County, GAGA29,87761.2%+5.8 pts
40▲2Haralson County, GAGA33,06661.1%+0.2 pts
41▲38Banks County, GAGA21,27361.0%+5.6 pts
42▼17Camden County, GAGA60,14360.9%−2.4 pts
43▼4Muscogee County, GAGA202,17160.8%−0.2 pts
44▲8Jones County, GAGA29,17160.7%+1.3 pts
45▼19Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41560.7%−2.6 pts
46▲3Lowndes County, GAGA122,86760.4%+0.6 pts
47▲22Pike County, GAGA20,93260.3%+3.6 pts
48▲24Pierce County, GAGA20,76460.1%+4.1 pts
49▼17Fayette County, GAGA125,15660.1%−1.6 pts
50▲32Jasper County, GAGA17,63259.8%+4.5 pts
51▼16Harris County, GAGA37,28059.6%−1.9 pts
52▼12Bulloch County, GAGA86,94959.6%−1.4 pts
53▲2Colquitt County, GAGA47,43859.6%+0.9 pts
54▲21Monroe County, GAGA32,02359.3%+3.6 pts
55▲1Atkinson County, GAGA8,45459.2%+0.6 pts
56▲38Elbert County, GAGA20,07259.1%+5.1 pts
57▲2Floyd County, GAGA101,37858.9%+1.0 pts
58▼22Morgan County, GAGA22,09558.7%−2.6 pts
59▼1Walker County, GAGA70,25058.7%+0.2 pts
60▼26Madison County, GAGA32,91958.7%−3.0 pts
61▼15Polk County, GAGA45,51458.3%−1.9 pts
62▲3Burke County, GAGA24,40858.3%+1.0 pts
63▼10Long County, GAGA21,55758.3%−0.4 pts
64▼1Pickens County, GAGA37,16758.2%+0.7 pts
65▼11Cook County, GAGA18,23258.0%−0.7 pts
66▲35Crawford County, GAGA12,20657.3%+4.6 pts
67Sumter County, GAGA28,80157.3%+0.4 pts
68▲65Webster County, GAGA2,36957.2%+8.7 pts
69▼5Grady County, GAGA26,59057.2%−0.3 pts
70▲45Laurens County, GAGA51,04157.1%+6.0 pts
71▲10Stephens County, GAGA27,85457.0%+1.6 pts
72▼24Glynn County, GAGA87,59956.9%−2.9 pts
73▲39Randolph County, GAGA6,15656.9%+5.6 pts
74▼3Dade County, GAGA16,15456.8%+0.6 pts
75▲42Lamar County, GAGA20,94156.8%+5.9 pts
76▲4Spalding County, GAGA70,77556.7%+1.3 pts
77▼9Bibb County, GAGA157,55656.7%−0.2 pts
78▲13Toombs County, GAGA27,54556.7%+2.2 pts
79▼29Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17856.6%−3.2 pts
80▼23Evans County, GAGA11,02856.4%−2.1 pts
81▲8Berrien County, GAGA18,93256.4%+1.8 pts
82▲23Emanuel County, GAGA23,14756.2%+3.6 pts
83▲21Jefferson County, GAGA15,01156.2%+3.6 pts
84▼33Tift County, GAGA42,25456.0%−3.4 pts
85▼2Habersham County, GAGA50,41656.0%+0.7 pts
86▼26Crisp County, GAGA19,23755.9%−2.1 pts
87▼26Schley County, GAGA4,59355.9%−2.0 pts
88▼3Irwin County, GAGA9,02055.6%+0.4 pts
89▼5White County, GAGA29,80255.6%+0.3 pts
90▲48Bleckley County, GAGA12,86655.4%+8.2 pts
91▲11Screven County, GAGA14,40855.3%+2.6 pts
92▲15Hart County, GAGA28,63955.3%+2.9 pts
93▼31Worth County, GAGA20,05955.2%−2.4 pts
94▼28Dougherty County, GAGA82,61655.1%−2.1 pts
95▲4Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09955.1%+1.9 pts
96▲2Upson County, GAGA28,50054.7%+1.3 pts
97▲14Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21954.7%+3.3 pts
98▼11Appling County, GAGA19,10054.6%−0.5 pts
99▼9Miller County, GAGA5,81254.5%0.0 pts
100▼30McDuffie County, GAGA21,64054.5%−1.9 pts
101▲2Warren County, GAGA5,26954.5%+1.9 pts
102▲25Butts County, GAGA27,21854.5%+5.1 pts
103▲21Montgomery County, GAGA8,63554.4%+4.7 pts
104▼8Turner County, GAGA8,98354.3%+0.7 pts
105▲18Putnam County, GAGA23,72254.2%+4.5 pts
106▲4Marion County, GAGA7,67653.9%+2.3 pts
107▲34Charlton County, GAGA13,12153.7%+7.0 pts
108▲6Meriwether County, GAGA21,51653.7%+2.5 pts
109▲12Early County, GAGA10,45553.7%+3.5 pts
110▼22Coffee County, GAGA44,40753.6%−1.3 pts
111▲7Lincoln County, GAGA8,11253.5%+2.9 pts
112▲1Lanier County, GAGA10,62353.4%+2.1 pts
113▼16Franklin County, GAGA25,94853.3%−0.2 pts
114▼41Heard County, GAGA12,14953.2%−2.8 pts
115▲11Treutlen County, GAGA6,46653.1%+3.6 pts
116▼30Candler County, GAGA11,27552.7%−2.5 pts
117▼11Gilmer County, GAGA33,89452.6%+0.1 pts
118▲12Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65052.4%+3.3 pts
119▲20Washington County, GAGA19,45352.2%+5.2 pts
120▼46Glascock County, GAGA3,14152.1%−3.8 pts
121▲21Rabun County, GAGA17,76452.0%+5.4 pts
122▲18Brantley County, GAGA18,93651.9%+4.9 pts
123▼7Wayne County, GAGA32,48151.6%+0.7 pts
124▼31Decatur County, GAGA29,43251.3%−3.0 pts
125▼33Brooks County, GAGA16,10151.0%−3.5 pts
126▼6Bacon County, GAGA11,07050.8%+0.5 pts
127▲9Fannin County, GAGA26,11150.2%+2.3 pts
128▲9Greene County, GAGA21,36750.2%+2.4 pts
129▼34Terrell County, GAGA8,65650.1%−3.7 pts
130▼22Mitchell County, GAGA20,46750.0%−2.1 pts
131▼6Ware County, GAGA36,90649.9%+0.3 pts
132▼3Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66249.9%+0.6 pts
133▲21Clay County, GAGA2,81549.7%+7.8 pts
134▲1Chattooga County, GAGA25,30049.5%+1.4 pts
135▼59McIntosh County, GAGA11,98948.8%−6.7 pts
136▼14Wilkes County, GAGA9,54048.3%−1.8 pts
137▲15Clinch County, GAGA6,84747.9%+5.0 pts
138▼38Baldwin County, GAGA44,02947.7%−5.2 pts
139▲9Seminole County, GAGA9,16247.3%+3.0 pts
140▲13Tattnall County, GAGA24,37646.9%+4.2 pts
141▼13Taylor County, GAGA7,81846.7%−2.6 pts
142▼33Talbot County, GAGA5,70946.3%−5.2 pts
143▼12Dodge County, GAGA19,66346.3%−2.5 pts
144▲7Union County, GAGA27,85945.2%+1.3 pts
145▼2Twiggs County, GAGA7,59745.0%−0.8 pts
146▼2Baker County, GAGA2,72544.5%−0.7 pts
147▼1Pulaski County, GAGA10,17244.0%−0.6 pts
148▼14Dooly County, GAGA11,15643.8%−4.3 pts
149▼30Johnson County, GAGA9,31043.4%−6.9 pts
150▼18Jenkins County, GAGA8,84343.1%−5.6 pts
151▼4Macon County, GAGA11,75641.9%−2.7 pts
152▼2Towns County, GAGA13,28541.4%−2.8 pts
153▼4Quitman County, GAGA2,25440.3%−4.0 pts
154▼9Wheeler County, GAGA7,57038.9%−6.1 pts
155Wilcox County, GAGA8,79738.5%−1.5 pts
156▲2Stewart County, GAGA4,63136.5%+4.2 pts
157Telfair County, GAGA11,19535.5%−0.6 pts
158▼2Calhoun County, GAGA5,41333.6%−2.6 pts
159Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.1%−1.6 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES