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Highest unemployment, Georgia counties

Georgia counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Quitman County, GAGA2,25428.6%+7.2 pts

02Charlton County, GAGA13,12114.0%+0.2 pts

03Turner County, GAGA8,98312.2%+4.8 pts

04Randolph County, GAGA6,15610.9%+2.2 pts

05Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.2%−0.2 pts

06Warren County, GAGA5,26910.0%+6.4 pts

07Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4659.1%−2.7 pts

08Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.9%+0.9 pts

09Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.5%−0.8 pts

10Bulloch County, GAGA86,9498.2%−0.8 pts

11Bibb County, GAGA157,5568.1%+0.7 pts

12Washington County, GAGA19,4538.0%+2.9 pts

13Liberty County, GAGA70,3137.9%−1.4 pts

14Treutlen County, GAGA6,4667.7%−1.2 pts

15Schley County, GAGA4,5937.6%−0.4 pts

16Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.5%−0.3 pts

17Crisp County, GAGA19,2377.5%−4.5 pts

18Johnson County, GAGA9,3107.4%−4.3 pts

19Spalding County, GAGA70,7757.3%+3.0 pts

20Jasper County, GAGA17,6327.2%+2.1 pts

21Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.2%+0.1 pts

22Wayne County, GAGA32,4817.2%+1.8 pts

23Macon County, GAGA11,7567.2%−2.0 pts

24Worth County, GAGA20,0596.9%+0.5 pts

25Long County, GAGA21,5576.8%−5.6 pts

26Early County, GAGA10,4556.7%−1.4 pts

27Baker County, GAGA2,7256.7%−7.3 pts

28Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2196.7%+1.4 pts

29Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.7%+0.9 pts

30Newton County, GAGA125,5836.6%+0.5 pts

31Peach County, GAGA29,8776.6%−3.1 pts

32Meriwether County, GAGA21,5166.6%+1.0 pts

33DeKalb County, GAGA774,3946.4%−0.3 pts

34Decatur County, GAGA29,4326.3%−0.1 pts

35Hancock County, GAGA8,6826.3%+3.8 pts

36Muscogee County, GAGA202,1716.3%−2.3 pts

37Douglas County, GAGA154,2936.2%−0.5 pts

38Henry County, GAGA264,9226.2%+0.5 pts

39Baldwin County, GAGA44,0296.2%−1.2 pts

40Dodge County, GAGA19,6636.1%+1.5 pts

41Calhoun County, GAGA5,4136.0%−5.0 pts

42Seminole County, GAGA9,1626.0%+1.2 pts

43Mitchell County, GAGA20,4675.9%−4.9 pts

44Chatham County, GAGA311,8555.9%−1.4 pts

45Harris County, GAGA37,2805.9%−0.3 pts

46Polk County, GAGA45,5145.9%+0.6 pts

47Franklin County, GAGA25,9485.9%+1.4 pts

48Carroll County, GAGA131,0365.9%−0.3 pts

49Rockdale County, GAGA98,4165.9%−0.7 pts

50Bleckley County, GAGA12,8665.9%−0.8 pts

51Ware County, GAGA36,9065.9%+1.7 pts

52Jefferson County, GAGA15,0115.8%−0.8 pts

53Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1785.7%+0.9 pts

54Thomas County, GAGA46,3685.6%−0.6 pts

55Wilcox County, GAGA8,7975.5%−0.4 pts

56Effingham County, GAGA74,3975.5%−0.4 pts

57Stewart County, GAGA4,6315.5%−3.7 pts

58Chattooga County, GAGA25,3005.4%+0.5 pts

59Camden County, GAGA60,1435.4%−1.2 pts

60Stephens County, GAGA27,8545.4%−1.0 pts

61Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7915.4%−0.4 pts

62Bryan County, GAGA52,0625.3%−1.6 pts

63Walton County, GAGA112,6965.3%+0.6 pts

64Troup County, GAGA72,8445.3%−0.5 pts

65Telfair County, GAGA11,1955.2%+3.7 pts

66Clarke County, GAGA129,9215.2%−0.6 pts

67Whitfield County, GAGA106,2125.2%−0.8 pts

68Laurens County, GAGA51,0415.2%+0.1 pts

69Houston County, GAGA178,2145.1%−0.4 pts

70Lowndes County, GAGA122,8675.1%−0.7 pts

71Wheeler County, GAGA7,5705.0%−2.1 pts

72Brooks County, GAGA16,1015.0%−1.8 pts

73Burke County, GAGA24,4085.0%+0.5 pts

74Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6625.0%+0.7 pts

75Marion County, GAGA7,6764.8%−1.6 pts

76Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6504.8%−2.7 pts

77Columbia County, GAGA169,1894.8%+0.0 pts

78Atkinson County, GAGA8,4544.8%−1.7 pts

79Bartow County, GAGA120,8004.7%−1.0 pts

80Sumter County, GAGA28,8014.7%−1.8 pts

81Towns County, GAGA13,2854.6%+0.5 pts

82Screven County, GAGA14,4084.6%−1.5 pts

83Elbert County, GAGA20,0724.6%−2.4 pts

84Murray County, GAGA41,6074.5%−2.0 pts

85Cobb County, GAGA793,3454.5%−0.2 pts

86Paulding County, GAGA190,9964.5%+0.2 pts

87Clay County, GAGA2,8154.5%−5.6 pts

88Haralson County, GAGA33,0664.4%+0.2 pts

89Toombs County, GAGA27,5454.4%−2.8 pts

90Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.4%+0.2 pts

91Evans County, GAGA11,0284.3%−3.5 pts

92Heard County, GAGA12,1494.3%−3.1 pts

93Colquitt County, GAGA47,4384.3%−3.3 pts

94Catoosa County, GAGA69,6284.3%+0.8 pts

95Floyd County, GAGA101,3784.2%−1.3 pts

96Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0994.2%+0.2 pts

97Webster County, GAGA2,3694.2%−2.1 pts

98Terrell County, GAGA8,6564.1%−3.3 pts

99Lamar County, GAGA20,9414.1%−4.0 pts

100Irwin County, GAGA9,0204.0%−8.0 pts

101Lanier County, GAGA10,6234.0%−0.0 pts

102Madison County, GAGA32,9193.9%−2.4 pts

103Miller County, GAGA5,8123.9%−3.1 pts

104Upson County, GAGA28,5003.9%−0.4 pts

105Walker County, GAGA70,2503.9%−2.9 pts

106Jenkins County, GAGA8,8433.9%−0.0 pts

107Jones County, GAGA29,1713.8%−0.2 pts

108Fayette County, GAGA125,1563.8%−0.4 pts

109White County, GAGA29,8023.8%+0.3 pts

110Twiggs County, GAGA7,5973.8%−0.3 pts

111Barrow County, GAGA99,7733.7%−1.1 pts

112Glynn County, GAGA87,5993.7%−1.0 pts

113Putnam County, GAGA23,7223.7%+0.3 pts

114Grady County, GAGA26,5903.7%+0.6 pts

115Fannin County, GAGA26,1113.7%−2.1 pts

116Berrien County, GAGA18,9323.7%−2.2 pts

117Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.7%+0.2 pts

118Cook County, GAGA18,2323.6%−1.0 pts

119Dooly County, GAGA11,1563.6%−5.6 pts

120Dawson County, GAGA35,3653.5%−1.6 pts

121Forsyth County, GAGA282,8053.5%+0.2 pts

122Hall County, GAGA226,5683.5%−0.1 pts

123Greene County, GAGA21,3673.4%−1.0 pts

124Hart County, GAGA28,6393.4%−2.8 pts

125Jackson County, GAGA99,2653.4%−0.5 pts

126Pike County, GAGA20,9323.4%−1.6 pts

127Talbot County, GAGA5,7093.3%−3.2 pts

128Lee County, GAGA34,1793.3%−1.4 pts

129Cherokee County, GAGA299,2733.2%−0.5 pts

130Butts County, GAGA27,2183.2%−1.9 pts

131Dade County, GAGA16,1543.2%−1.8 pts

132McIntosh County, GAGA11,9893.2%−0.9 pts

133Pulaski County, GAGA10,1723.2%−2.0 pts

134Appling County, GAGA19,1003.1%−0.7 pts

135Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.1%−3.0 pts

136Coweta County, GAGA160,2403.1%−0.8 pts

137Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4153.1%−2.2 pts

138Pickens County, GAGA37,1673.0%−1.6 pts

139Oconee County, GAGA44,8933.0%+0.1 pts

140Banks County, GAGA21,2732.9%−0.8 pts

141Lincoln County, GAGA8,1122.8%−1.2 pts

142Tift County, GAGA42,2542.8%−0.0 pts

143Brantley County, GAGA18,9362.8%−1.9 pts

144Gilmer County, GAGA33,8942.7%−0.4 pts

145Habersham County, GAGA50,4162.7%+0.3 pts

146Monroe County, GAGA32,0232.7%−1.0 pts

147Union County, GAGA27,8592.6%−2.1 pts

148Bacon County, GAGA11,0702.6%−1.7 pts

149Pierce County, GAGA20,7642.6%−2.5 pts

150Taylor County, GAGA7,8182.6%−2.2 pts

151Candler County, GAGA11,2752.5%−2.7 pts

152Morgan County, GAGA22,0952.4%−0.5 pts

153Crawford County, GAGA12,2062.4%−6.3 pts

154Clinch County, GAGA6,8472.1%−1.6 pts

155McDuffie County, GAGA21,6401.9%−4.4 pts

156Echols County, GAGA3,6851.7%−0.7 pts

157Glascock County, GAGA3,1411.6%+0.2 pts

158Wilkes County, GAGA9,5401.5%−0.7 pts

159Rabun County, GAGA17,7641.3%−2.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES