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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. The median across all 159 is 4.7%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Warren County, GA, up 136 places to #6.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020
01Quitman County, GAGA2,25428.6%+7.2 pts
02▲1Charlton County, GAGA13,12114.0%+0.2 pts
03▲31Turner County, GAGA8,98312.2%+4.8 pts
04▲17Randolph County, GAGA6,15610.9%+2.2 pts
05▲6Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.2%−0.2 pts
06▲136Warren County, GAGA5,26910.0%+6.4 pts
07▲1Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4659.1%−2.7 pts
08▲19Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.9%+0.9 pts
09▲6Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.5%−0.8 pts
10▲9Bulloch County, GAGA86,9498.2%−0.8 pts
11▲21Bibb County, GAGA157,5568.1%+0.7 pts
12▲81Washington County, GAGA19,4538.0%+2.9 pts
13▲1Liberty County, GAGA70,3137.9%−1.4 pts
14▲6Treutlen County, GAGA6,4667.7%−1.2 pts
15▲11Schley County, GAGA4,5937.6%−0.4 pts
16▲12Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.5%−0.3 pts
17▼11Crisp County, GAGA19,2377.5%−4.5 pts
18▼11Johnson County, GAGA9,3107.4%−4.3 pts
19▲99Spalding County, GAGA70,7757.3%+3.0 pts
20▲70Jasper County, GAGA17,6327.2%+2.1 pts
21▲19Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.2%+0.1 pts
22▲63Wayne County, GAGA32,4817.2%+1.8 pts
23▼6Macon County, GAGA11,7567.2%−2.0 pts
24▲35Worth County, GAGA20,0596.9%+0.5 pts
25▼21Long County, GAGA21,5576.8%−5.6 pts
26▼2Early County, GAGA10,4556.7%−1.4 pts
27▼25Baker County, GAGA2,7256.7%−7.3 pts
28▲59Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2196.7%+1.4 pts
29▲51Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.7%+0.9 pts
30▲37Newton County, GAGA125,5836.6%+0.5 pts
31▼18Peach County, GAGA29,8776.6%−3.1 pts
32▲50Meriwether County, GAGA21,5166.6%+1.0 pts
33▲15DeKalb County, GAGA774,3946.4%−0.3 pts
34▲21Decatur County, GAGA29,4326.3%−0.1 pts
35▲119Hancock County, GAGA8,6826.3%+3.8 pts
36▼13Muscogee County, GAGA202,1716.3%−2.3 pts
37▲10Douglas County, GAGA154,2936.2%−0.5 pts
38▲43Henry County, GAGA264,9226.2%+0.5 pts
39▼3Baldwin County, GAGA44,0296.2%−1.2 pts
40▲72Dodge County, GAGA19,6636.1%+1.5 pts
41▼32Calhoun County, GAGA5,4136.0%−5.0 pts
42▲62Seminole County, GAGA9,1626.0%+1.2 pts
43▼33Mitchell County, GAGA20,4675.9%−4.9 pts
44▼9Chatham County, GAGA311,8555.9%−1.4 pts
45▲18Harris County, GAGA37,2805.9%−0.3 pts
46▲40Polk County, GAGA45,5145.9%+0.6 pts
47▲67Franklin County, GAGA25,9485.9%+1.4 pts
48▲16Carroll County, GAGA131,0365.9%−0.3 pts
49▲1Rockdale County, GAGA98,4165.9%−0.7 pts
50▼4Bleckley County, GAGA12,8665.9%−0.8 pts
51▲72Ware County, GAGA36,9065.9%+1.7 pts
52▼3Jefferson County, GAGA15,0115.8%−0.8 pts
53▲54Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1785.7%+0.9 pts
54▲12Thomas County, GAGA46,3685.6%−0.6 pts
55▲16Wilcox County, GAGA8,7975.5%−0.4 pts
56▲16Effingham County, GAGA74,3975.5%−0.4 pts
57▼39Stewart County, GAGA4,6315.5%−3.7 pts
58▲41Chattooga County, GAGA25,3005.4%+0.5 pts
59▼8Camden County, GAGA60,1435.4%−1.2 pts
60▼2Stephens County, GAGA27,8545.4%−1.0 pts
61▲15Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7915.4%−0.4 pts
62▼19Bryan County, GAGA52,0625.3%−1.6 pts
63▲43Walton County, GAGA112,6965.3%+0.6 pts
64▲14Troup County, GAGA72,8445.3%−0.5 pts
65▲93Telfair County, GAGA11,1955.2%+3.7 pts
66▲8Clarke County, GAGA129,9215.2%−0.6 pts
67▲3Whitfield County, GAGA106,2125.2%−0.8 pts
68▲28Laurens County, GAGA51,0415.2%+0.1 pts
69▲15Houston County, GAGA178,2145.1%−0.4 pts
70▲5Lowndes County, GAGA122,8675.1%−0.7 pts
71▼32Wheeler County, GAGA7,5705.0%−2.1 pts
72▼28Brooks County, GAGA16,1015.0%−1.8 pts
73▲42Burke County, GAGA24,4085.0%+0.5 pts
74▲48Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6625.0%+0.7 pts
75▼19Marion County, GAGA7,6764.8%−1.6 pts
76▼45Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6504.8%−2.7 pts
77▲28Columbia County, GAGA169,1894.8%0.0 pts
78▼21Atkinson County, GAGA8,4544.8%−1.7 pts
79Bartow County, GAGA120,8004.7%−1.0 pts
80▼26Sumter County, GAGA28,8014.7%−1.8 pts
81▲44Towns County, GAGA13,2854.6%+0.5 pts
82▼14Screven County, GAGA14,4084.6%−1.5 pts
83▼42Elbert County, GAGA20,0724.6%−2.4 pts
84▼31Murray County, GAGA41,6074.5%−2.0 pts
85▲18Cobb County, GAGA793,3454.5%−0.2 pts
86▲35Paulding County, GAGA190,9964.5%+0.2 pts
87▼75Clay County, GAGA2,8154.5%−5.6 pts
88▲32Haralson County, GAGA33,0664.4%+0.2 pts
89▼51Toombs County, GAGA27,5454.4%−2.8 pts
90▲34Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.4%+0.2 pts
91▼62Evans County, GAGA11,0284.3%−3.5 pts
92▼55Heard County, GAGA12,1494.3%−3.1 pts
93▼63Colquitt County, GAGA47,4384.3%−3.3 pts
94▲52Catoosa County, GAGA69,6284.3%+0.8 pts
95▼12Floyd County, GAGA101,3784.2%−1.3 pts
96▲35Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0994.2%+0.2 pts
97▼36Webster County, GAGA2,3694.2%−2.1 pts
98▼65Terrell County, GAGA8,6564.1%−3.3 pts
99▼74Lamar County, GAGA20,9414.1%−4.0 pts
100▼95Irwin County, GAGA9,0204.0%−8.0 pts
101▲31Lanier County, GAGA10,6234.0%0.0 pts
102▼40Madison County, GAGA32,9193.9%−2.4 pts
103▼61Miller County, GAGA5,8123.9%−3.1 pts
104▲13Upson County, GAGA28,5003.9%−0.4 pts
105▼60Walker County, GAGA70,2503.9%−2.9 pts
106▲29Jenkins County, GAGA8,8433.9%0.0 pts
107▲26Jones County, GAGA29,1713.8%−0.2 pts
108▲18Fayette County, GAGA125,1563.8%−0.4 pts
109▲35White County, GAGA29,8023.8%+0.3 pts
110▲19Twiggs County, GAGA7,5973.8%−0.3 pts
111▼11Barrow County, GAGA99,7733.7%−1.1 pts
112▼4Glynn County, GAGA87,5993.7%−1.0 pts
113▲34Putnam County, GAGA23,7223.7%+0.3 pts
114▲36Grady County, GAGA26,5903.7%+0.6 pts
115▼38Fannin County, GAGA26,1113.7%−2.1 pts
116▼43Berrien County, GAGA18,9323.7%−2.2 pts
117▲28Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.7%+0.2 pts
118▼7Cook County, GAGA18,2323.6%−1.0 pts
119▼103Dooly County, GAGA11,1563.6%−5.6 pts
120▼26Dawson County, GAGA35,3653.5%−1.6 pts
121▲27Forsyth County, GAGA282,8053.5%+0.2 pts
122▲21Hall County, GAGA226,5683.5%−0.1 pts
123▼7Greene County, GAGA21,3673.4%−1.0 pts
124▼59Hart County, GAGA28,6393.4%−2.8 pts
125▲9Jackson County, GAGA99,2653.4%−0.5 pts
126▼29Pike County, GAGA20,9323.4%−1.6 pts
127▼75Talbot County, GAGA5,7093.3%−3.2 pts
128▼18Lee County, GAGA34,1793.3%−1.4 pts
129▲10Cherokee County, GAGA299,2733.2%−0.5 pts
130▼38Butts County, GAGA27,2183.2%−1.9 pts
131▼33Dade County, GAGA16,1543.2%−1.8 pts
132▼5McIntosh County, GAGA11,9893.2%−0.9 pts
133▼44Pulaski County, GAGA10,1723.2%−2.0 pts
134▲3Appling County, GAGA19,1003.1%−0.7 pts
135▼66Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.1%−3.0 pts
136Coweta County, GAGA160,2403.1%−0.8 pts
137▼49Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4153.1%−2.2 pts
138▼25Pickens County, GAGA37,1673.0%−1.6 pts
139▲13Oconee County, GAGA44,8933.0%+0.1 pts
140Banks County, GAGA21,2732.9%−0.8 pts
141▼11Lincoln County, GAGA8,1122.8%−1.2 pts
142▲11Tift County, GAGA42,2542.8%0.0 pts
143▼34Brantley County, GAGA18,9362.8%−1.9 pts
144▲5Gilmer County, GAGA33,8942.7%−0.4 pts
145▲10Habersham County, GAGA50,4162.7%+0.3 pts
146▼5Monroe County, GAGA32,0232.7%−1.0 pts
147▼45Union County, GAGA27,8592.6%−2.1 pts
148▼29Bacon County, GAGA11,0702.6%−1.7 pts
149▼54Pierce County, GAGA20,7642.6%−2.5 pts
150▼49Taylor County, GAGA7,8182.6%−2.2 pts
151▼60Candler County, GAGA11,2752.5%−2.7 pts
152▼1Morgan County, GAGA22,0952.4%−0.5 pts
153▼131Crawford County, GAGA12,2062.4%−6.3 pts
154▼16Clinch County, GAGA6,8472.1%−1.6 pts
155▼95McDuffie County, GAGA21,6401.9%−4.4 pts
156Echols County, GAGA3,6851.7%−0.7 pts
157▲2Glascock County, GAGA3,1411.6%+0.2 pts
158▼1Wilkes County, GAGA9,5401.5%−0.7 pts
159▼31Rabun County, GAGA17,7641.3%−2.7 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES