RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 159 SHOWN OF 159

Highest unemployment, Georgia counties · 2020

Georgia counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 159 is 5.7%.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS –

01Quitman County, GAGA2,25421.4%–

02Baker County, GAGA2,72514.0%–

03Charlton County, GAGA13,12113.7%–

04Long County, GAGA21,55712.4%–

05Irwin County, GAGA9,02012.0%–

06Crisp County, GAGA19,23712.0%–

07Johnson County, GAGA9,31011.8%–

08Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46511.8%–

09Calhoun County, GAGA5,41311.0%–

10Mitchell County, GAGA20,46710.9%–

11Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.4%–

12Clay County, GAGA2,81510.1%–

13Peach County, GAGA29,8779.7%–

14Liberty County, GAGA70,3139.3%–

15Richmond County, GAGA206,5599.3%–

16Dooly County, GAGA11,1569.2%–

17Macon County, GAGA11,7569.2%–

18Stewart County, GAGA4,6319.2%–

19Bulloch County, GAGA86,9499.0%–

20Treutlen County, GAGA6,4668.9%–

21Randolph County, GAGA6,1568.8%–

22Crawford County, GAGA12,2068.6%–

23Muscogee County, GAGA202,1718.6%–

24Early County, GAGA10,4558.2%–

25Lamar County, GAGA20,9418.1%–

26Schley County, GAGA4,5938.0%–

27Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.0%–

28Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.8%–

29Evans County, GAGA11,0287.7%–

30Colquitt County, GAGA47,4387.6%–

31Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6507.5%–

32Bibb County, GAGA157,5567.4%–

33Terrell County, GAGA8,6567.4%–

34Turner County, GAGA8,9837.4%–

35Chatham County, GAGA311,8557.4%–

36Baldwin County, GAGA44,0297.4%–

37Heard County, GAGA12,1497.4%–

38Toombs County, GAGA27,5457.2%–

39Wheeler County, GAGA7,5707.2%–

40Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.1%–

41Elbert County, GAGA20,0727.0%–

42Miller County, GAGA5,8127.0%–

43Bryan County, GAGA52,0627.0%–

44Brooks County, GAGA16,1016.8%–

45Walker County, GAGA70,2506.8%–

46Bleckley County, GAGA12,8666.7%–

47Douglas County, GAGA154,2936.7%–

48DeKalb County, GAGA774,3946.7%–

49Jefferson County, GAGA15,0116.7%–

50Rockdale County, GAGA98,4166.6%–

51Camden County, GAGA60,1436.6%–

52Talbot County, GAGA5,7096.5%–

53Murray County, GAGA41,6076.5%–

54Sumter County, GAGA28,8016.5%–

55Decatur County, GAGA29,4326.5%–

56Marion County, GAGA7,6766.5%–

57Atkinson County, GAGA8,4546.4%–

58Stephens County, GAGA27,8546.4%–

59Worth County, GAGA20,0596.4%–

60McDuffie County, GAGA21,6406.3%–

61Webster County, GAGA2,3696.3%–

62Madison County, GAGA32,9196.3%–

63Harris County, GAGA37,2806.3%–

64Carroll County, GAGA131,0366.2%–

65Hart County, GAGA28,6396.2%–

66Thomas County, GAGA46,3686.2%–

67Newton County, GAGA125,5836.2%–

68Screven County, GAGA14,4086.1%–

69Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0996.1%–

70Whitfield County, GAGA106,2126.0%–

71Wilcox County, GAGA8,7975.9%–

72Effingham County, GAGA74,3975.9%–

73Berrien County, GAGA18,9325.8%–

74Clarke County, GAGA129,9215.8%–

75Lowndes County, GAGA122,8675.8%–

76Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7915.8%–

77Fannin County, GAGA26,1115.8%–

78Troup County, GAGA72,8445.8%–

79Bartow County, GAGA120,8005.8%–

80Tattnall County, GAGA24,3765.7%–

81Henry County, GAGA264,9225.7%–

82Meriwether County, GAGA21,5165.6%–

83Floyd County, GAGA101,3785.6%–

84Houston County, GAGA178,2145.5%–

85Wayne County, GAGA32,4815.4%–

86Polk County, GAGA45,5145.4%–

87Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2195.3%–

88Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4155.2%–

89Pulaski County, GAGA10,1725.2%–

90Jasper County, GAGA17,6325.1%–

91Candler County, GAGA11,2755.1%–

92Butts County, GAGA27,2185.1%–

93Washington County, GAGA19,4535.1%–

94Dawson County, GAGA35,3655.1%–

95Pierce County, GAGA20,7645.0%–

96Laurens County, GAGA51,0415.0%–

97Pike County, GAGA20,9325.0%–

98Dade County, GAGA16,1545.0%–

99Chattooga County, GAGA25,3004.9%–

100Barrow County, GAGA99,7734.8%–

101Taylor County, GAGA7,8184.8%–

102Union County, GAGA27,8594.8%–

103Cobb County, GAGA793,3454.8%–

104Seminole County, GAGA9,1624.8%–

105Columbia County, GAGA169,1894.8%–

106Walton County, GAGA112,6964.8%–

107Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1784.8%–

108Glynn County, GAGA87,5994.8%–

109Brantley County, GAGA18,9364.7%–

110Lee County, GAGA34,1794.7%–

111Cook County, GAGA18,2324.6%–

112Dodge County, GAGA19,6634.6%–

113Pickens County, GAGA37,1674.6%–

114Franklin County, GAGA25,9484.5%–

115Burke County, GAGA24,4084.4%–

116Greene County, GAGA21,3674.4%–

117Upson County, GAGA28,5004.3%–

118Spalding County, GAGA70,7754.3%–

119Bacon County, GAGA11,0704.3%–

120Haralson County, GAGA33,0664.3%–

121Paulding County, GAGA190,9964.3%–

122Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6624.2%–

123Ware County, GAGA36,9064.2%–

124Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.2%–

125Towns County, GAGA13,2854.2%–

126Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.2%–

127McIntosh County, GAGA11,9894.1%–

128Rabun County, GAGA17,7644.1%–

129Twiggs County, GAGA7,5974.1%–

130Lincoln County, GAGA8,1124.1%–

131Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0994.0%–

132Lanier County, GAGA10,6234.0%–

133Jones County, GAGA29,1714.0%–

134Jackson County, GAGA99,2653.9%–

135Jenkins County, GAGA8,8433.9%–

136Coweta County, GAGA160,2403.9%–

137Appling County, GAGA19,1003.8%–

138Clinch County, GAGA6,8473.8%–

139Cherokee County, GAGA299,2733.8%–

140Banks County, GAGA21,2733.7%–

141Monroe County, GAGA32,0233.7%–

142Warren County, GAGA5,2693.7%–

143Hall County, GAGA226,5683.5%–

144White County, GAGA29,8023.5%–

145Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.5%–

146Catoosa County, GAGA69,6283.5%–

147Putnam County, GAGA23,7223.5%–

148Forsyth County, GAGA282,8053.3%–

149Gilmer County, GAGA33,8943.1%–

150Grady County, GAGA26,5903.1%–

151Morgan County, GAGA22,0953.0%–

152Oconee County, GAGA44,8932.9%–

153Tift County, GAGA42,2542.8%–

154Hancock County, GAGA8,6822.5%–

155Habersham County, GAGA50,4162.4%–

156Echols County, GAGA3,6852.4%–

157Wilkes County, GAGA9,5402.3%–

158Telfair County, GAGA11,1951.5%–

159Glascock County, GAGA3,1411.4%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS