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Highest unemployment, Georgia counties · 2020

Georgia counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

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 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES