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Lowest labor force participation, Georgia counties

Georgia counties with the smallest 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: McIntosh County, GA, up 59 places to #25.

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