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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.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020

01Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.1%−1.6 pts

02Calhoun County, GAGA5,41333.6%−2.6 pts

03Telfair County, GAGA11,19535.5%−0.6 pts

04Stewart County, GAGA4,63136.5%+4.2 pts

05Wilcox County, GAGA8,79738.5%−1.5 pts

06Wheeler County, GAGA7,57038.9%−6.1 pts

07Quitman County, GAGA2,25440.3%−4.0 pts

08Towns County, GAGA13,28541.4%−2.8 pts

09Macon County, GAGA11,75641.9%−2.7 pts

10Jenkins County, GAGA8,84343.1%−5.6 pts

11Johnson County, GAGA9,31043.4%−6.9 pts

12Dooly County, GAGA11,15643.8%−4.3 pts

13Pulaski County, GAGA10,17244.0%−0.6 pts

14Baker County, GAGA2,72544.5%−0.7 pts

15Twiggs County, GAGA7,59745.0%−0.8 pts

16Union County, GAGA27,85945.2%+1.3 pts

17Dodge County, GAGA19,66346.3%−2.5 pts

18Talbot County, GAGA5,70946.3%−5.2 pts

19Taylor County, GAGA7,81846.7%−2.6 pts

20Tattnall County, GAGA24,37646.9%+4.2 pts

21Seminole County, GAGA9,16247.3%+3.0 pts

22Baldwin County, GAGA44,02947.7%−5.2 pts

23Clinch County, GAGA6,84747.9%+5.0 pts

24Wilkes County, GAGA9,54048.3%−1.8 pts

25McIntosh County, GAGA11,98948.8%−6.7 pts

26Chattooga County, GAGA25,30049.5%+1.4 pts

27Clay County, GAGA2,81549.7%+7.8 pts

28Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66249.9%+0.6 pts

29Ware County, GAGA36,90649.9%+0.3 pts

30Mitchell County, GAGA20,46750.0%−2.1 pts

31Terrell County, GAGA8,65650.1%−3.7 pts

32Greene County, GAGA21,36750.2%+2.4 pts

33Fannin County, GAGA26,11150.2%+2.3 pts

34Bacon County, GAGA11,07050.8%+0.5 pts

35Brooks County, GAGA16,10151.0%−3.5 pts

36Decatur County, GAGA29,43251.3%−3.0 pts

37Wayne County, GAGA32,48151.6%+0.7 pts

38Brantley County, GAGA18,93651.9%+4.9 pts

39Rabun County, GAGA17,76452.0%+5.4 pts

40Glascock County, GAGA3,14152.1%−3.8 pts

41Washington County, GAGA19,45352.2%+5.2 pts

42Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65052.4%+3.3 pts

43Gilmer County, GAGA33,89452.6%+0.1 pts

44Candler County, GAGA11,27552.7%−2.5 pts

45Treutlen County, GAGA6,46653.1%+3.6 pts

46Heard County, GAGA12,14953.2%−2.8 pts

47Franklin County, GAGA25,94853.3%−0.2 pts

48Lanier County, GAGA10,62353.4%+2.1 pts

49Lincoln County, GAGA8,11253.5%+2.9 pts

50Coffee County, GAGA44,40753.6%−1.3 pts

51Early County, GAGA10,45553.7%+3.5 pts

52Meriwether County, GAGA21,51653.7%+2.5 pts

53Charlton County, GAGA13,12153.7%+7.0 pts

54Marion County, GAGA7,67653.9%+2.3 pts

55Putnam County, GAGA23,72254.2%+4.5 pts

56Turner County, GAGA8,98354.3%+0.7 pts

57Montgomery County, GAGA8,63554.4%+4.7 pts

58Butts County, GAGA27,21854.5%+5.1 pts

59Warren County, GAGA5,26954.5%+1.9 pts

60McDuffie County, GAGA21,64054.5%−1.9 pts

61Miller County, GAGA5,81254.5%−0.0 pts

62Appling County, GAGA19,10054.6%−0.5 pts

63Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21954.7%+3.3 pts

64Upson County, GAGA28,50054.7%+1.3 pts

65Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09955.1%+1.9 pts

66Dougherty County, GAGA82,61655.1%−2.1 pts

67Worth County, GAGA20,05955.2%−2.4 pts

68Hart County, GAGA28,63955.3%+2.9 pts

69Screven County, GAGA14,40855.3%+2.6 pts

70Bleckley County, GAGA12,86655.4%+8.2 pts

71White County, GAGA29,80255.6%+0.3 pts

72Irwin County, GAGA9,02055.6%+0.4 pts

73Schley County, GAGA4,59355.9%−2.0 pts

74Crisp County, GAGA19,23755.9%−2.1 pts

75Habersham County, GAGA50,41656.0%+0.7 pts

76Tift County, GAGA42,25456.0%−3.4 pts

77Jefferson County, GAGA15,01156.2%+3.6 pts

78Emanuel County, GAGA23,14756.2%+3.6 pts

79Berrien County, GAGA18,93256.4%+1.8 pts

80Evans County, GAGA11,02856.4%−2.1 pts

81Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17856.6%−3.2 pts

82Toombs County, GAGA27,54556.7%+2.2 pts

83Bibb County, GAGA157,55656.7%−0.2 pts

84Spalding County, GAGA70,77556.7%+1.3 pts

85Lamar County, GAGA20,94156.8%+5.9 pts

86Dade County, GAGA16,15456.8%+0.6 pts

87Randolph County, GAGA6,15656.9%+5.6 pts

88Glynn County, GAGA87,59956.9%−2.9 pts

89Stephens County, GAGA27,85457.0%+1.6 pts

90Laurens County, GAGA51,04157.1%+6.0 pts

91Grady County, GAGA26,59057.2%−0.3 pts

92Webster County, GAGA2,36957.2%+8.7 pts

93Sumter County, GAGA28,80157.3%+0.4 pts

94Crawford County, GAGA12,20657.3%+4.6 pts

95Cook County, GAGA18,23258.0%−0.7 pts

96Pickens County, GAGA37,16758.2%+0.7 pts

97Long County, GAGA21,55758.3%−0.4 pts

98Burke County, GAGA24,40858.3%+1.0 pts

99Polk County, GAGA45,51458.3%−1.9 pts

100Madison County, GAGA32,91958.7%−3.0 pts

101Walker County, GAGA70,25058.7%+0.2 pts

102Morgan County, GAGA22,09558.7%−2.6 pts

103Floyd County, GAGA101,37858.9%+1.0 pts

104Elbert County, GAGA20,07259.1%+5.1 pts

105Atkinson County, GAGA8,45459.2%+0.6 pts

106Monroe County, GAGA32,02359.3%+3.6 pts

107Colquitt County, GAGA47,43859.6%+0.9 pts

108Bulloch County, GAGA86,94959.6%−1.4 pts

109Harris County, GAGA37,28059.6%−1.9 pts

110Jasper County, GAGA17,63259.8%+4.5 pts

111Fayette County, GAGA125,15660.1%−1.6 pts

112Pierce County, GAGA20,76460.1%+4.1 pts

113Pike County, GAGA20,93260.3%+3.6 pts

114Lowndes County, GAGA122,86760.4%+0.6 pts

115Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41560.7%−2.6 pts

116Jones County, GAGA29,17160.7%+1.3 pts

117Muscogee County, GAGA202,17160.8%−0.2 pts

118Camden County, GAGA60,14360.9%−2.4 pts

119Banks County, GAGA21,27361.0%+5.6 pts

120Haralson County, GAGA33,06661.1%+0.2 pts

121Peach County, GAGA29,87761.2%+5.8 pts

122Gordon County, GAGA61,70161.3%+0.7 pts

123Troup County, GAGA72,84461.8%+1.8 pts

124Catoosa County, GAGA69,62862.0%+0.3 pts

125Thomas County, GAGA46,36862.4%+1.7 pts

126Richmond County, GAGA206,55962.4%+1.5 pts

127Clarke County, GAGA129,92162.5%+1.7 pts

128Dawson County, GAGA35,36562.6%−1.7 pts

129Murray County, GAGA41,60762.8%+1.5 pts

130Whitfield County, GAGA106,21263.0%+0.5 pts

131Walton County, GAGA112,69663.0%+0.3 pts

132Carroll County, GAGA131,03663.0%+1.7 pts

133Hall County, GAGA226,56863.6%+0.1 pts

134Houston County, GAGA178,21463.6%−2.9 pts

135Chatham County, GAGA311,85563.7%−1.4 pts

136Coweta County, GAGA160,24064.0%−1.7 pts

137Columbia County, GAGA169,18964.5%−0.5 pts

138Newton County, GAGA125,58364.6%+1.5 pts

139Rockdale County, GAGA98,41664.8%+2.3 pts

140Oconee County, GAGA44,89364.9%−0.7 pts

141Echols County, GAGA3,68564.9%+9.5 pts

142Bartow County, GAGA120,80065.4%+2.5 pts

143Jackson County, GAGA99,26565.6%+2.0 pts

144Lee County, GAGA34,17965.7%+1.6 pts

145Douglas County, GAGA154,29366.1%−0.5 pts

146Clayton County, GAGA297,47166.7%+0.8 pts

147Liberty County, GAGA70,31366.7%−0.8 pts

148Effingham County, GAGA74,39767.4%+1.3 pts

149Henry County, GAGA264,92267.6%+0.7 pts

150Barrow County, GAGA99,77367.6%+1.3 pts

151Paulding County, GAGA190,99667.7%+1.3 pts

152DeKalb County, GAGA774,39468.3%−0.8 pts

153Cherokee County, GAGA299,27368.5%+0.8 pts

154Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09968.6%−0.1 pts

155Forsyth County, GAGA282,80569.1%−0.3 pts

156Fulton 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 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES