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Lowest unemployment, Georgia counties

Georgia counties ranked by the lowest 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

01Rabun County, GAGA17,7641.3%–

02Wilkes County, GAGA9,5401.5%–

03Glascock County, GAGA3,1411.6%–

04Echols County, GAGA3,6851.7%–

05McDuffie County, GAGA21,6401.9%–

06Clinch County, GAGA6,8472.1%–

07Crawford County, GAGA12,2062.4%–

08Morgan County, GAGA22,0952.4%–

09Candler County, GAGA11,2752.5%–

10Taylor County, GAGA7,8182.6%–

11Pierce County, GAGA20,7642.6%–

12Bacon County, GAGA11,0702.6%–

13Union County, GAGA27,8592.6%–

14Monroe County, GAGA32,0232.7%–

15Habersham County, GAGA50,4162.7%–

16Gilmer County, GAGA33,8942.7%–

17Brantley County, GAGA18,9362.8%–

18Tift County, GAGA42,2542.8%–

19Lincoln County, GAGA8,1122.8%–

20Banks County, GAGA21,2732.9%–

21Oconee County, GAGA44,8933.0%–

22Pickens County, GAGA37,1673.0%–

23Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4153.1%–

24Coweta County, GAGA160,2403.1%–

25Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.1%–

26Appling County, GAGA19,1003.1%–

27Pulaski County, GAGA10,1723.2%–

28McIntosh County, GAGA11,9893.2%–

29Dade County, GAGA16,1543.2%–

30Butts County, GAGA27,2183.2%–

31Cherokee County, GAGA299,2733.2%–

32Lee County, GAGA34,1793.3%–

33Talbot County, GAGA5,7093.3%–

34Pike County, GAGA20,9323.4%–

35Jackson County, GAGA99,2653.4%–

36Hart County, GAGA28,6393.4%–

37Greene County, GAGA21,3673.4%–

38Hall County, GAGA226,5683.5%–

39Forsyth County, GAGA282,8053.5%–

40Dawson County, GAGA35,3653.5%–

41Dooly County, GAGA11,1563.6%–

42Cook County, GAGA18,2323.6%–

43Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.7%–

44Berrien County, GAGA18,9323.7%–

45Fannin County, GAGA26,1113.7%–

46Grady County, GAGA26,5903.7%–

47Putnam County, GAGA23,7223.7%–

48Glynn County, GAGA87,5993.7%–

49Barrow County, GAGA99,7733.7%–

50Twiggs County, GAGA7,5973.8%–

51White County, GAGA29,8023.8%–

52Fayette County, GAGA125,1563.8%–

53Jones County, GAGA29,1713.8%–

54Jenkins County, GAGA8,8433.9%–

55Walker County, GAGA70,2503.9%–

56Upson County, GAGA28,5003.9%–

57Miller County, GAGA5,8123.9%–

58Madison County, GAGA32,9193.9%–

59Lanier County, GAGA10,6234.0%–

60Irwin County, GAGA9,0204.0%–

61Lamar County, GAGA20,9414.1%–

62Terrell County, GAGA8,6564.1%–

63Webster County, GAGA2,3694.2%–

64Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0994.2%–

65Floyd County, GAGA101,3784.2%–

66Catoosa County, GAGA69,6284.3%–

67Colquitt County, GAGA47,4384.3%–

68Heard County, GAGA12,1494.3%–

69Evans County, GAGA11,0284.3%–

70Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.4%–

71Toombs County, GAGA27,5454.4%–

72Haralson County, GAGA33,0664.4%–

73Clay County, GAGA2,8154.5%–

74Paulding County, GAGA190,9964.5%–

75Cobb County, GAGA793,3454.5%–

76Murray County, GAGA41,6074.5%–

77Elbert County, GAGA20,0724.6%–

78Screven County, GAGA14,4084.6%–

79Towns County, GAGA13,2854.6%–

80Sumter County, GAGA28,8014.7%–

81Bartow County, GAGA120,8004.7%–

82Atkinson County, GAGA8,4544.8%–

83Columbia County, GAGA169,1894.8%–

84Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6504.8%–

85Marion County, GAGA7,6764.8%–

86Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6625.0%–

87Burke County, GAGA24,4085.0%–

88Brooks County, GAGA16,1015.0%–

89Wheeler County, GAGA7,5705.0%–

90Lowndes County, GAGA122,8675.1%–

91Houston County, GAGA178,2145.1%–

92Laurens County, GAGA51,0415.2%–

93Whitfield County, GAGA106,2125.2%–

94Clarke County, GAGA129,9215.2%–

95Telfair County, GAGA11,1955.2%–

96Troup County, GAGA72,8445.3%–

97Walton County, GAGA112,6965.3%–

98Bryan County, GAGA52,0625.3%–

99Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7915.4%–

100Stephens County, GAGA27,8545.4%–

101Camden County, GAGA60,1435.4%–

102Chattooga County, GAGA25,3005.4%–

103Stewart County, GAGA4,6315.5%–

104Effingham County, GAGA74,3975.5%–

105Wilcox County, GAGA8,7975.5%–

106Thomas County, GAGA46,3685.6%–

107Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1785.7%–

108Jefferson County, GAGA15,0115.8%–

109Ware County, GAGA36,9065.9%–

110Bleckley County, GAGA12,8665.9%–

111Rockdale County, GAGA98,4165.9%–

112Carroll County, GAGA131,0365.9%–

113Franklin County, GAGA25,9485.9%–

114Polk County, GAGA45,5145.9%–

115Harris County, GAGA37,2805.9%–

116Chatham County, GAGA311,8555.9%–

117Mitchell County, GAGA20,4675.9%–

118Seminole County, GAGA9,1626.0%–

119Calhoun County, GAGA5,4136.0%–

120Dodge County, GAGA19,6636.1%–

121Baldwin County, GAGA44,0296.2%–

122Henry County, GAGA264,9226.2%–

123Douglas County, GAGA154,2936.2%–

124Muscogee County, GAGA202,1716.3%–

125Hancock County, GAGA8,6826.3%–

126Decatur County, GAGA29,4326.3%–

127DeKalb County, GAGA774,3946.4%–

128Meriwether County, GAGA21,5166.6%–

129Peach County, GAGA29,8776.6%–

130Newton County, GAGA125,5836.6%–

131Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.7%–

132Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2196.7%–

133Baker County, GAGA2,7256.7%–

134Early County, GAGA10,4556.7%–

135Long County, GAGA21,5576.8%–

136Worth County, GAGA20,0596.9%–

137Macon County, GAGA11,7567.2%–

138Wayne County, GAGA32,4817.2%–

139Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.2%–

140Jasper County, GAGA17,6327.2%–

141Spalding County, GAGA70,7757.3%–

142Johnson County, GAGA9,3107.4%–

143Crisp County, GAGA19,2377.5%–

144Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.5%–

145Schley County, GAGA4,5937.6%–

146Treutlen County, GAGA6,4667.7%–

147Liberty County, GAGA70,3137.9%–

148Washington County, GAGA19,4538.0%–

149Bibb County, GAGA157,5568.1%–

150Bulloch County, GAGA86,9498.2%–

151Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.5%–

152Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.9%–

153Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4659.1%–

154Warren County, GAGA5,26910.0%–

155Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.2%–

156Randolph County, GAGA6,15610.9%–

157Turner County, GAGA8,98312.2%–

158Charlton County, GAGA13,12114.0%–

159Quitman County, GAGA2,25428.6%–

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