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Lowest unemployment, Georgia counties · 2020

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

01Glascock County, GAGA3,1411.4%–

02Telfair County, GAGA11,1951.5%–

03Wilkes County, GAGA9,5402.3%–

04Echols County, GAGA3,6852.4%–

05Habersham County, GAGA50,4162.4%–

06Hancock County, GAGA8,6822.5%–

07Tift County, GAGA42,2542.8%–

08Oconee County, GAGA44,8932.9%–

09Morgan County, GAGA22,0953.0%–

10Grady County, GAGA26,5903.1%–

11Gilmer County, GAGA33,8943.1%–

12Forsyth County, GAGA282,8053.3%–

13Putnam County, GAGA23,7223.5%–

14Catoosa County, GAGA69,6283.5%–

15Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.5%–

16White County, GAGA29,8023.5%–

17Hall County, GAGA226,5683.5%–

18Warren County, GAGA5,2693.7%–

19Monroe County, GAGA32,0233.7%–

20Banks County, GAGA21,2733.7%–

21Cherokee County, GAGA299,2733.8%–

22Clinch County, GAGA6,8473.8%–

23Appling County, GAGA19,1003.8%–

24Coweta County, GAGA160,2403.9%–

25Jenkins County, GAGA8,8433.9%–

26Jackson County, GAGA99,2653.9%–

27Jones County, GAGA29,1714.0%–

28Lanier County, GAGA10,6234.0%–

29Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0994.0%–

30Lincoln County, GAGA8,1124.1%–

31Twiggs County, GAGA7,5974.1%–

32Rabun County, GAGA17,7644.1%–

33McIntosh County, GAGA11,9894.1%–

34Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.2%–

35Towns County, GAGA13,2854.2%–

36Coffee County, GAGA44,4074.2%–

37Ware County, GAGA36,9064.2%–

38Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6624.2%–

39Paulding County, GAGA190,9964.3%–

40Haralson County, GAGA33,0664.3%–

41Bacon County, GAGA11,0704.3%–

42Spalding County, GAGA70,7754.3%–

43Upson County, GAGA28,5004.3%–

44Greene County, GAGA21,3674.4%–

45Burke County, GAGA24,4084.4%–

46Franklin County, GAGA25,9484.5%–

47Pickens County, GAGA37,1674.6%–

48Dodge County, GAGA19,6634.6%–

49Cook County, GAGA18,2324.6%–

50Lee County, GAGA34,1794.7%–

51Brantley County, GAGA18,9364.7%–

52Glynn County, GAGA87,5994.8%–

53Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1784.8%–

54Walton County, GAGA112,6964.8%–

55Columbia County, GAGA169,1894.8%–

56Seminole County, GAGA9,1624.8%–

57Cobb County, GAGA793,3454.8%–

58Union County, GAGA27,8594.8%–

59Taylor County, GAGA7,8184.8%–

60Barrow County, GAGA99,7734.8%–

61Chattooga County, GAGA25,3004.9%–

62Dade County, GAGA16,1545.0%–

63Pike County, GAGA20,9325.0%–

64Laurens County, GAGA51,0415.0%–

65Pierce County, GAGA20,7645.0%–

66Dawson County, GAGA35,3655.1%–

67Washington County, GAGA19,4535.1%–

68Butts County, GAGA27,2185.1%–

69Candler County, GAGA11,2755.1%–

70Jasper County, GAGA17,6325.1%–

71Pulaski County, GAGA10,1725.2%–

72Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,4155.2%–

73Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2195.3%–

74Polk County, GAGA45,5145.4%–

75Wayne County, GAGA32,4815.4%–

76Houston County, GAGA178,2145.5%–

77Floyd County, GAGA101,3785.6%–

78Meriwether County, GAGA21,5165.6%–

79Henry County, GAGA264,9225.7%–

80Tattnall County, GAGA24,3765.7%–

81Bartow County, GAGA120,8005.8%–

82Troup County, GAGA72,8445.8%–

83Fannin County, GAGA26,1115.8%–

84Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7915.8%–

85Lowndes County, GAGA122,8675.8%–

86Clarke County, GAGA129,9215.8%–

87Berrien County, GAGA18,9325.8%–

88Effingham County, GAGA74,3975.9%–

89Wilcox County, GAGA8,7975.9%–

90Whitfield County, GAGA106,2126.0%–

91Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0996.1%–

92Screven County, GAGA14,4086.1%–

93Newton County, GAGA125,5836.2%–

94Thomas County, GAGA46,3686.2%–

95Hart County, GAGA28,6396.2%–

96Carroll County, GAGA131,0366.2%–

97Harris County, GAGA37,2806.3%–

98Madison County, GAGA32,9196.3%–

99Webster County, GAGA2,3696.3%–

100McDuffie County, GAGA21,6406.3%–

101Worth County, GAGA20,0596.4%–

102Stephens County, GAGA27,8546.4%–

103Atkinson County, GAGA8,4546.4%–

104Marion County, GAGA7,6766.5%–

105Decatur County, GAGA29,4326.5%–

106Sumter County, GAGA28,8016.5%–

107Murray County, GAGA41,6076.5%–

108Talbot County, GAGA5,7096.5%–

109Camden County, GAGA60,1436.6%–

110Rockdale County, GAGA98,4166.6%–

111Jefferson County, GAGA15,0116.7%–

112DeKalb County, GAGA774,3946.7%–

113Douglas County, GAGA154,2936.7%–

114Bleckley County, GAGA12,8666.7%–

115Walker County, GAGA70,2506.8%–

116Brooks County, GAGA16,1016.8%–

117Bryan County, GAGA52,0627.0%–

118Miller County, GAGA5,8127.0%–

119Elbert County, GAGA20,0727.0%–

120Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.1%–

121Wheeler County, GAGA7,5707.2%–

122Toombs County, GAGA27,5457.2%–

123Heard County, GAGA12,1497.4%–

124Baldwin County, GAGA44,0297.4%–

125Chatham County, GAGA311,8557.4%–

126Turner County, GAGA8,9837.4%–

127Terrell County, GAGA8,6567.4%–

128Bibb County, GAGA157,5567.4%–

129Wilkinson County, GAGA8,6507.5%–

130Colquitt County, GAGA47,4387.6%–

131Evans County, GAGA11,0287.7%–

132Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.8%–

133Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.0%–

134Schley County, GAGA4,5938.0%–

135Lamar County, GAGA20,9418.1%–

136Early County, GAGA10,4558.2%–

137Muscogee County, GAGA202,1718.6%–

138Crawford County, GAGA12,2068.6%–

139Randolph County, GAGA6,1568.8%–

140Treutlen County, GAGA6,4668.9%–

141Bulloch County, GAGA86,9499.0%–

142Stewart County, GAGA4,6319.2%–

143Macon County, GAGA11,7569.2%–

144Dooly County, GAGA11,1569.2%–

145Richmond County, GAGA206,5599.3%–

146Liberty County, GAGA70,3139.3%–

147Peach County, GAGA29,8779.7%–

148Clay County, GAGA2,81510.1%–

149Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.4%–

150Mitchell County, GAGA20,46710.9%–

151Calhoun County, GAGA5,41311.0%–

152Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46511.8%–

153Johnson County, GAGA9,31011.8%–

154Crisp County, GAGA19,23712.0%–

155Irwin County, GAGA9,02012.0%–

156Long County, GAGA21,55712.4%–

157Charlton County, GAGA13,12113.7%–

158Baker County, GAGA2,72514.0%–

159Quitman County, GAGA2,25421.4%–

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