RANKING · 2024 ACS · 159 SHOWN OF 159

Most self-employed workers, Georgia counties

Georgia counties ranked by the share of employed residents who work for themselves in an incorporated or unincorporated business (2024 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSELF-EMPLOYED WORKERSVS 2010

01Clinch County, GAGA6,84726.8%+10.6 pts

02Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66224.8%+6.8 pts

03Hancock County, GAGA8,68223.5%−1.2 pts

04Webster County, GAGA2,36923.4%+10.5 pts

05Randolph County, GAGA6,15623.0%+0.6 pts

06Montgomery County, GAGA8,63522.8%+2.7 pts

07Wilcox County, GAGA8,79722.6%−5.1 pts

08Telfair County, GAGA11,19522.1%+1.5 pts

09Glascock County, GAGA3,14121.8%+5.5 pts

10Treutlen County, GAGA6,46621.2%−1.1 pts

11Miller County, GAGA5,81221.2%+3.3 pts

12Turner County, GAGA8,98320.5%+1.6 pts

13Early County, GAGA10,45519.2%−5.8 pts

14Appling County, GAGA19,10019.1%+7.2 pts

15Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41519.0%+0.6 pts

16Clarke County, GAGA129,92119.0%−1.3 pts

17Jenkins County, GAGA8,84318.9%+3.3 pts

18Heard County, GAGA12,14918.9%−3.7 pts

19Taylor County, GAGA7,81818.7%+1.7 pts

20Lanier County, GAGA10,62318.6%+6.3 pts

21Dodge County, GAGA19,66318.5%−6.5 pts

22Dawson County, GAGA35,36518.0%+5.1 pts

23Lee County, GAGA34,17918.0%+4.9 pts

24Harris County, GAGA37,28018.0%+3.7 pts

25Brantley County, GAGA18,93618.0%+0.1 pts

26Seminole County, GAGA9,16218.0%+3.6 pts

27Cook County, GAGA18,23217.9%+2.1 pts

28White County, GAGA29,80217.8%+2.1 pts

29Grady County, GAGA26,59017.7%+1.9 pts

30Pierce County, GAGA20,76417.3%+3.1 pts

31Screven County, GAGA14,40817.3%−2.2 pts

32Lamar County, GAGA20,94117.1%+3.4 pts

33Laurens County, GAGA51,04117.0%+1.8 pts

34Baker County, GAGA2,72517.0%+6.9 pts

35Towns County, GAGA13,28516.9%+2.7 pts

36Candler County, GAGA11,27516.8%+8.9 pts

37Washington County, GAGA19,45316.8%+0.4 pts

38Decatur County, GAGA29,43216.8%−1.8 pts

39Irwin County, GAGA9,02016.7%−3.6 pts

40Dougherty County, GAGA82,61616.7%−0.2 pts

41Tattnall County, GAGA24,37616.6%+0.9 pts

42Lincoln County, GAGA8,11216.5%+1.7 pts

43Newton County, GAGA125,58316.4%+1.6 pts

44Echols County, GAGA3,68516.3%−3.6 pts

45Pike County, GAGA20,93216.3%−0.7 pts

46McDuffie County, GAGA21,64016.2%−0.5 pts

47Calhoun County, GAGA5,41316.2%−4.2 pts

48Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21916.2%−4.2 pts

49Baldwin County, GAGA44,02916.1%−4.6 pts

50Coffee County, GAGA44,40716.1%−1.5 pts

51Jefferson County, GAGA15,01115.9%−0.7 pts

52Butts County, GAGA27,21815.7%+0.6 pts

53Upson County, GAGA28,50015.7%+1.6 pts

54Jackson County, GAGA99,26515.6%−0.3 pts

55Putnam County, GAGA23,72215.5%+1.6 pts

56Berrien County, GAGA18,93215.5%−0.6 pts

57Bacon County, GAGA11,07015.5%−4.6 pts

58Thomas County, GAGA46,36815.4%−3.6 pts

59Oconee County, GAGA44,89315.4%−4.6 pts

60Jones County, GAGA29,17115.3%−2.7 pts

61Banks County, GAGA21,27315.3%+3.1 pts

62Greene County, GAGA21,36715.2%+3.2 pts

63Haralson County, GAGA33,06615.1%+2.0 pts

64Wilkes County, GAGA9,54015.1%−3.3 pts

65Warren County, GAGA5,26915.0%+3.3 pts

66Stewart County, GAGA4,63114.9%−7.6 pts

67Madison County, GAGA32,91914.8%−1.9 pts

68Walton County, GAGA112,69614.8%+0.1 pts

69Mitchell County, GAGA20,46714.7%+1.7 pts

70McIntosh County, GAGA11,98914.7%−2.5 pts

71Morgan County, GAGA22,09514.7%−1.2 pts

72Ware County, GAGA36,90614.6%−2.0 pts

73Polk County, GAGA45,51414.5%+1.1 pts

74Long County, GAGA21,55714.5%−0.4 pts

75Bleckley County, GAGA12,86614.5%−3.0 pts

76Bulloch County, GAGA86,94914.4%−3.9 pts

77Talbot County, GAGA5,70914.3%−4.2 pts

78Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.2%−2.5 pts

79Rockdale County, GAGA98,41614.2%−0.1 pts

80Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46514.2%+2.6 pts

81Richmond County, GAGA206,55914.1%−0.7 pts

82Johnson County, GAGA9,31014.0%−1.2 pts

83Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65014.0%−2.5 pts

84Elbert County, GAGA20,07214.0%−0.2 pts

85Brooks County, GAGA16,10114.0%−2.0 pts

86Pickens County, GAGA37,16714.0%+1.4 pts

87Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09913.9%−6.2 pts

88Dooly County, GAGA11,15613.9%−5.1 pts

89Henry County, GAGA264,92213.9%−1.2 pts

90Gordon County, GAGA61,70113.9%+2.7 pts

91Gilmer County, GAGA33,89413.8%+2.4 pts

92Liberty County, GAGA70,31313.8%+0.3 pts

93Carroll County, GAGA131,03613.8%−0.4 pts

94Crisp County, GAGA19,23713.7%−4.4 pts

95Stephens County, GAGA27,85413.7%−2.4 pts

96Sumter County, GAGA28,80113.7%−9.0 pts

97Hart County, GAGA28,63913.7%−4.1 pts

98Floyd County, GAGA101,37813.6%−0.8 pts

99Monroe County, GAGA32,02313.6%+0.4 pts

100Lowndes County, GAGA122,86713.5%−1.4 pts

101Colquitt County, GAGA47,43813.5%−1.5 pts

102Terrell County, GAGA8,65613.4%−1.7 pts

103Twiggs County, GAGA7,59713.4%+4.1 pts

104Muscogee County, GAGA202,17113.3%−0.2 pts

105Burke County, GAGA24,40813.2%−4.1 pts

106Toombs County, GAGA27,54513.1%−2.5 pts

107Chatham County, GAGA311,85513.1%+0.8 pts

108Douglas County, GAGA154,29313.1%−0.1 pts

109Meriwether County, GAGA21,51613.1%−3.8 pts

110Charlton County, GAGA13,12113.1%+1.6 pts

111Coweta County, GAGA160,24012.8%+0.6 pts

112Columbia County, GAGA169,18912.8%+0.6 pts

113Wayne County, GAGA32,48112.8%−1.9 pts

114Paulding County, GAGA190,99612.7%−2.4 pts

115Habersham County, GAGA50,41612.7%−0.8 pts

116Jasper County, GAGA17,63212.6%+0.6 pts

117Walker County, GAGA70,25012.6%−0.0 pts

118Catoosa County, GAGA69,62812.4%+0.6 pts

119Union County, GAGA27,85912.4%−4.1 pts

120Bartow County, GAGA120,80012.4%−1.5 pts

121Spalding County, GAGA70,77512.4%−3.0 pts

122Troup County, GAGA72,84412.3%−2.6 pts

123Tift County, GAGA42,25412.2%−3.9 pts

124Rabun County, GAGA17,76412.2%−5.1 pts

125Wheeler County, GAGA7,57012.2%−3.1 pts

126Fannin County, GAGA26,11112.2%−0.6 pts

127Emanuel County, GAGA23,14712.1%−3.0 pts

128Pulaski County, GAGA10,17212.1%−0.0 pts

129Marion County, GAGA7,67612.0%−0.9 pts

130Houston County, GAGA178,21412.0%−1.5 pts

131DeKalb County, GAGA774,39411.9%−0.6 pts

132Clay County, GAGA2,81511.9%−18.7 pts

133Bibb County, GAGA157,55611.9%−2.2 pts

134Chattooga County, GAGA25,30011.9%−0.9 pts

135Franklin County, GAGA25,94811.9%−4.0 pts

136Clayton County, GAGA297,47111.8%−0.9 pts

137Worth County, GAGA20,05911.8%−4.0 pts

138Barrow County, GAGA99,77311.8%−1.9 pts

139Bryan County, GAGA52,06211.5%+1.5 pts

140Glynn County, GAGA87,59911.3%−1.9 pts

141Dade County, GAGA16,15411.3%−2.3 pts

142Murray County, GAGA41,60710.9%+0.5 pts

143Crawford County, GAGA12,20610.8%+0.2 pts

144Cherokee County, GAGA299,27310.8%+0.2 pts

145Effingham County, GAGA74,39710.7%−3.8 pts

146Fayette County, GAGA125,15610.6%−2.1 pts

147Camden County, GAGA60,14310.5%−3.3 pts

148Macon County, GAGA11,75610.5%−8.1 pts

149Atkinson County, GAGA8,45410.4%−0.9 pts

150Schley County, GAGA4,59310.2%−6.8 pts

151Peach County, GAGA29,87710.1%−5.2 pts

152Whitfield County, GAGA106,21210.1%−1.1 pts

153Evans County, GAGA11,02810.0%−3.2 pts

154Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0999.9%+0.1 pts

155Cobb County, GAGA793,3459.6%−0.9 pts

156Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7919.6%−0.3 pts

157Hall County, GAGA226,5689.4%−3.5 pts

158Forsyth County, GAGA282,8058.3%−0.7 pts

159Quitman County, GAGA2,2545.7%−11.1 pts

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