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Unemployment Rate in Georgia, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Georgia, ranked. The highest is Quitman County at 28.6% and the lowest is Rabun County at 1.3%.

Georgia: 5.1% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Georgia: 4.7%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Quitman County28.6%
2Charlton County14.0%
3Turner County12.2%
4Randolph County10.9%
5Dougherty County10.2%
6Warren County10.0%
7Chattahoochee County9.1%
8Emanuel County8.9%
9Richmond County8.5%
10Bulloch County8.2%
11Bibb County8.1%
12Washington County8.0%
13Liberty County7.9%
14Treutlen County7.7%
15Schley County7.6%
16Crisp County7.5%
17Montgomery County7.5%
18Johnson County7.4%
19Spalding County7.3%
20Clayton County7.2%
21Jasper County7.2%
22Macon County7.2%
23Wayne County7.2%
24Worth County6.9%
25Long County6.8%
26Baker County6.7%
27Early County6.7%
28Jeff Davis County6.7%
29Tattnall County6.7%
30Meriwether County6.6%
31Newton County6.6%
32Peach County6.6%
33DeKalb County6.4%
34Decatur County6.3%
35Hancock County6.3%
36Muscogee County6.3%
37Baldwin County6.2%
38Douglas County6.2%
39Henry County6.2%
40Dodge County6.1%
41Calhoun County6.0%
42Seminole County6.0%
43Bleckley County5.9%
44Carroll County5.9%
45Chatham County5.9%
46Franklin County5.9%
47Harris County5.9%
48Mitchell County5.9%
49Polk County5.9%
50Rockdale County5.9%
51Ware County5.9%
52Jefferson County5.8%
53Lumpkin County5.7%
54Thomas County5.6%
55Effingham County5.5%
56Stewart County5.5%
57Wilcox County5.5%
58Camden County5.4%
59Chattooga County5.4%
60Fulton County5.4%
61Stephens County5.4%
62Bryan County5.3%
63Troup County5.3%
64Walton County5.3%
65Clarke County5.2%
66Laurens County5.2%
67Telfair County5.2%
68Whitfield County5.2%
69Houston County5.1%
70Lowndes County5.1%
71Brooks County5.0%
72Burke County5.0%
73Taliaferro County5.0%
74Wheeler County5.0%
75Atkinson County4.8%
76Columbia County4.8%
77Marion County4.8%
78Wilkinson County4.8%
79Bartow County4.7%
80Sumter County4.7%
81Elbert County4.6%
82Screven County4.6%
83Towns County4.6%
84Clay County4.5%
85Cobb County4.5%
86Murray County4.5%
87Paulding County4.5%
88Coffee County4.4%
89Haralson County4.4%
90Toombs County4.4%
91Catoosa County4.3%
92Colquitt County4.3%
93Evans County4.3%
94Heard County4.3%
95Floyd County4.2%
96Gwinnett County4.2%
97Webster County4.2%
98Lamar County4.1%
99Terrell County4.1%
100Irwin County4.0%
101Lanier County4.0%
102Jenkins County3.9%
103Madison County3.9%
104Miller County3.9%
105Upson County3.9%
106Walker County3.9%
107Fayette County3.8%
108Jones County3.8%
109Twiggs County3.8%
110White County3.8%
111Barrow County3.7%
112Berrien County3.7%
113Fannin County3.7%
114Glynn County3.7%
115Gordon County3.7%
116Grady County3.7%
117Putnam County3.7%
118Cook County3.6%
119Dooly County3.6%
120Dawson County3.5%
121Forsyth County3.5%
122Hall County3.5%
123Greene County3.4%
124Hart County3.4%
125Jackson County3.4%
126Pike County3.4%
127Lee County3.3%
128Talbot County3.3%
129Butts County3.2%
130Cherokee County3.2%
131Dade County3.2%
132McIntosh County3.2%
133Pulaski County3.2%
134Appling County3.1%
135Ben Hill County3.1%
136Coweta County3.1%
137Oglethorpe County3.1%
138Oconee County3.0%
139Pickens County3.0%
140Banks County2.9%
141Brantley County2.8%
142Lincoln County2.8%
143Tift County2.8%
144Gilmer County2.7%
145Habersham County2.7%
146Monroe County2.7%
147Bacon County2.6%
148Pierce County2.6%
149Taylor County2.6%
150Union County2.6%
151Candler County2.5%
152Crawford County2.4%
153Morgan County2.4%
154Clinch County2.1%
155McDuffie County1.9%
156Echols County1.7%
157Glascock County1.6%
158Wilkes County1.5%
159Rabun County1.3%

Small populations produce wide margins: Quitman County is 28.6% with a margin of error of ±14.1%; Rabun County is 1.3% with a margin of error of ±0.7%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Georgia ranks 22nd of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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