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Unemployment rate in Clay County

Unemployment rate in Clay County was 5.9% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1 pts from August 2025. That is the 3rd highest of 159 counties in August 2026.

August 20265.9% Provisional
Change on August 2025-1 pts
Rank3rd of 159Counties in Georgia ranked
Series high14.7April 2020
Series low4.6May 2022

Unemployment rate in Clay County, January 2020 to August 2026

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2.557.51012.5152020-012021-012022-012023-012024-012025-012026-022026-082020-01: 6.5 %2020-02: 5.7 %2020-03: 6 %2020-04: 14.7 %2020-05: 12.6 %2020-06: 12.6 %2020-07: 13.6 %2020-08: 12 %2020-09: 10.9 %2020-10: 8.6 %2020-11: 8.9 %2020-12: 10.4 %2021-01: 9.6 %2021-02: 9.4 %2021-03: 9 %2021-04: 8.7 %2021-05: 7.8 %2021-06: 9.5 %2021-07: 8.6 %2021-08: 9.1 %2021-09: 7.3 %2021-10: 6.6 %2021-11: 6 %2021-12: 5.2 %2022-01: 6.2 %2022-02: 6 %2022-03: 5.4 %2022-04: 5 %2022-05: 4.6 %2022-06: 5.1 %2022-07: 5.8 %2022-08: 6.5 %2022-09: 5.4 %2022-10: 5.9 %2022-11: 6.3 %2022-12: 5.3 %2023-01: 6.1 %2023-02: 6.6 %2023-03: 6.3 %2023-04: 5.2 %2023-05: 6 %2023-06: 7 %2023-07: 8.3 %2023-08: 7.4 %2023-09: 6.8 %2023-10: 6.3 %2023-11: 5.8 %2023-12: 5.2 %2024-01: 5.5 %2024-02: 5 %2024-03: 5.4 %2024-04: 4.7 %2024-05: 5.1 %2024-06: 6.1 %2024-07: 6.3 %2024-08: 6.1 %2024-09: 4.8 %2024-10: 5.6 %2024-11: 6 %2024-12: 5 %2025-01: 5.6 %2025-02: 6 %2025-03: 5.7 %2025-04: 5 %2025-05: 5.7 %2025-06: 6.6 %2025-07: 6.5 %2025-08: 6.9 %2025-09: 6.9 %2025-11: 6.5 %2025-12: 5.8 %2026-01: 6.7 %2026-02: 6.2 %2026-03: 6 %2026-04: 5.4 %2026-05: 6.2 %2026-06: 6.2 %2026-07: 5.9 %2026-08: 5.9 %
%. Source: BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-08, published 2026-09-30.
All 79 values
Period%
2026-085.9 Provisional
2026-075.9
2026-066.2
2026-056.2
2026-045.4
2026-036
2026-026.2
2026-016.7
2025-125.8
2025-116.5
2025-096.9
2025-086.9
2025-076.5
2025-066.6
2025-055.7
2025-045
2025-035.7
2025-026
2025-015.6
2024-125
2024-116
2024-105.6
2024-094.8
2024-086.1
2024-076.3
2024-066.1
2024-055.1
2024-044.7
2024-035.4
2024-025
2024-015.5
2023-125.2
2023-115.8
2023-106.3
2023-096.8
2023-087.4
2023-078.3
2023-067
2023-056
2023-045.2
2023-036.3
2023-026.6
2023-016.1
2022-125.3
2022-116.3
2022-105.9
2022-095.4
2022-086.5
2022-075.8
2022-065.1
2022-054.6
2022-045
2022-035.4
2022-026
2022-016.2
2021-125.2
2021-116
2021-106.6
2021-097.3
2021-089.1
2021-078.6
2021-069.5
2021-057.8
2021-048.7
2021-039
2021-029.4
2021-019.6
2020-1210.4
2020-118.9
2020-108.6
2020-0910.9
2020-0812
2020-0713.6
2020-0612.6
2020-0512.6
2020-0414.7
2020-036
2020-025.7
2020-016.5

Compared with Georgia and United States

PlaceAugust 2026
Clay County5.9
Georgia3.2
United States4.1

Rankings

Definition

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.

Survey-based. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states and US counties, not Spanish municipalities. For municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate. US national and state rates are seasonally adjusted; county rates are not. Countries without a national or Eurostat series get the annual ILO modelled estimate, a model output rather than a survey result.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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What is the unemployment rate in Clay County?

Unemployment rate in Clay County was 5.9% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1 pts from August 2025. That is the 3rd highest of 159 counties in August 2026.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-08.

What was the highest unemployment rate in Clay County?

14.7% in April 2020, the highest value since January 2020 in this series.

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