Counties in Georgia by real GDP growth
Long County had the highest real GDP growth of 159 counties in 2021, at 21.4%. Talbot County had the lowest, at -14.6%. The median was 5.6% and the figure for Georgia was 7.1%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Top 40 counties, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2021 (%) | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long County | 21.4 | +32.8 pts |
| 2 | Crawford County | 20.5 | +37.4 pts |
| 3 | Bryan County | 20.2 | +19.5 pts |
| 3 | Oglethorpe County | 20.2 | +35.4 pts |
| 5 | Taliaferro County | 16.3 | +30.6 pts |
| 5 | Wheeler County | 16.3 | +15.3 pts |
| 7 | Fannin County | 15.7 | +22.4 pts |
| 8 | Greene County | 15.4 | +17.4 pts |
| 9 | Gilmer County | 14.9 | +23.1 pts |
| 10 | Murray County | 14.7 | +17 pts |
| 11 | Clayton County | 13.8 | +34.5 pts |
| 11 | Monroe County | 13.8 | +39 pts |
| 13 | Madison County | 13.7 | +23.1 pts |
| 14 | Lumpkin County | 13.1 | +16.2 pts |
| 15 | Dawson County | 12.3 | +18.4 pts |
| 15 | Rabun County | 12.3 | +17.9 pts |
| 17 | Morgan County | 12.1 | +10.1 pts |
| 17 | Putnam County | 12.1 | +17.7 pts |
| 19 | Wilkes County | 11.8 | +25.5 pts |
| 20 | Twiggs County | 11.6 | +18.5 pts |
| 20 | White County | 11.6 | +21 pts |
| 22 | Franklin County | 11.4 | +19.2 pts |
| 22 | Jackson County | 11.4 | +2.7 pts |
| 24 | Gordon County | 11.2 | +17.1 pts |
| 24 | Towns County | 11.2 | +17.1 pts |
| 24 | Walker County | 11.2 | +12.3 pts |
| 27 | Macon County | 10.5 | +18.2 pts |
| 28 | Cook County | 10.4 | +15.1 pts |
| 29 | Tattnall County | 10 | +20.3 pts |
| 30 | Henry County | 9.8 | +7.4 pts |
| 31 | Screven County | 9.5 | +16.6 pts |
| 32 | Banks County | 9.4 | +16.8 pts |
| 33 | Lamar County | 9.3 | +12.2 pts |
| 33 | Pickens County | 9.3 | +14.2 pts |
| 35 | Forsyth County | 9.2 | +9.7 pts |
| 36 | Catoosa County | 9.1 | +9.7 pts |
| 36 | Cobb County | 9.1 | +11.8 pts |
| 38 | Chatham County | 9 | +10.9 pts |
| 38 | Douglas County | 9 | +9.6 pts |
| 40 | Spalding County | 8.8 | +13.1 pts |
| 40 | Union County | 8.8 | +12 pts |
| 42 | Rockdale County | 8.5 | +5.1 pts |
| 43 | Liberty County | 8.3 | +10 pts |
| 43 | Wilkinson County | 8.3 | +7 pts |
| 45 | Glynn County | 8.2 | +10.8 pts |
| 45 | Haralson County | 8.2 | +9.9 pts |
| 45 | Jeff Davis County | 8.2 | +5.1 pts |
| 48 | Decatur County | 8.1 | +5.2 pts |
| 48 | Paulding County | 8.1 | +8.8 pts |
| 48 | Thomas County | 8.1 | +8.3 pts |
| 51 | Baldwin County | 7.5 | +14 pts |
| 52 | Crisp County | 7.3 | +5.6 pts |
| 52 | Pike County | 7.3 | +10.3 pts |
| 54 | Pulaski County | 7.2 | +12.8 pts |
| 55 | Troup County | 7.1 | +11 pts |
| 56 | Barrow County | 7 | +3.5 pts |
| 57 | Fulton County | 6.8 | +10.8 pts |
| 57 | Upson County | 6.8 | +14.8 pts |
| 59 | Laurens County | 6.7 | +7.2 pts |
| 60 | Bulloch County | 6.6 | +11.8 pts |
| 60 | Meriwether County | 6.6 | +10.2 pts |
| 60 | Terrell County | 6.6 | +9 pts |
| 63 | Dade County | 6.5 | +7.1 pts |
| 63 | Oconee County | 6.5 | +4.8 pts |
| 65 | Butts County | 6.4 | +5.4 pts |
| 65 | Coweta County | 6.4 | +5.6 pts |
| 67 | Floyd County | 6.3 | +10.1 pts |
| 67 | Telfair County | 6.3 | +20.4 pts |
| 67 | Whitfield County | 6.3 | +9.7 pts |
| 70 | Cherokee County | 6.2 | +5.7 pts |
| 70 | Dougherty County | 6.2 | +7.9 pts |
| 70 | Gwinnett County | 6.2 | +8.3 pts |
| 70 | Irwin County | 6.2 | +8.7 pts |
| 74 | Baker County | 6.1 | +12.7 pts |
| 74 | Toombs County | 6.1 | +6.7 pts |
| 76 | DeKalb County | 5.9 | +8 pts |
| 76 | Hall County | 5.9 | +4.4 pts |
| 76 | Webster County | 5.9 | -3.6 pts |
| 79 | Candler County | 5.7 | +10.2 pts |
| 80 | Peach County | 5.6 | +12.1 pts |
| 80 | Walton County | 5.6 | +6.7 pts |
| 82 | Bartow County | 5.5 | +5.9 pts |
| 83 | Bibb County | 5.4 | +8.6 pts |
| 84 | Polk County | 5.3 | +9 pts |
| 85 | Evans County | 5.2 | +5.7 pts |
| 85 | Jones County | 5.2 | +13.4 pts |
| 85 | Richmond County | 5.2 | +7.1 pts |
| 88 | Brantley County | 5.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 88 | Chattooga County | 5.1 | +15.8 pts |
| 88 | Stephens County | 5.1 | +4.3 pts |
| 91 | Charlton County | 5 | +5.5 pts |
| 91 | Clarke County | 5 | +10 pts |
| 93 | Columbia County | 4.9 | +5.5 pts |
| 93 | Fayette County | 4.9 | +4.9 pts |
| 95 | Coffee County | 4.7 | +6.4 pts |
| 95 | Lowndes County | 4.7 | +5.8 pts |
| 97 | Atkinson County | 4.1 | +5.9 pts |
| 97 | Houston County | 4.1 | +4.1 pts |
| 99 | Tift County | 3.6 | +5.5 pts |
| 100 | Berrien County | 3.5 | +12.3 pts |
| 100 | Elbert County | 3.5 | +1.7 pts |
| 100 | Jasper County | 3.5 | +4.4 pts |
| 103 | Pierce County | 3.4 | -2.9 pts |
| 104 | Effingham County | 3.3 | -4.8 pts |
| 105 | Ben Hill County | 3.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 106 | Camden County | 2.9 | +3.2 pts |
| 107 | Lee County | 2.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 108 | Chattahoochee County | 2.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 108 | Colquitt County | 2.6 | +1 pts |
| 108 | Grady County | 2.6 | -1.7 pts |
| 111 | Emanuel County | 2.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 112 | Early County | 2.2 | -3.1 pts |
| 113 | Harris County | 2 | +2.1 pts |
| 113 | Washington County | 2 | +2.6 pts |
| 115 | Muscogee County | 1.9 | +4.3 pts |
| 116 | Jefferson County | 1.8 | -2.2 pts |
| 116 | Wilcox County | 1.8 | +12 pts |
| 118 | Bleckley County | 1.7 | +3.6 pts |
| 118 | McDuffie County | 1.7 | 0 pts |
| 118 | Wayne County | 1.7 | +12.7 pts |
| 121 | Brooks County | 1.6 | -15.2 pts |
| 121 | Dodge County | 1.6 | +5.7 pts |
| 123 | Turner County | 1.5 | +8 pts |
| 124 | Lanier County | 1.1 | +3.3 pts |
| 125 | Ware County | 1 | +7.3 pts |
| 126 | Montgomery County | 0.8 | +5.4 pts |
| 127 | Taylor County | 0.4 | +4.6 pts |
| 128 | Carroll County | 0 | -12.1 pts |
| 128 | McIntosh County | 0 | +1.9 pts |
| 130 | Newton County | -0.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 131 | Habersham County | -0.3 | +4.3 pts |
| 132 | Echols County | -0.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 132 | Lincoln County | -0.5 | -4.6 pts |
| 134 | Appling County | -0.8 | -8 pts |
| 135 | Johnson County | -1 | +3.1 pts |
| 136 | Hart County | -1.4 | +5.4 pts |
| 137 | Calhoun County | -1.5 | -2 pts |
| 138 | Bacon County | -1.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 139 | Stewart County | -1.8 | -3.4 pts |
| 140 | Worth County | -2.1 | +3.5 pts |
| 141 | Miller County | -2.6 | -3.7 pts |
| 142 | Heard County | -2.7 | -3.7 pts |
| 142 | Sumter County | -2.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 144 | Dooly County | -3.1 | +4.8 pts |
| 144 | Mitchell County | -3.1 | -5.9 pts |
| 146 | Seminole County | -3.2 | -3.3 pts |
| 147 | Schley County | -4 | -5.5 pts |
| 148 | Hancock County | -4.1 | -6.6 pts |
| 149 | Randolph County | -4.3 | -4.7 pts |
| 150 | Quitman County | -4.7 | -12.3 pts |
| 151 | Jenkins County | -4.9 | -12.7 pts |
| 152 | Marion County | -5 | -13.6 pts |
| 153 | Burke County | -5.2 | -10.4 pts |
| 154 | Glascock County | -5.7 | -12.2 pts |
| 155 | Warren County | -6.2 | -13.5 pts |
| 156 | Treutlen County | -6.7 | -7.8 pts |
| 157 | Clay County | -8.2 | -26 pts |
| 158 | Clinch County | -9.2 | -11 pts |
| 159 | Talbot County | -14.6 | -29.3 pts |
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About this ranking
Annual percentage change of GDP in chain-linked volumes, or at constant prices in the World Bank series.
Each value comes from one official source for that place: national statistics offices, Eurostat, for the United States the Bureau of Economic Analysis or, for other countries and the World, the World Bank. Annual values compare one calendar year with the previous one; quarterly values compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier. Past values can be revised. United States figures come from BEA tables SAGDP11 for the nation and states and CAGDP11 for counties. Growth in small counties can swing widely from year to year.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP11: annual percent change in real GDP, all industry total, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP11.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Which county has the highest real GDP growth?
Long County, with 21.4% in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Which county has the lowest real GDP growth?
Talbot County, with -14.6% in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
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