# Counties in Georgia by job creation rate, 2023

All 159 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Taliaferro County | 85.141 |
| 2 | Glascock County | 44.639 |
| 3 | Chattahoochee County | 34.915 |
| 4 | Stewart County | 31.977 |
| 5 | Butts County | 27.186 |
| 6 | Meriwether County | 26.563 |
| 7 | Clay County | 24.476 |
| 8 | Wheeler County | 22.406 |
| 9 | Crawford County | 20.889 |
| 10 | Bryan County | 20.775 |
| 11 | McIntosh County | 20.246 |
| 12 | Lamar County | 20.059 |
| 13 | Bleckley County | 19.915 |
| 14 | Oconee County | 19.455 |
| 15 | Putnam County | 19.438 |
| 16 | Randolph County | 19.381 |
| 17 | Long County | 19.201 |
| 18 | Echols County | 18.985 |
| 19 | Lee County | 18.847 |
| 20 | Dawson County | 18.398 |
| 21 | Pike County | 17.821 |
| 22 | Screven County | 17.725 |
| 23 | Cook County | 17.614 |
| 24 | Johnson County | 17.457 |
| 25 | Jackson County | 17.334 |
| 26 | Talbot County | 16.838 |
| 27 | Newton County | 16.704 |
| 28 | Effingham County | 16.683 |
| 29 | Emanuel County | 16.629 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 16.605 |
| 31 | Greene County | 16.578 |
| 32 | Fulton County | 16.565 |
| 33 | Telfair County | 16.473 |
| 34 | Taylor County | 15.813 |
| 35 | Carroll County | 15.736 |
| 36 | Gwinnett County | 15.625 |
| 37 | Barrow County | 15.619 |
| 38 | Wilkes County | 15.367 |
| 39 | Rabun County | 15.174 |
| 40 | Heard County | 15.091 |
| 41 | Walton County | 15.004 |
| 42 | Henry County | 14.978 |
| 43 | Forsyth County | 14.908 |
| 44 | Brantley County | 14.88 |
| 45 | Bacon County | 14.841 |
| 46 | Worth County | 14.795 |
| 47 | Bartow County | 14.669 |
| 48 | Cherokee County | 14.615 |
| 49 | Lowndes County | 14.545 |
| 50 | Terrell County | 14.537 |
| 51 | Lincoln County | 14.531 |
| 52 | Monroe County | 14.526 |
| 53 | DeKalb County | 14.449 |
| 54 | Houston County | 14.286 |
| 55 | Jasper County | 14.27 |
| 56 | Camden County | 14.211 |
| 57 | Berrien County | 14.168 |
| 58 | Chatham County | 14.108 |
| 59 | Madison County | 14.074 |
| 60 | Hall County | 14.054 |
| 61 | Paulding County | 14.021 |
| 62 | Jefferson County | 14.015 |
| 63 | Bulloch County | 13.956 |
| 64 | Seminole County | 13.921 |
| 65 | Floyd County | 13.894 |
| 66 | Fannin County | 13.853 |
| 67 | Schley County | 13.824 |
| 68 | Douglas County | 13.823 |
| 69 | Oglethorpe County | 13.815 |
| 70 | Muscogee County | 13.752 |
| 71 | Montgomery County | 13.72 |
| 72 | Gilmer County | 13.62 |
| 73 | Columbia County | 13.611 |
| 74 | Dooly County | 13.58 |
| 75 | Pickens County | 13.506 |
| 76 | Glynn County | 13.457 |
| 77 | Rockdale County | 13.419 |
| 78 | Sumter County | 13.388 |
| 79 | Whitfield County | 13.356 |
| 80 | Haralson County | 13.35 |
| 81 | Hancock County | 13.313 |
| 82 | Ware County | 13.308 |
| 83 | Jenkins County | 13.303 |
| 84 | Cobb County | 13.299 |
| 85 | Fayette County | 13.239 |
| 86 | White County | 13.186 |
| 87 | Clarke County | 13.006 |
| 88 | Ben Hill County | 12.96 |
| 89 | Clayton County | 12.945 |
| 90 | Upson County | 12.902 |
| 91 | Jones County | 12.786 |
| 92 | Baldwin County | 12.681 |
| 93 | Coweta County | 12.656 |
| 94 | Marion County | 12.57 |
| 95 | Treutlen County | 12.54 |
| 96 | Harris County | 12.489 |
| 97 | Morgan County | 12.453 |
| 98 | Towns County | 12.424 |
| 99 | Lumpkin County | 12.314 |
| 100 | Dodge County | 12.234 |
| 101 | Hart County | 12.23 |
| 102 | Troup County | 12.182 |
| 103 | Peach County | 12.134 |
| 104 | Dougherty County | 12.093 |
| 105 | Pulaski County | 12.053 |
| 106 | Brooks County | 12.047 |
| 107 | Decatur County | 12.039 |
| 108 | Wilkinson County | 12.004 |
| 109 | Appling County | 11.993 |
| 110 | Spalding County | 11.989 |
| 111 | Gordon County | 11.956 |
| 112 | Washington County | 11.888 |
| 113 | Dade County | 11.668 |
| 114 | Banks County | 11.562 |
| 115 | Habersham County | 11.5 |
| 116 | Murray County | 11.443 |
| 117 | Colquitt County | 11.4 |
| 118 | Coffee County | 11.361 |
| 119 | Wilcox County | 11.33 |
| 120 | Liberty County | 11.273 |
| 121 | Lanier County | 11.223 |
| 122 | Twiggs County | 11.086 |
| 123 | Toombs County | 10.991 |
| 124 | Crisp County | 10.962 |
| 125 | Calhoun County | 10.931 |
| 126 | Richmond County | 10.911 |
| 127 | Stephens County | 10.902 |
| 128 | Evans County | 10.838 |
| 129 | Jeff Davis County | 10.825 |
| 130 | Bibb County | 10.746 |
| 131 | Union County | 10.646 |
| 132 | Laurens County | 10.608 |
| 133 | Turner County | 10.593 |
| 134 | Candler County | 10.533 |
| 135 | Pierce County | 10.51 |
| 136 | Franklin County | 10.393 |
| 137 | Elbert County | 10.321 |
| 138 | Thomas County | 10.308 |
| 139 | Polk County | 10.289 |
| 140 | Catoosa County | 10.28 |
| 141 | Tift County | 10.127 |
| 142 | Tattnall County | 10.104 |
| 143 | Walker County | 9.803 |
| 144 | McDuffie County | 9.706 |
| 145 | Atkinson County | 9.551 |
| 146 | Macon County | 9.382 |
| 147 | Grady County | 8.624 |
| 148 | Chattooga County | 8.579 |
| 149 | Mitchell County | 7.771 |
| 150 | Irwin County | 7.276 |
| 151 | Quitman County | 6.962 |
| 152 | Charlton County | 6.365 |
| 153 | Clinch County | 6.124 |
| 154 | Burke County | 5.986 |
| 155 | Miller County | 5.305 |
| 156 | Warren County | 5.222 |
| 157 | Webster County | 4.715 |
| 158 | Baker County | 4.678 |
| 159 | Early County | 4.459 |