# Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `job_destruction_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs lost at closing and shrinking 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 destruction 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 destruction 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-destruction-rate/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Quitman County | 32.911 |
| 2 | Burke County | 32.233 |
| 3 | Telfair County | 27.666 |
| 4 | Long County | 24.731 |
| 5 | Terrell County | 24.267 |
| 6 | Chattooga County | 21.667 |
| 7 | Glascock County | 20.569 |
| 8 | Murray County | 20.527 |
| 9 | Bryan County | 20.487 |
| 10 | Jones County | 18.782 |
| 11 | Heard County | 15.836 |
| 12 | Screven County | 15.751 |
| 13 | Talbot County | 14.219 |
| 14 | Cobb County | 14.11 |
| 15 | Pierce County | 14.075 |
| 16 | Cook County | 13.949 |
| 17 | Grady County | 13.945 |
| 18 | McIntosh County | 13.934 |
| 19 | Ware County | 13.831 |
| 20 | Chatham County | 13.641 |
| 21 | Tattnall County | 13.566 |
| 22 | Barrow County | 13.525 |
| 23 | Lumpkin County | 13.524 |
| 24 | Columbia County | 13.5 |
| 25 | Toombs County | 13.397 |
| 26 | Muscogee County | 13.312 |
| 27 | Irwin County | 13.287 |
| 28 | Monroe County | 13.174 |
| 29 | Jasper County | 13.048 |
| 30 | Wilcox County | 13.047 |
| 31 | Crisp County | 12.855 |
| 32 | Henry County | 12.748 |
| 33 | Floyd County | 12.709 |
| 34 | Clay County | 12.587 |
| 35 | Dawson County | 12.564 |
| 36 | Johnson County | 12.486 |
| 37 | Hart County | 12.409 |
| 38 | Dodge County | 12.385 |
| 39 | Laurens County | 12.301 |
| 40 | Haralson County | 12.3 |
| 41 | Polk County | 12.204 |
| 42 | Meriwether County | 12.169 |
| 43 | Camden County | 12.062 |
| 44 | Baldwin County | 11.956 |
| 45 | Pulaski County | 11.788 |
| 46 | Dade County | 11.749 |
| 47 | Fulton County | 11.743 |
| 48 | Spalding County | 11.725 |
| 49 | Dougherty County | 11.646 |
| 50 | Crawford County | 11.59 |
| 51 | Glynn County | 11.554 |
| 52 | Treutlen County | 11.516 |
| 53 | Catoosa County | 11.478 |
| 54 | Peach County | 11.43 |
| 55 | Clayton County | 11.405 |
| 56 | Charlton County | 11.386 |
| 57 | Ben Hill County | 11.365 |
| 58 | Banks County | 11.342 |
| 59 | Upson County | 11.289 |
| 60 | Fannin County | 11.248 |
| 61 | Bartow County | 11.116 |
| 62 | Lincoln County | 11.098 |
| 63 | Oconee County | 11.079 |
| 64 | Randolph County | 11.075 |
| 65 | Turner County | 11.017 |
| 66 | Lee County | 11.005 |
| 67 | Gwinnett County | 10.915 |
| 68 | Montgomery County | 10.866 |
| 69 | Fayette County | 10.842 |
| 70 | DeKalb County | 10.799 |
| 71 | Lamar County | 10.785 |
| 72 | Forsyth County | 10.745 |
| 73 | Coweta County | 10.73 |
| 74 | Berrien County | 10.696 |
| 75 | Cherokee County | 10.685 |
| 76 | Habersham County | 10.604 |
| 77 | Harris County | 10.586 |
| 78 | Brantley County | 10.53 |
| 79 | Seminole County | 10.52 |
| 80 | Troup County | 10.403 |
| 81 | Walker County | 10.23 |
| 82 | Clarke County | 10.224 |
| 83 | Rabun County | 10.186 |
| 84 | Wilkinson County | 10.164 |
| 85 | Douglas County | 10.148 |
| 86 | Oglethorpe County | 10.113 |
| 87 | Gilmer County | 10.042 |
| 88 | Candler County | 10.009 |
| 89 | Paulding County | 9.962 |
| 90 | Lowndes County | 9.945 |
| 91 | Colquitt County | 9.941 |
| 92 | Walton County | 9.824 |
| 93 | Sumter County | 9.813 |
| 94 | Baker County | 9.747 |
| 95 | White County | 9.738 |
| 96 | Atkinson County | 9.714 |
| 97 | Macon County | 9.668 |
| 98 | Decatur County | 9.602 |
| 99 | Bibb County | 9.598 |
| 100 | Stephens County | 9.544 |
| 101 | Pike County | 9.54 |
| 102 | Hall County | 9.531 |
| 103 | Franklin County | 9.471 |
| 104 | Towns County | 9.462 |
| 105 | McDuffie County | 9.424 |
| 106 | Butts County | 9.249 |
| 107 | Early County | 9.2 |
| 108 | Thomas County | 9.195 |
| 109 | Washington County | 9.144 |
| 110 | Hancock County | 9.077 |
| 111 | Clinch County | 9.025 |
| 112 | Appling County | 8.872 |
| 113 | Marion County | 8.865 |
| 114 | Rockdale County | 8.847 |
| 115 | Greene County | 8.815 |
| 116 | Houston County | 8.788 |
| 117 | Pickens County | 8.784 |
| 118 | Jackson County | 8.781 |
| 119 | Warren County | 8.768 |
| 120 | Effingham County | 8.657 |
| 121 | Whitfield County | 8.608 |
| 122 | Carroll County | 8.466 |
| 123 | Gordon County | 8.397 |
| 124 | Elbert County | 8.383 |
| 125 | Schley County | 8.272 |
| 126 | Wheeler County | 8.271 |
| 127 | Richmond County | 8.189 |
| 128 | Bulloch County | 8.121 |
| 129 | Wilkes County | 8.052 |
| 130 | Dooly County | 8.04 |
| 131 | Emanuel County | 7.795 |
| 132 | Jeff Davis County | 7.736 |
| 133 | Madison County | 7.68 |
| 134 | Taylor County | 7.658 |
| 135 | Brooks County | 7.654 |
| 136 | Lanier County | 7.632 |
| 137 | Bacon County | 7.606 |
| 138 | Coffee County | 7.527 |
| 139 | Putnam County | 7.481 |
| 140 | Jenkins County | 7.371 |
| 141 | Newton County | 7.342 |
| 142 | Bleckley County | 7.264 |
| 143 | Miller County | 7.199 |
| 144 | Worth County | 7.004 |
| 145 | Wayne County | 6.985 |
| 146 | Liberty County | 6.973 |
| 147 | Webster County | 6.948 |
| 148 | Union County | 6.731 |
| 149 | Tift County | 6.603 |
| 150 | Evans County | 6.493 |
| 151 | Morgan County | 6.459 |
| 152 | Echols County | 6.181 |
| 153 | Mitchell County | 6.051 |
| 154 | Jefferson County | 5.952 |
| 155 | Taliaferro County | 4.819 |
| 156 | Chattahoochee County | 4.744 |
| 157 | Twiggs County | 3.474 |
| 158 | Calhoun County | 3.079 |
| 159 | Stewart County | 2.751 |