Data / Rankings / Job destruction rate / Counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate

Quitman County had the highest job destruction rate of 159 counties in 2019, at 24.272%. Burke County had the lowest, at 2.67%. The median was 9.712% and the figure for Georgia was 11.36%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest24.272Quitman County
Lowest2.67Burke County
Median9.712159 counties
Georgia11.36History

Map of counties, 2019

Appling County: 6.865 %Atkinson County: 4.59 %Bacon County: 7.063 %Baker County: 13.936 %Baldwin County: 11.049 %Banks County: 9.712 %Barrow County: 13.053 %Bartow County: 10.032 %Ben Hill County: 11.874 %Berrien County: 15.278 %Bibb County: 11.056 %Bleckley County: 14.437 %Brantley County: 7.946 %Brooks County: 7.682 %Bryan County: 10.239 %Bulloch County: 8.797 %Burke County: 2.67 %Butts County: 7.488 %Calhoun County: 8.31 %Camden County: 10.559 %Candler County: 7.85 %Carroll County: 8.956 %Catoosa County: 10.936 %Charlton County: 7.32 %Chatham County: 12.99 %Chattahoochee County: 21.478 %Chattooga County: 7.429 %Cherokee County: 11.167 %Clarke County: 9.988 %Clay County: 3.194 %Clayton County: 11.155 %Clinch County: 10.201 %Cobb County: 11.43 %Coffee County: 9.691 %Colquitt County: 8.892 %Columbia County: 8.682 %Cook County: 13.056 %Coweta County: 8.445 %Crawford County: 12.557 %Crisp County: 9.244 %Dade County: 7.246 %Dawson County: 10.304 %Decatur County: 7.585 %DeKalb County: 12.802 %Dodge County: 10.962 %Dooly County: 7.397 %Dougherty County: 10.478 %Douglas County: 12.228 %Early County: 8.015 %Echols County: 15.966 %Effingham County: 10.089 %Elbert County: 8.706 %Emanuel County: 11.263 %Evans County: 11.589 %Fannin County: 11.017 %Fayette County: 10.276 %Floyd County: 10.466 %Forsyth County: 10.559 %Franklin County: 11.788 %Fulton County: 12.882 %Gilmer County: 9.215 %Glascock County: 10.917 %Glynn County: 10.646 %Gordon County: 9.022 %Grady County: 8.177 %Greene County: 9.495 %Gwinnett County: 13.184 %Habersham County: 8.42 %Hall County: 10.084 %Hancock County: 5.451 %Haralson County: 7.025 %Harris County: 13.391 %Hart County: 9.526 %Heard County: 9.049 %Henry County: 10.35 %Houston County: 8.522 %Irwin County: 9.769 %Jackson County: 10.084 %Jasper County: 13.708 %Jeff Davis County: 8.452 %Jefferson County: 9.229 %Jenkins County: 7.407 %Johnson County: 10.7 %Jones County: 10.744 %Lamar County: 8.631 %Lanier County: 5.432 %Laurens County: 7.672 %Lee County: 8.49 %Liberty County: 7.198 %Lincoln County: 10.64 %Long County: 13.536 %Lowndes County: 9.053 %Lumpkin County: 13.179 %McDuffie County: 9.616 %McIntosh County: 20.022 %Macon County: 5.793 %Madison County: 12.566 %Marion County: 10.959 %Meriwether County: 20.404 %Miller County: 13.753 %Mitchell County: 6.906 %Monroe County: 9.97 %Montgomery County: 13.72 %Morgan County: 9.252 %Murray County: 14.558 %Muscogee County: 11.631 %Newton County: 8.407 %Oconee County: 16.616 %Oglethorpe County: 12.102 %Paulding County: 12.353 %Peach County: 8.451 %Pickens County: 11.904 %Pierce County: 9.092 %Pike County: 15.545 %Polk County: 8.387 %Pulaski County: 5.92 %Putnam County: 9.889 %Quitman County: 24.272 %Rabun County: 9.544 %Randolph County: 8.444 %Richmond County: 10.345 %Rockdale County: 14.741 %Schley County: 6.128 %Screven County: 13.16 %Seminole County: 7.243 %Spalding County: 10.736 %Stephens County: 9.871 %Stewart County: 6.826 %Sumter County: 11.663 %Talbot County: 8.365 %Taliaferro County: 10.501 %Tattnall County: 8.672 %Taylor County: 7.294 %Telfair County: 5.696 %Terrell County: 7.452 %Thomas County: 8.878 %Tift County: 6.094 %Toombs County: 7.667 %Towns County: 8.106 %Treutlen County: 18.775 %Troup County: 10.978 %Turner County: 15.065 %Twiggs County: 3.152 %Union County: 8.36 %Upson County: 9.462 %Walker County: 7.513 %Walton County: 8.727 %Ware County: 16.008 %Warren County: 6.362 %Washington County: 6.614 %Wayne County: 7.74 %Webster County: 4.559 %Wheeler County: 4.403 %White County: 14.45 %Whitfield County: 10.086 %Wilcox County: 7.448 %Wilkes County: 10.447 %Wilkinson County: 8.411 %Worth County: 7.165 %
  • Under 7.4
  • 7.4 to 8.5
  • 8.5 to 9.7
  • 9.7 to 11
  • 11 to 13
  • 13 and over
%, 2019. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2019

Quitman County: 24.272 %Quitman County24.272Chattahoochee County: 21.478 %Chattahoochee County21.478Meriwether County: 20.404 %Meriwether County20.404McIntosh County: 20.022 %McIntosh County20.022Treutlen County: 18.775 %Treutlen County18.775Oconee County: 16.616 %Oconee County16.616Ware County: 16.008 %Ware County16.008Echols County: 15.966 %Echols County15.966Pike County: 15.545 %Pike County15.545Berrien County: 15.278 %Berrien County15.278Turner County: 15.065 %Turner County15.065Rockdale County: 14.741 %Rockdale County14.741Murray County: 14.558 %Murray County14.558White County: 14.45 %White County14.45Bleckley County: 14.437 %Bleckley County14.437Baker County: 13.936 %Baker County13.936Miller County: 13.753 %Miller County13.753Montgomery County: 13.72 %Montgomery County13.72Jasper County: 13.708 %Jasper County13.708Long County: 13.536 %Long County13.536Harris County: 13.391 %Harris County13.391Gwinnett County: 13.184 %Gwinnett County13.184Lumpkin County: 13.179 %Lumpkin County13.179Screven County: 13.16 %Screven County13.16Cook County: 13.056 %Cook County13.056Barrow County: 13.053 %Barrow County13.053Chatham County: 12.99 %Chatham County12.99Fulton County: 12.882 %Fulton County12.882DeKalb County: 12.802 %DeKalb County12.802Madison County: 12.566 %Madison County12.566Crawford County: 12.557 %Crawford County12.557Paulding County: 12.353 %Paulding County12.353Douglas County: 12.228 %Douglas County12.228Oglethorpe County: 12.102 %Oglethorpe County12.102Pickens County: 11.904 %Pickens County11.904Ben Hill County: 11.874 %Ben Hill County11.874Franklin County: 11.788 %Franklin County11.788Sumter County: 11.663 %Sumter County11.663Muscogee County: 11.631 %Muscogee County11.631Evans County: 11.589 %Evans County11.589Quitman County: 24.272 %Quitman County24.272Chattahoochee County: 21.478 %Chattahoochee County21.478Meriwether County: 20.404 %Meriwether County20.404McIntosh County: 20.022 %McIntosh County20.022Treutlen County: 18.775 %Treutlen County18.775Oconee County: 16.616 %Oconee County16.616Ware County: 16.008 %Ware County16.008Echols County: 15.966 %Echols County15.966Pike County: 15.545 %Pike County15.545Berrien County: 15.278 %Berrien County15.278Turner County: 15.065 %Turner County15.065Rockdale County: 14.741 %Rockdale County14.741Murray County: 14.558 %Murray County14.558White County: 14.45 %White County14.45Bleckley County: 14.437 %Bleckley County14.437Baker County: 13.936 %Baker County13.936Miller County: 13.753 %Miller County13.753Montgomery County: 13.72 %Montgomery County13.72Jasper County: 13.708 %Jasper County13.708Long County: 13.536 %Long County13.536Harris County: 13.391 %Harris County13.391Gwinnett County: 13.184 %Gwinnett County13.184Lumpkin County: 13.179 %Lumpkin County13.179Screven County: 13.16 %Screven County13.16Cook County: 13.056 %Cook County13.056Barrow County: 13.053 %Barrow County13.053Chatham County: 12.99 %Chatham County12.99Fulton County: 12.882 %Fulton County12.882DeKalb County: 12.802 %DeKalb County12.802Madison County: 12.566 %Madison County12.566Crawford County: 12.557 %Crawford County12.557Paulding County: 12.353 %Paulding County12.353Douglas County: 12.228 %Douglas County12.228Oglethorpe County: 12.102 %Oglethorpe County12.102Pickens County: 11.904 %Pickens County11.904Ben Hill County: 11.874 %Ben Hill County11.874Franklin County: 11.788 %Franklin County11.788Sumter County: 11.663 %Sumter County11.663Muscogee County: 11.631 %Muscogee County11.631Evans County: 11.589 %Evans County11.589
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Quitman County24.272+15.85 pts
2Chattahoochee County21.478-9.31 pts
3Meriwether County20.404+7.84 pts
4McIntosh County20.022+4.86 pts
5Treutlen County18.775+2.35 pts
6Oconee County16.616+5.61 pts
7Ware County16.008+4.78 pts
8Echols County15.966-0.48 pts
9Pike County15.545+5.16 pts
10Berrien County15.278+5.6 pts
11Turner County15.065+2.63 pts
12Rockdale County14.741+6.48 pts
13Murray County14.558-10.8 pts
14White County14.45+4.67 pts
15Bleckley County14.437+4.09 pts
16Baker County13.936+7.65 pts
17Miller County13.753+1.98 pts
18Montgomery County13.72+5.63 pts
19Jasper County13.708+4.33 pts
20Long County13.536+2.79 pts
21Harris County13.391+3.9 pts
22Gwinnett County13.184+1.5 pts
23Lumpkin County13.179-1.17 pts
24Screven County13.16+4 pts
25Cook County13.056+3.95 pts
26Barrow County13.053+2.93 pts
27Chatham County12.99+2.5 pts
28Fulton County12.882+0.33 pts
29DeKalb County12.802+0.36 pts
30Madison County12.566+1.78 pts
31Crawford County12.557+1.38 pts
32Paulding County12.353-1.42 pts
33Douglas County12.228+3 pts
34Oglethorpe County12.102+1.68 pts
35Pickens County11.904+4.04 pts
36Ben Hill County11.874+5.16 pts
37Franklin County11.788+0.36 pts
38Sumter County11.663+3.42 pts
39Muscogee County11.631+1.46 pts
40Evans County11.589+4.75 pts
41Cobb County11.43-2.82 pts
42Emanuel County11.263-0.07 pts
43Cherokee County11.167+0.67 pts
44Clayton County11.155-0.75 pts
45Bibb County11.056+2.38 pts
46Baldwin County11.049-0.05 pts
47Fannin County11.017-7.87 pts
48Troup County10.978+1.38 pts
49Dodge County10.962-5.81 pts
50Marion County10.959+2.79 pts
51Catoosa County10.936+0.67 pts
52Glascock County10.917+4.04 pts
53Jones County10.744-9.38 pts
54Spalding County10.736-0.71 pts
55Johnson County10.7+2.04 pts
56Glynn County10.646-1.48 pts
57Lincoln County10.64-5.22 pts
58Camden County10.559+0.67 pts
58Forsyth County10.559-0.84 pts
60Taliaferro County10.501+6.63 pts
61Dougherty County10.478-1.65 pts
62Floyd County10.466+2.46 pts
63Wilkes County10.447+0.71 pts
64Henry County10.350 pts
65Richmond County10.345+1.49 pts
66Dawson County10.304-2.27 pts
67Fayette County10.276-2.08 pts
68Bryan County10.239+1.39 pts
69Clinch County10.201+1.41 pts
70Effingham County10.089+1.11 pts
71Whitfield County10.086-0.02 pts
72Hall County10.084+2.28 pts
72Jackson County10.084+1.41 pts
74Bartow County10.032-0.47 pts
75Clarke County9.988-0.98 pts
76Monroe County9.97+3.33 pts
77Putnam County9.889-4.33 pts
78Stephens County9.871+0.74 pts
79Irwin County9.769+2.31 pts
80Banks County9.712-0.32 pts
81Coffee County9.691+2.91 pts
82McDuffie County9.616-5.22 pts
83Rabun County9.544-0.46 pts
84Hart County9.526+0.87 pts
85Greene County9.495+1.01 pts
86Upson County9.462+0.76 pts
87Morgan County9.252-0.17 pts
88Crisp County9.244+1.33 pts
89Jefferson County9.229+1.42 pts
90Gilmer County9.215-1.37 pts
91Pierce County9.092-6.37 pts
92Lowndes County9.053+0.43 pts
93Heard County9.049-3.77 pts
94Gordon County9.022-3.19 pts
95Carroll County8.956-3.86 pts
96Colquitt County8.892-1.94 pts
97Thomas County8.878-1.17 pts
98Bulloch County8.797-1.95 pts
99Walton County8.727-0.09 pts
100Elbert County8.706-4.14 pts
101Columbia County8.682-5.58 pts
102Tattnall County8.672+0.34 pts
103Lamar County8.631-0.69 pts
104Houston County8.522-2.67 pts
105Lee County8.49-4.76 pts
106Jeff Davis County8.452-4.21 pts
107Peach County8.451+1.11 pts
108Coweta County8.445-1.6 pts
109Randolph County8.444-0.57 pts
110Habersham County8.42-1.7 pts
111Wilkinson County8.411+1.64 pts
112Newton County8.407-2.03 pts
113Polk County8.387-1.19 pts
114Talbot County8.365+3.58 pts
115Union County8.36+1.76 pts
116Calhoun County8.31-1.42 pts
117Grady County8.177+1.07 pts
118Towns County8.106-4.03 pts
119Early County8.015-0.06 pts
120Brantley County7.946-1.67 pts
121Candler County7.85-3.74 pts
122Wayne County7.74-2.26 pts
123Brooks County7.682-1.89 pts
124Laurens County7.672-1.59 pts
125Toombs County7.667-2.68 pts
126Decatur County7.585+0.18 pts
127Walker County7.513-0.99 pts
128Butts County7.488-1.03 pts
129Terrell County7.452+0.28 pts
130Wilcox County7.448-9.19 pts
131Chattooga County7.429-3.17 pts
132Jenkins County7.407+0.85 pts
133Dooly County7.397+1.7 pts
134Charlton County7.32-4.45 pts
135Taylor County7.294+1.32 pts
136Dade County7.246+0.58 pts
137Seminole County7.243-0.42 pts
138Liberty County7.198-1.96 pts
139Worth County7.165-5.06 pts
140Bacon County7.063-4.2 pts
141Haralson County7.025-0.51 pts
142Mitchell County6.906-1.24 pts
143Appling County6.865-7.8 pts
144Stewart County6.826-6.31 pts
145Washington County6.614-2.85 pts
146Warren County6.362-3.45 pts
147Schley County6.128-0.39 pts
148Tift County6.094-2.87 pts
149Pulaski County5.92-5.28 pts
150Macon County5.793-6.84 pts
151Telfair County5.696-0.4 pts
152Hancock County5.451-11.13 pts
153Lanier County5.432-9.97 pts
154Atkinson County4.59-3.94 pts
155Webster County4.559+1.21 pts
156Wheeler County4.403-8.62 pts
157Clay County3.194-4.03 pts
158Twiggs County3.152-2.35 pts
159Burke County2.67-47.25 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

A gross flow: jobs added elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is job_creation_rate minus this rate. Not a layoff rate: it counts positions lost at establishments, not people who lost a job. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

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. 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/georgia-counties?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/georgia-counties?period=2019.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/georgia-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_counties_in_georgia_by_2019,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate, 2019}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/georgia-counties?period=2019. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate, 2019
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/georgia-counties?period=2019
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-destruction-rate/georgia-counties?period=2019.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Georgia by job destruction rate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"job_destruction_rate","level":"province","within":"Georgia","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=job_destruction_rate&level=province&within=Georgia&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest job destruction rate?

Quitman County, with 24.272% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job destruction rate?

Burke County, with 2.67% in 2019.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job destruction rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Job destruction rate: other rankings

Counties in Georgia: more rankings