# Counties in Georgia by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 159 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Quitman County | 28.6 |
| 2 | Charlton County | 14 |
| 3 | Turner County | 12.2 |
| 4 | Randolph County | 10.9 |
| 5 | Dougherty County | 10.2 |
| 6 | Warren County | 10 |
| 7 | Chattahoochee County | 9.1 |
| 8 | Emanuel County | 8.9 |
| 9 | Richmond County | 8.5 |
| 10 | Bulloch County | 8.2 |
| 11 | Bibb County | 8.1 |
| 12 | Washington County | 8 |
| 13 | Liberty County | 7.9 |
| 14 | Treutlen County | 7.7 |
| 15 | Schley County | 7.6 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 7.5 |
| 17 | Crisp County | 7.5 |
| 18 | Johnson County | 7.4 |
| 19 | Spalding County | 7.3 |
| 20 | Clayton County | 7.2 |
| 20 | Jasper County | 7.2 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 7.2 |
| 23 | Macon County | 7.2 |
| 24 | Worth County | 6.9 |
| 25 | Long County | 6.8 |
| 26 | Early County | 6.7 |
| 27 | Baker County | 6.7 |
| 28 | Jeff Davis County | 6.7 |
| 29 | Tattnall County | 6.7 |
| 30 | Newton County | 6.6 |
| 31 | Peach County | 6.6 |
| 32 | Meriwether County | 6.6 |
| 33 | DeKalb County | 6.4 |
| 34 | Decatur County | 6.3 |
| 35 | Hancock County | 6.3 |
| 36 | Muscogee County | 6.3 |
| 37 | Douglas County | 6.2 |
| 38 | Henry County | 6.2 |
| 39 | Baldwin County | 6.2 |
| 40 | Dodge County | 6.1 |
| 41 | Calhoun County | 6 |
| 42 | Seminole County | 6 |
| 43 | Mitchell County | 6 |
| 44 | Chatham County | 5.9 |
| 45 | Carroll County | 5.9 |
| 45 | Franklin County | 5.9 |
| 45 | Harris County | 5.9 |
| 45 | Polk County | 5.9 |
| 49 | Bleckley County | 5.9 |
| 49 | Rockdale County | 5.9 |
| 51 | Ware County | 5.9 |
| 52 | Jefferson County | 5.8 |
| 53 | Lumpkin County | 5.7 |
| 54 | Thomas County | 5.6 |
| 55 | Wilcox County | 5.5 |
| 56 | Effingham County | 5.5 |
| 57 | Stewart County | 5.5 |
| 58 | Chattooga County | 5.4 |
| 59 | Camden County | 5.4 |
| 60 | Fulton County | 5.4 |
| 60 | Stephens County | 5.4 |
| 62 | Bryan County | 5.3 |
| 63 | Walton County | 5.3 |
| 64 | Troup County | 5.3 |
| 65 | Clarke County | 5.3 |
| 65 | Telfair County | 5.3 |
| 67 | Whitfield County | 5.2 |
| 68 | Laurens County | 5.2 |
| 69 | Houston County | 5.1 |
| 70 | Lowndes County | 5.1 |
| 71 | Wheeler County | 5 |
| 72 | Brooks County | 5 |
| 73 | Burke County | 5 |
| 74 | Taliaferro County | 5 |
| 75 | Marion County | 4.9 |
| 76 | Wilkinson County | 4.8 |
| 77 | Columbia County | 4.8 |
| 78 | Atkinson County | 4.8 |
| 79 | Bartow County | 4.7 |
| 80 | Sumter County | 4.7 |
| 81 | Towns County | 4.6 |
| 82 | Screven County | 4.6 |
| 83 | Elbert County | 4.6 |
| 84 | Murray County | 4.5 |
| 85 | Cobb County | 4.5 |
| 86 | Paulding County | 4.5 |
| 87 | Clay County | 4.5 |
| 88 | Haralson County | 4.5 |
| 89 | Toombs County | 4.4 |
| 90 | Coffee County | 4.4 |
| 91 | Evans County | 4.3 |
| 92 | Heard County | 4.3 |
| 93 | Colquitt County | 4.3 |
| 94 | Catoosa County | 4.3 |
| 95 | Floyd County | 4.3 |
| 96 | Gwinnett County | 4.2 |
| 97 | Webster County | 4.2 |
| 98 | Terrell County | 4.1 |
| 99 | Lamar County | 4.1 |
| 100 | Irwin County | 4 |
| 101 | Lanier County | 4 |
| 102 | Madison County | 3.9 |
| 103 | Miller County | 3.9 |
| 104 | Upson County | 3.9 |
| 105 | Jenkins County | 3.9 |
| 105 | Walker County | 3.9 |
| 107 | Jones County | 3.8 |
| 108 | Fayette County | 3.8 |
| 109 | White County | 3.8 |
| 110 | Twiggs County | 3.8 |
| 111 | Barrow County | 3.8 |
| 112 | Glynn County | 3.7 |
| 113 | Putnam County | 3.7 |
| 114 | Grady County | 3.7 |
| 115 | Fannin County | 3.7 |
| 116 | Berrien County | 3.7 |
| 117 | Gordon County | 3.7 |
| 118 | Cook County | 3.6 |
| 119 | Dooly County | 3.6 |
| 120 | Dawson County | 3.5 |
| 121 | Forsyth County | 3.5 |
| 122 | Hall County | 3.5 |
| 123 | Greene County | 3.4 |
| 124 | Hart County | 3.4 |
| 125 | Jackson County | 3.4 |
| 126 | Pike County | 3.4 |
| 127 | Talbot County | 3.3 |
| 128 | Lee County | 3.3 |
| 129 | Cherokee County | 3.3 |
| 130 | Butts County | 3.2 |
| 131 | Dade County | 3.2 |
| 132 | McIntosh County | 3.2 |
| 132 | Pulaski County | 3.2 |
| 134 | Appling County | 3.1 |
| 135 | Ben Hill County | 3.1 |
| 136 | Coweta County | 3.1 |
| 137 | Oglethorpe County | 3.1 |
| 138 | Pickens County | 3 |
| 139 | Oconee County | 3 |
| 140 | Banks County | 2.9 |
| 141 | Lincoln County | 2.8 |
| 142 | Tift County | 2.8 |
| 143 | Brantley County | 2.8 |
| 144 | Gilmer County | 2.7 |
| 145 | Habersham County | 2.7 |
| 146 | Monroe County | 2.7 |
| 147 | Bacon County | 2.6 |
| 147 | Union County | 2.6 |
| 149 | Pierce County | 2.6 |
| 150 | Taylor County | 2.6 |
| 151 | Candler County | 2.5 |
| 152 | Morgan County | 2.5 |
| 153 | Crawford County | 2.4 |
| 154 | Clinch County | 2.1 |
| 155 | McDuffie County | 2 |
| 156 | Echols County | 1.7 |
| 157 | Glascock County | 1.6 |
| 158 | Wilkes County | 1.6 |
| 159 | Rabun County | 1.3 |