# Counties in Georgia by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 159 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chattahoochee County | 7.3 |
| 2 | Quitman County | 6.4 |
| 3 | Clay County | 5.9 |
| 4 | Stewart County | 5.8 |
| 5 | Hancock County | 5.1 |
| 6 | Early County | 4.9 |
| 7 | Dougherty County | 4.8 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 4.8 |
| 7 | Telfair County | 4.8 |
| 7 | Terrell County | 4.8 |
| 11 | Burke County | 4.7 |
| 12 | Macon County | 4.6 |
| 12 | Richmond County | 4.6 |
| 12 | Twiggs County | 4.6 |
| 12 | Webster County | 4.6 |
| 16 | Sumter County | 4.5 |
| 16 | Toombs County | 4.5 |
| 18 | Baker County | 4.4 |
| 18 | Jeff Davis County | 4.4 |
| 18 | Seminole County | 4.4 |
| 21 | Bibb County | 4.3 |
| 21 | Lamar County | 4.3 |
| 21 | Randolph County | 4.3 |
| 24 | Ben Hill County | 4.2 |
| 24 | Clayton County | 4.2 |
| 24 | Muscogee County | 4.2 |
| 24 | Ware County | 4.2 |
| 24 | Wilkinson County | 4.2 |
| 29 | Liberty County | 4.1 |
| 29 | McDuffie County | 4.1 |
| 29 | Meriwether County | 4.1 |
| 29 | Stephens County | 4.1 |
| 29 | Talbot County | 4.1 |
| 29 | Warren County | 4.1 |
| 35 | Appling County | 4 |
| 35 | Chattooga County | 4 |
| 35 | Dooly County | 4 |
| 35 | Jefferson County | 4 |
| 35 | Lincoln County | 4 |
| 35 | Screven County | 4 |
| 35 | Taylor County | 4 |
| 35 | Treutlen County | 4 |
| 43 | Clinch County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Mitchell County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Newton County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Peach County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Rockdale County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Spalding County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Union County | 3.9 |
| 43 | Wilkes County | 3.9 |
| 51 | Brooks County | 3.8 |
| 51 | Greene County | 3.8 |
| 51 | Henry County | 3.8 |
| 51 | Irwin County | 3.8 |
| 51 | Lowndes County | 3.8 |
| 51 | Turner County | 3.8 |
| 51 | Worth County | 3.8 |
| 58 | Crisp County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Emanuel County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Laurens County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Pierce County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Putnam County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Tattnall County | 3.7 |
| 58 | Washington County | 3.7 |
| 66 | Baldwin County | 3.6 |
| 66 | Decatur County | 3.6 |
| 66 | Douglas County | 3.6 |
| 66 | Elbert County | 3.6 |
| 66 | Heard County | 3.6 |
| 66 | Marion County | 3.6 |
| 66 | McIntosh County | 3.6 |
| 66 | Pulaski County | 3.6 |
| 66 | Upson County | 3.6 |
| 75 | Butts County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Coffee County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Crawford County | 3.5 |
| 75 | DeKalb County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Fulton County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Glascock County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Lanier County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Long County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Towns County | 3.5 |
| 75 | Whitfield County | 3.5 |
| 85 | Atkinson County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Bacon County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Bleckley County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Bulloch County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Hart County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Johnson County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Miller County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Schley County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Thomas County | 3.4 |
| 85 | Wilcox County | 3.4 |
| 95 | Camden County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Columbia County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Cook County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Dade County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Dodge County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Fayette County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Floyd County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Haralson County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Jasper County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Jones County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Lumpkin County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Murray County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Paulding County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Polk County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Rabun County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Tift County | 3.3 |
| 95 | Wayne County | 3.3 |
| 112 | Bartow County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Calhoun County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Candler County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Carroll County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Charlton County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Clarke County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Cobb County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Fannin County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Gordon County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Grady County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Gwinnett County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Harris County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Madison County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Walker County | 3.2 |
| 112 | Walton County | 3.2 |
| 127 | Banks County | 3.1 |
| 127 | Brantley County | 3.1 |
| 127 | Colquitt County | 3.1 |
| 127 | Coweta County | 3.1 |
| 127 | Evans County | 3.1 |
| 127 | Houston County | 3.1 |
| 127 | Jackson County | 3.1 |
| 127 | Monroe County | 3.1 |
| 135 | Berrien County | 3 |
| 135 | Catoosa County | 3 |
| 135 | Chatham County | 3 |
| 135 | Gilmer County | 3 |
| 135 | Pickens County | 3 |
| 135 | Pike County | 3 |
| 135 | Taliaferro County | 3 |
| 142 | Barrow County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Cherokee County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Dawson County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Echols County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Glynn County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Habersham County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Jenkins County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Lee County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Morgan County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Oglethorpe County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Troup County | 2.9 |
| 142 | Wheeler County | 2.9 |
| 142 | White County | 2.9 |
| 155 | Bryan County | 2.8 |
| 155 | Forsyth County | 2.8 |
| 155 | Hall County | 2.8 |
| 158 | Effingham County | 2.7 |
| 159 | Oconee County | 2.6 |