Which counties in Georgia are adding jobs fastest?

Echols County (+101.7%), Jackson County (+80.7%) and Butts County (+48.7%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Georgia between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated November 5, 2026

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Georgia counties ranked by private-sector job growth
Rank	County	Change 2018–23	Private jobs 2023	Residents
1	Echols County	+101.7%	236	3,685
2	Jackson County	+80.7%	47,394	99,265
3	Butts County	+48.7%	7,489	27,218
4	Long County	+44.5%	565	21,557
5	Bryan County	+42.8%	8,784	52,062
6	Marion County	+40.0%	1,520	7,676
7	Stewart County	+37.8%	1,006	4,631
8	Effingham County	+36.3%	10,876	74,397
9	Madison County	+36.3%	3,059	32,919
10	Clay County	+35.6%	305	2,815
11	Crawford County	+32.7%	694	12,206
12	Putnam County	+30.2%	5,509	23,722
13	Schley County	+29.8%	937	4,593
14	Wayne County	+29.5%	7,669	32,481
15	Miller County	+27.6%	1,600	5,812
16	Toombs County	+27.6%	11,694	27,545
17	Twiggs County	+27.0%	1,987	7,597
18	Webster County	+25.2%	412	2,369
19	Union County	+24.8%	7,629	27,859
20	Pierce County	+24.5%	3,712	20,764
21	Dawson County	+23.3%	10,069	35,365
22	Treutlen County	+22.4%	819	6,466
23	Newton County	+22.0%	23,931	125,583
24	Banks County	+22.0%	3,980	21,273
25	Lamar County	+21.9%	3,775	20,941
26	Henry County	+21.4%	65,403	264,922
27	Brantley County	+21.2%	1,590	18,936
28	Cherokee County	+20.9%	67,429	299,273
29	Pike County	+20.6%	2,279	20,932
30	Lumpkin County	+20.6%	6,011	36,178
31	Fannin County	+20.3%	6,371	26,111
32	Wilkinson County	+19.6%	2,543	8,650
33	Douglas County	+19.5%	47,319	154,293
34	Greene County	+18.9%	6,469	21,367
35	Carroll County	+18.6%	43,788	131,036
36	Jasper County	+18.5%	1,911	17,632
37	Jones County	+18.2%	3,165	29,171
38	Walton County	+18.2%	21,184	112,696
39	Paulding County	+17.9%	23,321	190,996
40	Columbia County	+17.3%	36,446	169,189
41	Macon County	+17.1%	1,948	11,756
42	Liberty County	+16.9%	14,880	70,313
43	Bulloch County	+16.8%	21,165	86,949
44	Walker County	+16.5%	12,406	70,250
45	Decatur County	+16.4%	7,687	29,432
46	Fayette County	+16.3%	49,527	125,156
47	Forsyth County	+16.1%	87,271	282,805
48	Coweta County	+16.0%	41,689	160,240
49	Haralson County	+15.4%	6,280	33,066
50	Whitfield County	+15.1%	55,064	106,212
51	Towns County	+14.7%	3,053	13,285
52	Wilkes County	+14.5%	2,244	9,540
53	Wilcox County	+14.4%	533	8,797
54	Emanuel County	+14.1%	5,792	23,147
55	Pulaski County	+14.1%	2,251	10,172
56	Hancock County	+14.0%	677	8,682
57	Rabun County	+13.7%	5,271	17,764
58	Oconee County	+13.7%	16,843	44,893
59	Jenkins County	+13.7%	1,162	8,843
60	Pickens County	+13.4%	7,790	37,167
61	Bartow County	+13.1%	39,078	120,800
62	Tift County	+13.1%	18,678	42,254
63	Bleckley County	+12.8%	1,865	12,866
64	Clayton County	+12.5%	80,953	297,471
65	Lee County	+12.5%	4,476	34,179
66	Upson County	+12.4%	6,142	28,500
67	Fulton County	+12.3%	928,068	1,098,791
68	Coffee County	+12.1%	15,091	44,407
69	Glascock County	+12.0%	252	3,141
70	Houston County	+11.5%	44,134	178,214
71	Gordon County	+11.2%	21,731	61,701
72	Thomas County	+11.2%	19,189	46,368
73	Lanier County	+10.9%	895	10,623
74	Seminole County	+10.6%	1,639	9,162
75	Gwinnett County	+10.5%	372,873	1,018,099
76	Hall County	+10.1%	92,380	226,568
77	Peach County	+10.0%	7,571	29,877
78	Gilmer County	+10.0%	6,742	33,894
79	White County	+9.9%	7,240	29,802
80	Barrow County	+9.7%	19,843	99,773
81	Elbert County	+9.3%	4,908	20,072
82	McDuffie County	+9.1%	6,673	21,640
83	Warren County	+8.8%	977	5,269
84	Chatham County	+8.5%	153,824	311,855
85	Monroe County	+8.3%	6,750	32,023
86	Brooks County	+7.8%	2,290	16,101
87	Colquitt County	+7.8%	12,351	47,438
88	Clinch County	+7.7%	1,829	6,847
89	McIntosh County	+7.3%	1,327	11,989
90	Camden County	+7.2%	10,074	60,143
91	Clarke County	+7.0%	52,648	129,921
92	Calhoun County	+6.4%	661	5,413
93	Jefferson County	+6.2%	4,046	15,011
94	Jeff Davis County	+6.1%	3,834	15,219
95	Cobb County	+6.1%	376,117	793,345
96	Ware County	+6.0%	12,693	36,906
97	DeKalb County	+5.7%	298,747	774,394
98	Cook County	+5.6%	3,580	18,232
99	Lincoln County	+5.6%	884	8,112
100	Floyd County	+5.5%	39,783	101,378
101	Washington County	+5.5%	5,362	19,453
102	Crisp County	+5.0%	7,557	19,237
103	Franklin County	+4.9%	7,184	25,948
104	Troup County	+4.9%	35,642	72,844
105	Morgan County	+4.7%	6,763	22,095
106	Catoosa County	+4.6%	13,316	69,628
107	Polk County	+4.5%	10,640	45,514
108	Irwin County	+4.5%	1,542	9,020
109	Richmond County	+3.8%	89,717	206,559
110	Johnson County	+3.3%	888	9,310
111	Appling County	+3.2%	5,773	19,100
112	Spalding County	+2.3%	17,205	70,775
113	Rockdale County	+2.3%	35,952	98,416
114	Baldwin County	+2.2%	13,279	44,029
115	Mitchell County	+2.1%	5,013	20,467
116	Dade County	+1.6%	2,927	16,154
117	Laurens County	+1.0%	15,684	51,041
118	Bibb County	+0.6%	77,509	157,556
119	Taylor County	+0.3%	1,044	7,818
120	Lowndes County	+0.1%	41,979	122,867
121	Grady County	−0.0%	4,786	26,590
122	Dougherty County	−0.8%	36,524	82,616
123	Candler County	−1.2%	2,289	11,275
124	Talbot County	−1.3%	541	5,709
125	Dodge County	−1.3%	3,117	19,663
126	Montgomery County	−2.0%	1,120	8,635
127	Muscogee County	−2.2%	78,975	202,171
128	Murray County	−2.5%	6,488	41,607
129	Glynn County	−2.7%	31,594	87,599
130	Meriwether County	−2.9%	3,152	21,516
131	Hart County	−3.8%	6,168	28,639
132	Ben Hill County	−4.1%	4,552	17,099
133	Tattnall County	−4.5%	3,431	24,376
134	Terrell County	−4.5%	1,632	8,656
135	Evans County	−4.8%	4,096	11,028
136	Habersham County	−4.8%	11,474	50,416
137	Early County	−5.0%	2,759	10,455
138	Bacon County	−5.1%	3,154	11,070
139	Baker County	−5.3%	252	2,725
140	Harris County	−5.5%	4,191	37,280
141	Stephens County	−5.6%	7,799	27,854
142	Dooly County	−5.8%	2,671	11,156
143	Screven County	−5.9%	2,319	14,408
144	Chattooga County	−5.9%	4,462	25,300
145	Sumter County	−6.3%	8,665	28,801
146	Randolph County	−9.7%	1,302	6,156
147	Oglethorpe County	−10.3%	1,104	16,415
148	Charlton County	−11.4%	1,413	13,121
149	Heard County	−11.5%	1,071	12,149
150	Turner County	−11.9%	1,430	8,983
151	Berrien County	−12.3%	2,904	18,932
152	Wheeler County	−12.3%	607	7,570
153	Worth County	−14.5%	2,375	20,059
154	Atkinson County	−15.7%	1,244	8,454
155	Burke County	−33.3%	6,283	24,408
156	Quitman County	−42.9%	140	2,254
157	Chattahoochee County	−45.8%	1,026	8,465
158	Telfair County	−53.1%	1,399	11,195

1 of 159 Georgia counties are not ranked on this measure.

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Georgia has the fastest job growth?

Echols County: +101.7%, ahead of Jackson County (+80.7%) and Butts County (+48.7%), of 158 Georgia counties ranked.

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