Lakeland is the #1 ranked city in Georgia with 0.0% (unemployment rate). This ranking includes 383 Georgia cities with available data.
| # | City | Population | Unemployment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeland | 2,943 | 0.0% |
| 2 | Chattahoochee Hills | 3,537 | 0.0% |
| 3 | Epworth | 1,509 | 0.0% |
| 4 | Cataula | 1,898 | 0.0% |
| 5 | Dutch Island | 1,353 | 0.0% |
| 6 | Moody AFB | 1,570 | 0.0% |
| 7 | Fairplay | 1,628 | 0.0% |
| 8 | Tallapoosa | 3,234 | 0.0% |
| 9 | Talahi Island | 1,028 | 0.0% |
| 10 | Mountain City | 1,027 | 0.0% |
| 11 | Shannon | 1,618 | 0.0% |
| 12 | Ellerslie | 1,036 | 0.0% |
| 13 | Jekyll Island | 1,078 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Jasper | 4,374 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Baldwin | 3,728 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Brooklet | 2,295 | 0.2% |
| 17 | Commerce | 7,684 | 0.3% |
| 18 | Mount Airy | 1,475 | 0.5% |
| 19 | Willacoochee | 1,430 | 0.5% |
| 20 | Union Point | 1,745 | 0.6% |
| 21 | Temple | 5,655 | 0.6% |
| 22 | Hannahs Mill | 3,335 | 0.7% |
| 23 | Blue Ridge | 1,688 | 0.7% |
| 24 | McRae-Helena | 5,959 | 0.8% |
| 25 | McCaysville | 1,571 | 0.8% |
| 26 | Reed Creek | 2,672 | 0.8% |
| 27 | West Point | 3,501 | 0.8% |
| 28 | Chattanooga Valley | 4,298 | 0.8% |
| 29 | Resaca | 1,247 | 0.9% |
| 30 | Montgomery | 4,704 | 0.9% |
| 31 | Hoschton | 3,700 | 0.9% |
| 32 | Hogansville | 3,243 | 0.9% |
| 33 | Homer | 1,628 | 0.9% |
| 34 | Kingsland | 19,101 | 1.0% |
| 35 | Alma | 3,441 | 1.0% |
| 36 | Maysville | 1,829 | 1.1% |
| 37 | Chickamauga | 2,999 | 1.1% |
| 38 | Buena Vista | 1,966 | 1.1% |
| 39 | Adairsville | 4,960 | 1.1% |
| 40 | Dasher | 1,212 | 1.2% |
| 41 | Cleveland | 3,529 | 1.2% |
| 42 | Enigma | 1,423 | 1.3% |
| 43 | Ocilla | 3,233 | 1.3% |
| 44 | Indian Springs | 1,951 | 1.4% |
| 45 | Hartwell | 4,523 | 1.4% |
| 46 | Clarkesville | 1,827 | 1.4% |
| 47 | Chamblee | 30,369 | 1.4% |
| 48 | Cartersville | 23,617 | 1.5% |
| 49 | Avondale Estates | 3,525 | 1.5% |
| 50 | Leesburg | 3,509 | 1.5% |
| 51 | Norcross | 17,669 | 1.5% |
| 52 | Tybee Island | 3,121 | 1.5% |
| 53 | Bloomingdale | 2,983 | 1.6% |
| 54 | Flowery Branch | 10,286 | 1.6% |
| 55 | Doraville | 10,738 | 1.6% |
| 56 | Butler | 1,916 | 1.7% |
| 57 | Madison | 4,714 | 1.8% |
| 58 | Lincolnton | 1,695 | 1.8% |
| 59 | Reynolds | 1,051 | 1.8% |
| 60 | Lake City | 2,911 | 1.8% |
| 61 | Barnesville | 6,070 | 1.8% |
| 62 | Tyrone | 7,803 | 1.9% |
| 63 | Dunwoody | 51,563 | 1.9% |
| 64 | Grovetown | 16,516 | 1.9% |
| 65 | Bremen | 7,364 | 1.9% |
| 66 | Eastman | 5,624 | 1.9% |
| 67 | Hiawassee | 1,300 | 1.9% |
| 68 | Palmetto | 4,681 | 1.9% |
| 69 | Lula | 2,903 | 2.0% |
| 70 | Winterville | 2,245 | 2.0% |
| 71 | Isle of Hope | 1,945 | 2.1% |
| 72 | Grayson | 4,699 | 2.1% |
| 73 | Calhoun | 17,611 | 2.1% |
| 74 | Berkeley Lake | 2,615 | 2.2% |
| 75 | Walthourville | 3,770 | 2.2% |
| 76 | Homerville | 2,243 | 2.2% |
| 77 | Lyons | 4,217 | 2.3% |
| 78 | Fairfield Plantation | 6,231 | 2.3% |
| 79 | Gumlog | 2,303 | 2.3% |
| 80 | Fairburn | 16,609 | 2.3% |
| 81 | Senoia | 5,353 | 2.3% |
| 82 | Comer | 1,928 | 2.4% |
| 83 | Bogart | 1,298 | 2.4% |
| 84 | Henderson | 2,591 | 2.5% |
| 85 | Gordon | 2,186 | 2.5% |
| 86 | Washington | 3,700 | 2.5% |
| 87 | LaFayette | 6,944 | 2.6% |
| 88 | Alto | 1,187 | 2.6% |
| 89 | Woodstock | 36,297 | 2.6% |
| 90 | Reidsville | 2,541 | 2.6% |
| 91 | Flemington | 1,324 | 2.7% |
| 92 | St. Simons | 16,026 | 2.7% |
| 93 | Cornelia | 4,813 | 2.7% |
| 94 | Statham | 2,902 | 2.8% |
| 95 | Jefferson | 14,249 | 2.8% |
| 96 | Louisville | 2,448 | 2.8% |
| 97 | Springfield | 2,874 | 2.8% |
| 98 | Whitemarsh Island | 6,918 | 2.8% |
| 99 | Oxford | 1,945 | 2.9% |
| 100 | Pendergrass | 2,261 | 2.9% |
| 101 | Vinings | 13,538 | 2.9% |
| 102 | Grantville | 3,220 | 3.0% |
| 103 | Richland | 1,218 | 3.0% |
| 104 | Loganville | 14,878 | 3.0% |
| 105 | Clermont | 1,316 | 3.0% |
| 106 | Braselton | 14,139 | 3.0% |
| 107 | Ball Ground | 2,665 | 3.1% |
| 108 | Hampton | 8,491 | 3.1% |
| 109 | Harlem | 3,793 | 3.1% |
| 110 | Peachtree Corners | 42,184 | 3.1% |
| 111 | Gray | 3,453 | 3.1% |
| 112 | Dawsonville | 4,147 | 3.2% |
| 113 | Holly Springs | 17,693 | 3.2% |
| 114 | Sugar Hill | 25,285 | 3.2% |
| 115 | Newnan | 43,510 | 3.2% |
| 116 | Auburn | 8,222 | 3.2% |
| 117 | Gresham Park | 7,544 | 3.3% |
| 118 | Buford | 17,611 | 3.3% |
| 119 | Tunnel Hill | 1,122 | 3.3% |
| 120 | Ludowici | 1,822 | 3.3% |
| 121 | Oakwood | 5,499 | 3.4% |
| 122 | Lookout Mountain | 1,825 | 3.4% |
| 123 | Lakeview Estates | 3,057 | 3.4% |
| 124 | Rutledge | 1,134 | 3.5% |
| 125 | Decatur | 24,470 | 3.5% |
| 126 | Milton | 41,305 | 3.5% |
| 127 | Porterdale | 1,291 | 3.5% |
| 128 | Walnut Grove | 1,594 | 3.5% |
| 129 | Pearson | 1,978 | 3.5% |
| 130 | Eatonton | 6,430 | 3.6% |
| 131 | Omega | 1,058 | 3.6% |
| 132 | Echols County consolidated government | 3,705 | 3.6% |
| 133 | Wilmington Island | 14,457 | 3.6% |
| 134 | Brookhaven | 57,224 | 3.6% |
| 135 | Watkinsville | 3,151 | 3.6% |
| 136 | Bowdon | 2,284 | 3.7% |
| 137 | Forsyth | 4,641 | 3.7% |
| 138 | Snellville | 21,203 | 3.7% |
| 139 | Gainesville | 44,051 | 3.7% |
| 140 | Perry | 22,243 | 3.7% |
| 141 | Sandy Springs | 107,198 | 3.8% |
| 142 | Chester | 1,708 | 3.8% |
| 143 | Pine Mountain | 1,343 | 3.8% |
| 144 | Trion | 2,215 | 3.8% |
| 145 | Claxton | 2,439 | 3.9% |
| 146 | Smyrna | 56,285 | 3.9% |
| 147 | Hawkinsville | 3,986 | 3.9% |
| 148 | Dahlonega | 7,194 | 3.9% |
| 149 | Marietta | 61,773 | 3.9% |
| 150 | Peachtree City | 38,977 | 3.9% |
| 151 | Euharlee | 4,251 | 3.9% |
| 152 | Cumming | 7,869 | 3.9% |
| 153 | Tifton | 17,140 | 3.9% |
| 154 | Powder Springs | 17,414 | 3.9% |
| 155 | Elberton | 4,691 | 4.0% |
| 156 | North Druid Hills | 18,172 | 4.0% |
| 157 | Villa Rica | 17,798 | 4.0% |
| 158 | Lakeview | 4,760 | 4.1% |
| 159 | Mount Zion | 2,284 | 4.1% |
| 160 | Lindale | 4,611 | 4.1% |
| 161 | Ringgold | 3,412 | 4.1% |
| 162 | Union City | 27,300 | 4.1% |
| 163 | Port Wentworth | 11,997 | 4.1% |
| 164 | North Decatur | 18,460 | 4.1% |
| 165 | Johns Creek | 82,115 | 4.2% |
| 166 | Clayton | 2,420 | 4.2% |
| 167 | Riverdale | 14,866 | 4.3% |
| 168 | Dalton | 34,402 | 4.3% |
| 169 | Canton | 34,587 | 4.3% |
| 170 | Roswell | 92,577 | 4.3% |
| 171 | Winder | 18,847 | 4.4% |
| 172 | Metter | 3,976 | 4.4% |
| 173 | Chatsworth | 4,857 | 4.4% |
| 174 | Dexter | 1,006 | 4.4% |
| 175 | Evans | 37,718 | 4.5% |
| 176 | Rome | 37,754 | 4.5% |
| 177 | Griffin | 23,650 | 4.5% |
| 178 | Lithia Springs | 16,138 | 4.5% |
| 179 | Belvedere Park | 14,422 | 4.5% |
| 180 | Darien | 1,260 | 4.6% |
| 181 | Summerville | 4,406 | 4.6% |
| 182 | Hardwick | 3,226 | 4.7% |
| 183 | Georgetown | 11,606 | 4.8% |
| 184 | Thomaston | 9,798 | 4.8% |
| 185 | Raoul | 2,211 | 4.8% |
| 186 | Woodbine | 1,006 | 4.8% |
| 187 | Sylvania | 2,621 | 4.9% |
| 188 | Sparks | 2,225 | 4.9% |
| 189 | Manchester | 3,587 | 4.9% |
| 190 | Vidalia | 10,762 | 4.9% |
| 191 | Hiram | 5,073 | 4.9% |
| 192 | Arcade | 1,705 | 4.9% |
| 193 | Douglas | 11,720 | 4.9% |
| 194 | Duluth | 31,958 | 4.9% |
| 195 | Royston | 2,335 | 5.0% |
| 196 | Fitzgerald | 8,962 | 5.0% |
| 197 | Acworth | 22,370 | 5.0% |
| 198 | Young Harris | 1,087 | 5.0% |
| 199 | Lawrenceville | 30,626 | 5.2% |
| 200 | Lilburn | 14,939 | 5.2% |
| 201 | Druid Hills | 8,278 | 5.2% |
| 202 | Dock Junction | 8,786 | 5.2% |
| 203 | Cairo | 10,067 | 5.2% |
| 204 | Baconton | 1,134 | 5.2% |
| 205 | Carrollton | 27,058 | 5.2% |
| 206 | Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) | 126,987 | 5.2% |
| 207 | Cohutta | 1,018 | 5.2% |
| 208 | Irondale | 8,722 | 5.2% |
| 209 | Tennille | 1,605 | 5.2% |
| 210 | Americus | 15,910 | 5.2% |
| 211 | Thunderbolt | 2,552 | 5.3% |
| 212 | Stone Mountain | 6,639 | 5.3% |
| 213 | Suwanee | 21,811 | 5.3% |
| 214 | Fairmount | 1,218 | 5.3% |
| 215 | West Brow | 1,243 | 5.4% |
| 216 | Varnell | 2,623 | 5.5% |
| 217 | Martinez | 33,019 | 5.5% |
| 218 | Richmond Hill | 17,408 | 5.5% |
| 219 | Pooler | 27,235 | 5.5% |
| 220 | Alpharetta | 66,355 | 5.5% |
| 221 | Webster County unified government | 2,348 | 5.6% |
| 222 | Thomasville | 18,720 | 5.6% |
| 223 | Moultrie | 14,545 | 5.6% |
| 224 | Blakely | 5,276 | 5.6% |
| 225 | Cave Spring | 1,148 | 5.6% |
| 226 | Nicholls | 3,484 | 5.7% |
| 227 | Adel | 5,619 | 5.7% |
| 228 | Franklin Springs | 1,086 | 5.8% |
| 229 | Heron Bay | 4,561 | 5.8% |
| 230 | Douglasville | 36,284 | 5.8% |
| 231 | Country Club Estates | 9,575 | 5.9% |
| 232 | Hahira | 3,404 | 5.9% |
| 233 | Atlanta | 499,287 | 5.9% |
| 234 | Ellijay | 1,931 | 5.9% |
| 235 | McDonough | 30,056 | 6.0% |
| 236 | East Dublin | 2,712 | 6.0% |
| 237 | Scottdale | 10,398 | 6.0% |
| 238 | Fairview | 5,620 | 6.1% |
| 239 | Kennesaw | 33,627 | 6.1% |
| 240 | Sylvester | 5,557 | 6.1% |
| 241 | Sterling | 1,849 | 6.1% |
| 242 | Lovejoy | 10,967 | 6.2% |
| 243 | Nashville | 4,918 | 6.2% |
| 244 | Fort Oglethorpe | 10,332 | 6.2% |
| 245 | Skidaway Island | 8,907 | 6.2% |
| 246 | Waycross | 13,813 | 6.2% |
| 247 | Dacula | 7,135 | 6.3% |
| 248 | Rochelle | 1,218 | 6.3% |
| 249 | Emerson | 1,716 | 6.3% |
| 250 | Midway | 2,173 | 6.4% |
| 251 | Forest Park | 19,619 | 6.4% |
| 252 | Arlington | 1,083 | 6.4% |
| 253 | Fayetteville | 19,364 | 6.4% |
| 254 | Conley | 5,404 | 6.5% |
| 255 | Columbus | 204,383 | 6.5% |
| 256 | Warner Robins | 81,438 | 6.5% |
| 257 | Donalsonville | 2,823 | 6.5% |
| 258 | Aragon | 2,304 | 6.5% |
| 259 | Berry College | 1,712 | 6.5% |
| 260 | Montezuma | 3,002 | 6.5% |
| 261 | Austell | 8,351 | 6.5% |
| 262 | Mableton | 42,403 | 6.6% |
| 263 | Tucker | 37,022 | 6.6% |
| 264 | Jonesboro | 6,137 | 6.7% |
| 265 | Savannah | 147,546 | 6.7% |
| 266 | Hamilton | 1,911 | 6.7% |
| 267 | Valdosta | 55,222 | 6.7% |
| 268 | Demorest | 2,335 | 6.8% |
| 269 | Stockbridge | 35,475 | 6.8% |
| 270 | Rossville | 3,981 | 6.8% |
| 271 | Panthersville | 8,840 | 6.8% |
| 272 | Garden City | 10,375 | 7.0% |
| 273 | Buckhead | 4,640 | 7.0% |
| 274 | Zebulon | 1,711 | 7.0% |
| 275 | Bemiss | 8,464 | 7.0% |
| 276 | Davisboro | 2,120 | 7.0% |
| 277 | Nahunta | 1,168 | 7.1% |
| 278 | Dallas | 14,440 | 7.2% |
| 279 | Centerville | 8,323 | 7.3% |
| 280 | Jackson | 5,648 | 7.3% |
| 281 | Hazlehurst | 4,072 | 7.3% |
| 282 | South Fulton | 109,157 | 7.4% |
| 283 | Covington | 14,334 | 7.4% |
| 284 | Fair Oaks | 10,392 | 7.5% |
| 285 | Macon-Bibb County | 156,543 | 7.5% |
| 286 | Glennville | 5,199 | 7.6% |
| 287 | Sandersville | 5,673 | 7.7% |
| 288 | Morrow | 6,519 | 7.8% |
| 289 | Cedartown | 10,211 | 7.9% |
| 290 | Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government | 9,181 | 7.9% |
| 291 | Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) | 201,504 | 7.9% |
| 292 | Toccoa | 9,173 | 7.9% |
| 293 | Wrightsville | 3,479 | 7.9% |
| 294 | Milledgeville | 16,873 | 7.9% |
| 295 | Stonecrest | 59,917 | 8.0% |
| 296 | East Point | 38,233 | 8.1% |
| 297 | Hapeville | 6,590 | 8.2% |
| 298 | Rock Spring | 1,310 | 8.3% |
| 299 | Byron | 5,839 | 8.3% |
| 300 | Robins AFB | 1,187 | 8.3% |
| 301 | Nelson | 1,015 | 8.4% |
| 302 | LaGrange | 31,479 | 8.4% |
| 303 | St. Marys | 18,805 | 8.6% |
| 304 | Brunswick | 15,248 | 8.6% |
| 305 | Hagan | 1,466 | 8.6% |
| 306 | Pembroke | 2,628 | 8.6% |
| 307 | Thomson | 6,824 | 8.6% |
| 308 | Deenwood | 2,340 | 8.7% |
| 309 | Ellaville | 1,698 | 8.7% |
| 310 | Norman Park | 1,242 | 8.7% |
| 311 | Lithonia | 2,614 | 8.8% |
| 312 | Dublin | 16,023 | 8.9% |
| 313 | Hinesville | 35,282 | 9.0% |
| 314 | Abbeville | 2,756 | 9.0% |
| 315 | Locust Grove | 9,931 | 9.0% |
| 316 | Russell | 1,335 | 9.1% |
| 317 | Fort Valley | 8,808 | 9.1% |
| 318 | Clarkston | 14,560 | 9.2% |
| 319 | Trenton | 2,061 | 9.2% |
| 320 | Rincon | 11,152 | 9.2% |
| 321 | Greensboro | 3,603 | 9.3% |
| 322 | Sparta | 1,827 | 9.3% |
| 323 | Colquitt | 2,085 | 9.4% |
| 324 | Flovilla | 1,013 | 9.4% |
| 325 | Hephzibah | 3,688 | 9.4% |
| 326 | Redan | 30,426 | 9.5% |
| 327 | Social Circle | 5,113 | 9.5% |
| 328 | Conyers | 17,916 | 9.6% |
| 329 | Cochran | 4,815 | 9.6% |
| 330 | Statesboro | 33,705 | 9.6% |
| 331 | Millen | 2,959 | 9.6% |
| 332 | Experiment | 3,165 | 9.7% |
| 333 | East Griffin | 1,219 | 9.7% |
| 334 | Remerton | 1,430 | 9.7% |
| 335 | Fort Gaines | 1,166 | 9.8% |
| 336 | Lumber City | 1,113 | 9.8% |
| 337 | Unionville | 1,670 | 9.9% |
| 338 | Bainbridge | 14,353 | 10.1% |
| 339 | Waynesboro | 5,700 | 10.1% |
| 340 | Warrenton | 1,788 | 10.3% |
| 341 | Quitman | 4,046 | 10.3% |
| 342 | Cordele | 10,107 | 10.3% |
| 343 | Jesup | 9,863 | 10.5% |
| 344 | Cuthbert | 3,045 | 10.5% |
| 345 | Boston | 1,305 | 10.5% |
| 346 | Dawson | 4,292 | 10.6% |
| 347 | Baxley | 4,971 | 10.6% |
| 348 | Rockmart | 5,142 | 10.7% |
| 349 | Wrens | 2,048 | 11.2% |
| 350 | Buchanan | 1,324 | 11.2% |
| 351 | Lavonia | 2,508 | 11.3% |
| 352 | Albany | 67,939 | 11.5% |
| 353 | Twin City | 1,983 | 11.6% |
| 354 | Vienna | 2,879 | 11.8% |
| 355 | Edison | 1,330 | 11.8% |
| 356 | Wadley | 1,991 | 12.0% |
| 357 | Unadilla | 3,057 | 12.2% |
| 358 | Monroe | 15,336 | 12.2% |
| 359 | Soperton | 2,901 | 12.4% |
| 360 | Pelham | 3,465 | 12.6% |
| 361 | Candler-McAfee | 21,316 | 12.8% |
| 362 | Swainsboro | 7,561 | 13.0% |
| 363 | Camilla | 5,158 | 13.1% |
| 364 | Fort Stewart | 9,976 | 13.2% |
| 365 | Greenville | 1,330 | 13.2% |
| 366 | Monticello | 2,668 | 13.3% |
| 367 | Oglethorpe | 1,069 | 13.5% |
| 368 | Folkston | 4,609 | 13.6% |
| 369 | Blackshear | 3,562 | 13.8% |
| 370 | Putney | 3,244 | 13.8% |
| 371 | Mount Vernon | 2,080 | 14.3% |
| 372 | Guyton | 2,574 | 14.4% |
| 373 | College Park | 13,969 | 14.7% |
| 374 | Roberta | 1,235 | 15.2% |
| 375 | Bonanza | 3,567 | 16.1% |
| 376 | Nicholson | 1,899 | 16.4% |
| 377 | Alamo | 3,108 | 16.6% |
| 378 | Sycamore | 1,124 | 18.0% |
| 379 | Kennesaw State University | 2,455 | 19.2% |
| 380 | Ashburn | 4,226 | 19.6% |
| 381 | Georgetown-Quitman County unified government | 2,092 | 31.1% |
| 382 | Morgan | 1,878 | 31.6% |
| 383 | Kings Bay Base | 2,394 | 35.1% |
Cities in Georgia are ranked by unemployment rate. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS. Last updated 2026.