Unemployment Rate in Burke County, GA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.0%
Rank #1,993/3,222 · #92 in GA
38th
Burke 5.0%
GA 5.1% -2.2%
US 5.3% -6.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Burke County's unemployment rate of 5.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Burke County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,990 | Summit County, CO | 5.0% |
| #1,991 | Reagan County, TX | 5.0% |
| #1,992 | Cattaraugus County, NY | 5.0% |
| #1,993 | Burke County, GA | 5.0% |
| #1,994 | Howell County, MO | 5.0% |
| #1,995 | Woodruff County, AR | 5.0% |
| #1,996 | Gibson County, TN | 5.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Burke County, Georgia has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, ranking #1,993 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 6.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Georgia, it ranks #92 of 159. This places it in the 38th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.