Unemployment Rate in Meriwether County, GA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.6%
Rank #2,716/3,222 · #132 in GA
16th
Meriwether 6.6%
GA 5.1% +29.8%
US 5.3% +24.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Meriwether County's unemployment rate of 6.6% 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 Meriwether County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,713 | Peach County, GA | 6.6% |
| #2,714 | Yuma County, AZ | 6.6% |
| #2,715 | Jefferson County, WA | 6.6% |
| #2,716 | Meriwether County, GA | 6.6% |
| #2,717 | Ashtabula County, OH | 6.6% |
| #2,718 | Bradley County, AR | 6.6% |
| #2,719 | Tattnall County, GA | 6.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Meriwether County, Georgia has a unemployment rate of 6.6%, ranking #2,716 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 24.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Georgia, it ranks #132 of 159. This places it in the 16th 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.