Unemployment Rate in Newton County, GA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.6%
Rank #2,723/3,222 · #134 in GA
15th
Newton 6.6%
GA 5.1% +30.4%
US 5.3% +25.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Newton 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 Newton County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,720 | Walthall County, MS | 6.6% |
| #2,721 | Cuyahoga County, OH | 6.6% |
| #2,722 | Webster County, MS | 6.6% |
| #2,723 | Newton County, GA | 6.6% |
| #2,724 | Darlington County, SC | 6.6% |
| #2,725 | Sequatchie County, TN | 6.6% |
| #2,726 | Grayson County, KY | 6.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Newton County, Georgia has a unemployment rate of 6.6%, ranking #2,723 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 25.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Georgia, it ranks #134 of 159. This places it in the 15th 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.