| | Civilian Labor Force, 2021 | Persons Employed, 2021 | Persons Unemployed, 2021 | Unemployment Rate, 2021 | Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021 |
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| United States | 161,204,000 | 152,581,000 | 8,623,000 | 5.3% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 12,010,661 | 11,455,917 | 554,744 | 4.6% | 86.3% |
| Georgia | 5,156,388 | 4,954,094 | 202,294 | 3.9% | 73.3% |
| Appalachian Georgia | 1,652,613 | 1,598,763 | 53,850 | 3.3% | 60.9% |
|
| County |
| Banks | 10,265 | 10,001 | 264 | 2.6% | 48.1% |
| Barrow | 42,008 | 40,766 | 1,242 | 3.0% | 55.3% |
| Bartow | 51,121 | 49,313 | 1,808 | 3.5% | 66.1% |
| Carroll | 55,987 | 53,911 | 2,076 | 3.7% | 69.3% |
| Catoosa | 32,718 | 31,799 | 919 | 2.8% | 52.5% |
| Chattooga | 9,437 | 8,984 | 453 | 4.8% | 89.7% |
| Cherokee | 139,044 | 135,364 | 3,680 | 2.6% | 49.5% |
| Dade | 7,881 | 7,668 | 213 | 2.7% | 50.5% |
| Dawson | 13,079 | 12,724 | 355 | 2.7% | 50.7% |
| Douglas | 73,771 | 70,569 | 3,202 | 4.3% | 81.1% |
| Elbert | 7,779 | 7,401 | 378 | 4.9% | 90.8% |
| Fannin | 11,694 | 11,356 | 338 | 2.9% | 54.0% |
| Floyd | 43,311 | 41,687 | 1,624 | 3.7% | 70.1% |
| Forsyth | 126,707 | 123,515 | 3,192 | 2.5% | 47.1% |
| Franklin | 9,939 | 9,565 | 374 | 3.8% | 70.3% |
| Gilmer | 12,269 | 11,889 | 380 | 3.1% | 57.9% |
| Gordon | 28,614 | 27,684 | 930 | 3.3% | 60.8% |
| Gwinnett | 490,748 | 473,609 | 17,139 | 3.5% | 65.3% |
| Habersham | 18,422 | 17,757 | 665 | 3.6% | 67.5% |
| Hall | 104,084 | 101,262 | 2,822 | 2.7% | 50.7% |
| Haralson | 12,716 | 12,266 | 450 | 3.5% | 66.2% |
| Hart | 11,581 | 11,126 | 455 | 3.9% | 73.4% |
| Heard | 5,225 | 5,021 | 204 | 3.9% | 73.0% |
| Jackson | 41,953 | 40,924 | 1,029 | 2.5% | 45.9% |
| Lumpkin | 17,517 | 17,032 | 485 | 2.8% | 51.8% |
| Madison | 13,395 | 12,976 | 419 | 3.1% | 58.5% |
| Murray | 15,312 | 14,644 | 668 | 4.4% | 81.6% |
| Paulding | 89,125 | 86,423 | 2,702 | 3.0% | 56.7% |
| Pickens | 15,494 | 15,056 | 438 | 2.8% | 52.8% |
| Polk | 18,366 | 17,705 | 661 | 3.6% | 67.3% |
| Rabun | 7,519 | 7,280 | 239 | 3.2% | 59.4% |
| Stephens | 10,390 | 9,936 | 454 | 4.4% | 81.7% |
| Towns | 4,020 | 3,857 | 163 | 4.1% | 75.8% |
| Union | 11,066 | 10,760 | 306 | 2.8% | 51.7% |
| Walker | 30,617 | 29,630 | 987 | 3.2% | 60.3% |
| White | 16,538 | 16,111 | 427 | 2.6% | 48.3% |
| Whitfield | 42,901 | 41,192 | 1,709 | 4.0% | 74.5% |
