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Youngest Workforce Counties in Georgia (2026)
Counties with the youngest median age and most youthful labor force.
Based on data from U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Top 5 Youngest Workforce Counties
- Chattahoochee County — Median Age: 23.9
- Liberty County — Median Age: 28.7
- Clarke County — Median Age: 29.4
- Bulloch County — Median Age: 30.2
- Echols County — Median Age: 31.2
Chattahoochee County leads the 2026 ranking at 23.9. The table below ranks all 159 counties, with links to each county's full data profile.
Full County Rankings
| Rank | County | Median Age | Population | Labor Force |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Chattahoochee County | 23.9 | 9,181 | 1,210 |
| #2 | Liberty County | 28.7 | 66,826 | 23,675 |
| #3 | Clarke County | 29.4 | 129,267 | 66,297 |
| #4 | Bulloch County | 30.2 | 81,372 | 38,485 |
| #5 | Echols County | 31.2 | 3,705 | 1,918 |
| #6 | Lowndes County | 31.3 | 119,055 | 48,627 |
| #7 | Clayton County | 33.3 | 298,771 | 147,810 |
| #8 | Long County | 33.6 | 17,512 | 7,288 |
| #9 | Camden County | 34.6 | 56,036 | 24,086 |
| #10 | Bryan County | 34.7 | 46,681 | 23,284 |
| #11 | Richmond County | 35.0 | 206,040 | 84,922 |
| #12 | Muscogee County | 35.1 | 204,383 | 82,680 |
| #13 | Carroll County | 35.3 | 122,187 | 62,891 |
| #14 | Gwinnett County | 35.9 | 966,972 | 516,645 |
| #15 | Fulton County | 36.2 | 1,068,507 | 600,615 |
| #16 | Atkinson County | 36.2 | 8,261 | 3,833 |
| #17 | Houston County | 36.2 | 166,902 | 76,779 |
| #18 | DeKalb County | 36.3 | 762,105 | 405,090 |
| #19 | Baldwin County | 36.4 | 43,669 | 19,558 |
| #20 | Barrow County | 36.4 | 86,982 | 48,166 |
| #21 | Newton County | 36.4 | 115,530 | 59,739 |
| #22 | Bibb County | 36.6 | 156,543 | 62,569 |
| #23 | Coffee County | 36.6 | 43,161 | 18,874 |
| #24 | Dougherty County | 36.6 | 83,915 | 33,084 |
| #25 | Effingham County | 36.6 | 67,265 | 35,357 |
| #26 | Whitfield County | 36.6 | 103,118 | 48,510 |
| #27 | Lanier County | 36.7 | 10,094 | 3,961 |
| #28 | Paulding County | 36.7 | 174,292 | 92,706 |
| #29 | Stewart County | 36.7 | 4,978 | 1,440 |
| #30 | Douglas County | 36.8 | 146,141 | 76,144 |
| #31 | Evans County | 36.9 | 10,740 | 5,245 |
| #32 | Lumpkin County | 36.9 | 33,931 | 16,707 |
| #33 | Henry County | 37.0 | 245,417 | 131,143 |
| #34 | Sumter County | 37.0 | 29,174 | 12,068 |
| #35 | Chatham County | 37.1 | 298,143 | 151,562 |
| #36 | Colquitt County | 37.2 | 45,907 | 23,262 |
| #37 | Lee County | 37.2 | 33,337 | 17,039 |
| #38 | Toombs County | 37.2 | 26,943 | 12,217 |
| #39 | Troup County | 37.2 | 69,821 | 40,495 |
| #40 | Tift County | 37.3 | 41,322 | 20,306 |
| #41 | Cobb County | 37.4 | 769,152 | 424,846 |
| #42 | Bleckley County | 37.4 | 12,414 | 5,768 |
| #43 | Turner County | 37.4 | 8,915 | 3,808 |
| #44 | Columbia County | 37.5 | 159,638 | 73,507 |
| #45 | Cook County | 37.5 | 17,363 | 8,182 |
| #46 | Randolph County | 37.6 | 6,270 | 2,854 |
| #47 | Floyd County | 37.8 | 98,985 | 48,287 |
| #48 | Peach County | 37.8 | 28,269 | 12,705 |
| #49 | Bartow County | 38.0 | 111,153 | 57,113 |
| #50 | Charlton County | 38.0 | 12,711 | 4,469 |
| #51 | Ware County | 38.0 | 35,958 | 12,825 |
| #52 | Jackson County | 38.1 | 80,640 | 46,202 |
| #53 | Tattnall County | 38.1 | 24,215 | 9,095 |
| #54 | Hall County | 38.2 | 208,395 | 109,438 |
| #55 | Montgomery County | 38.2 | 8,675 | 3,562 |
| #56 | Burke County | 38.4 | 24,427 | 10,474 |
| #57 | Ben Hill County | 38.5 | 17,138 | 6,865 |
| #58 | Butts County | 38.5 | 26,074 | 11,362 |
| #59 | Polk County | 38.5 | 43,365 | 19,625 |
| #60 | Emanuel County | 38.6 | 22,961 | 10,401 |
| #61 | Decatur County | 38.7 | 29,118 | 11,978 |
| #62 | Lamar County | 38.7 | 19,098 | 7,782 |
| #63 | Clinch County | 38.8 | 6,722 | 2,772 |
| #64 | Gordon County | 38.8 | 58,336 | 29,791 |
| #65 | Haralson County | 38.8 | 30,720 | 14,844 |
| #66 | Wayne County | 38.9 | 30,519 | 12,843 |
| #67 | Bacon County | 39.0 | 11,129 | 4,857 |
| #68 | Coweta County | 39.0 | 150,071 | 80,624 |
| #69 | McDuffie County | 39.1 | 21,687 | 9,248 |
| #70 | Rockdale County | 39.2 | 94,293 | 47,982 |
| #71 | Spalding County | 39.2 | 68,215 | 31,885 |
| #72 | Murray County | 39.3 | 40,282 | 19,554 |
| #73 | Forsyth County | 39.4 | 260,062 | 146,202 |
| #74 | Grady County | 39.4 | 26,056 | 11,794 |
| #75 | Telfair County | 39.4 | 12,174 | 3,170 |
| #76 | Wheeler County | 39.5 | 7,434 | 2,985 |
| #77 | Habersham County | 39.6 | 46,948 | 23,164 |
| #78 | Treutlen County | 39.6 | 6,387 | 2,569 |
| #79 | Calhoun County | 39.7 | 5,528 | 2,003 |
| #80 | Walton County | 39.7 | 100,361 | 52,954 |
| #81 | Berrien County | 39.8 | 18,257 | 8,674 |
| #82 | Madison County | 39.8 | 30,914 | 14,246 |
| #83 | Appling County | 39.9 | 18,426 | 9,072 |
| #84 | Laurens County | 39.9 | 49,619 | 19,858 |
| #85 | Macon County | 39.9 | 11,953 | 4,599 |
| #86 | Mitchell County | 39.9 | 21,441 | 8,969 |
| #87 | Pike County | 39.9 | 19,540 | 9,594 |
| #88 | Thomas County | 39.9 | 45,696 | 20,499 |
| #89 | Cherokee County | 40.0 | 274,539 | 153,688 |
| #90 | Franklin County | 40.2 | 23,840 | 10,269 |
| #91 | Pierce County | 40.3 | 19,996 | 8,489 |
| #92 | Crisp County | 40.4 | 19,995 | 9,010 |
| #93 | Irwin County | 40.4 | 9,385 | 4,023 |
| #94 | Jeff Davis County | 40.5 | 14,838 | 5,850 |
| #95 | Washington County | 40.6 | 19,893 | 7,800 |
| #96 | Early County | 40.7 | 10,683 | 3,687 |
| #97 | Jefferson County | 40.7 | 15,468 | 6,983 |
| #98 | Oconee County | 40.7 | 42,788 | 21,983 |
| #99 | Catoosa County | 40.8 | 68,356 | 35,015 |
| #100 | Brantley County | 40.9 | 18,171 | 8,528 |
| #101 | Candler County | 41.0 | 10,972 | 4,708 |
| #102 | Chattooga County | 41.1 | 24,975 | 8,974 |
| #103 | Heard County | 41.2 | 11,616 | 5,030 |
| #104 | Stephens County | 41.2 | 26,842 | 10,526 |
| #105 | Wilcox County | 41.3 | 8,784 | 3,132 |
| #106 | Jones County | 41.4 | 28,526 | 12,742 |
| #107 | Terrell County | 41.4 | 8,941 | 3,318 |
| #108 | Upson County | 41.4 | 27,856 | 12,940 |
| #109 | Schley County | 41.6 | 4,539 | 2,127 |
| #110 | Walker County | 41.8 | 68,449 | 33,476 |
| #111 | Dade County | 42.2 | 16,196 | 7,586 |
| #112 | Jenkins County | 42.3 | 8,674 | 3,656 |
| #113 | Morgan County | 42.3 | 20,614 | 10,773 |
| #114 | Banks County | 42.4 | 18,757 | 9,966 |
| #115 | Dodge County | 42.4 | 19,909 | 8,415 |
| #116 | Elbert County | 42.4 | 19,725 | 8,972 |
| #117 | Monroe County | 42.5 | 28,919 | 13,946 |
| #118 | Oglethorpe County | 42.6 | 15,221 | 7,589 |
| #119 | Screven County | 42.7 | 14,057 | 5,794 |
| #120 | Miller County | 42.8 | 5,873 | 2,829 |
| #121 | Webster County | 42.8 | 2,348 | 1,034 |
| #122 | Taylor County | 42.9 | 7,786 | 2,914 |
| #123 | Brooks County | 43.0 | 16,285 | 6,662 |
| #124 | Worth County | 43.0 | 20,575 | 8,963 |
| #125 | Jasper County | 43.1 | 15,345 | 7,593 |
| #126 | Glascock County | 43.2 | 2,913 | 1,446 |
| #127 | Wilkinson County | 43.2 | 8,795 | 3,098 |
| #128 | Fayette County | 43.3 | 120,689 | 59,131 |
| #129 | Glynn County | 43.3 | 84,987 | 42,451 |
| #130 | Harris County | 43.3 | 35,509 | 16,012 |
| #131 | Meriwether County | 43.6 | 20,757 | 8,687 |
| #132 | Pulaski County | 43.7 | 9,893 | 4,039 |
| #133 | Dawson County | 43.9 | 28,704 | 15,946 |
| #134 | Marion County | 43.9 | 7,474 | 3,117 |
| #135 | Johnson County | 44.1 | 9,192 | 3,262 |
| #136 | Hart County | 44.7 | 26,484 | 12,440 |
| #137 | Taliaferro County | 44.8 | 1,740 | 710 |
| #138 | Warren County | 45.3 | 5,175 | 2,507 |
| #139 | White County | 45.4 | 28,454 | 14,049 |
| #140 | Seminole County | 45.7 | 9,117 | 3,318 |
| #141 | Dooly County | 45.9 | 11,026 | 3,814 |
| #142 | Crawford County | 46.0 | 12,183 | 5,232 |
| #143 | Clay County | 46.1 | 2,853 | 1,016 |
| #144 | Pickens County | 46.1 | 34,197 | 17,442 |
| #145 | Wilkes County | 46.3 | 9,553 | 3,800 |
| #146 | Twiggs County | 47.2 | 7,869 | 2,723 |
| #147 | Hancock County | 47.3 | 8,630 | 2,787 |
| #148 | Putnam County | 47.4 | 22,524 | 10,363 |
| #149 | Baker County | 48.1 | 2,830 | 889 |
| #150 | Lincoln County | 48.3 | 7,773 | 3,113 |
| #151 | Rabun County | 49.9 | 17,107 | 7,598 |
| #152 | Gilmer County | 50.0 | 31,976 | 15,712 |
| #153 | Talbot County | 50.5 | 5,753 | 2,349 |
| #154 | McIntosh County | 52.1 | 11,187 | 5,014 |
| #155 | Greene County | 52.3 | 19,586 | 8,104 |
| #156 | Fannin County | 54.0 | 25,605 | 11,322 |
| #157 | Union County | 55.9 | 25,598 | 9,758 |
| #158 | Towns County | 56.9 | 12,739 | 5,272 |
| #159 | Quitman County | 59.4 | 2,092 | 703 |
Methodology
Counties are ranked by median age (lower is better). Data is sourced from U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. Only counties with available data for this metric are included in the ranking. County names link to the full demographics data page for deeper analysis.
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