Troup County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meTroup County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.0% the month before
40,939
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
69,821
people in Troup County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,905
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Troup County ranks
Where Troup County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #22Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southeast8.2 per 10,000 · of 100
Troup County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 10.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 5.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,543 jobs), admin & staffing (+848 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Troup County
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Troup County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Troup County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Troup County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- LaGrange College4 open roles
- Holder Construction3 open roles
- Terracon Consultants3 open roles
- Builders FirstSource2 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Interface2 open roles
- Allied Universal1 open role
- Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
- AquantUs1 open role
- Duracell1 open role
Colleges in Troup County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point University | West Point | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| LaGrange College | Lagrange | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Troup County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Georgia? How to file for unemployment in Georgia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Three Rivers Workforce Development Board
Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson
LaGrange Career Center, Georgia Department of Labor
Lagrange · Comprehensive · 706-845-4000
8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday
Cities in Troup County
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Georgia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Georgia unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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