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Georgia Sales Tax Rates by City & County

Most Georgia counties administer a mix of special-purpose local option sales taxes that stack independently of one another, so two counties charging what looks like the same nominal add-on can still be funding very different projects with it. Georgia's data set covers 165 local jurisdictions, from Cobb County (unincorporated areas) at 6.00% up to Banks County (unincorporated areas) at 9.00%.

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Combined Rate

10.550%

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ZIP Code98101
StateWA
Data as of2026-08-04

Source: official Streamlined Sales Tax rate & boundary files (data as of 2026-08-04).

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Combined Rate

10.550%

ZIP-level rates cover the 24 Streamlined Sales Tax member states. Outside those states we fall back to the statewide base rate — never an invented local figure.

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Georgia sales tax rates by city

City County Combined Rate vs. State Base ZIP Codes
Atlanta Fulton County 8.90% +2.900% 65
College Park Fulton County 8.75% +2.750% 4
East Point Fulton County 8.75% +2.750% 7
Hapeville Fulton County 8.75% +2.750% 2

Georgia county & unincorporated-area rates

Rates that apply outside any named city — the county's own blanket rate for its unincorporated area, plus a small number of special-purpose codes the source data can't attach a place name to but can still attribute to a county.

Area Combined Rate ZIP Codes
Appling County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Atkinson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Bacon County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Baker County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Baldwin County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Banks County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 11
Barrow County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Bartow County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 16
Ben Hill County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4
Berrien County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 7
Bibb County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 95
Bleckley County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Brantley County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Brooks County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 9
Bryan County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 3
Bulloch County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 12
Burke County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 10
Butts County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Calhoun County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Camden County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 8
Candler County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5
Carroll County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 15
Catoosa County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 8
Charlton County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 4
Chatham County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 23
Chattahoochee County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 3
Chattooga County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 6
Cherokee County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 19
Clarke County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 15
Clay County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 7
Clayton County — unincorporated/special area 9.00% 2
Clayton County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 20
Clinch County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Cobb County (unincorporated areas) 6.00% 34
Coffee County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 13
Colquitt County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 16
Columbia County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Cook County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5
Coweta County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 13
Crawford County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Crisp County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Dade County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 5
Dawson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Decatur County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 10
DeKalb County — unincorporated/special area 8.90% 9
DeKalb County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 51
Dodge County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Dooly County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Dougherty County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 12
Douglas County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 11
Early County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Echols County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Effingham County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 9
Elbert County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 4
Emanuel County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 14
Evans County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 7
Fannin County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 8
Fayette County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 9
Floyd County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 18
Forsyth County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 10
Franklin County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 11
Fulton County (unincorporated areas) 7.75% 58
Gilmer County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 7
Glascock County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Glynn County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 11
Gordon County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Grady County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Greene County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Gwinnett County (unincorporated areas) 6.00% 40
Habersham County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 9
Hall County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 22
Hancock County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Haralson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Harris County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 12
Hart County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 8
Heard County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 7
Henry County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Houston County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 15
Irwin County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Jackson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 16
Jasper County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Jeff Davis County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Jefferson County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 9
Jenkins County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Johnson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Jones County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 7
Lamar County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 9
Lanier County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Laurens County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 16
Lee County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Liberty County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 10
Lincoln County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 2
Long County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 4
Lowndes County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 14
Lumpkin County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Macon County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Madison County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 12
Marion County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4
McDuffie County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 6
McIntosh County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Meriwether County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 11
Miller County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5
Mitchell County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Monroe County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Montgomery County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Morgan County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 9
Murray County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 8
Muscogee County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 104
Newton County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 12
Oconee County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Oglethorpe County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 11
Paulding County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 11
Peach County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 3
Pickens County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 8
Pierce County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Pike County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 8
Polk County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 9
Pulaski County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 5
Putnam County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Quitman County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 2
Rabun County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 9
Randolph County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Richmond County (unincorporated areas) 8.50% 100
Rockdale County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 10
Schley County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 4
Screven County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Seminole County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4
Spalding County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 9
Stephens County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 5
Stewart County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Sumter County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Talbot County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Taliaferro County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4
Tattnall County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Taylor County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Telfair County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Terrell County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Thomas County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Tift County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 10
Toombs County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4
Towns County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 3
Treutlen County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4
Troup County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 8
Turner County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5
Twiggs County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Union County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 5
Upson County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 7
Walker County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 13
Walton County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 13
Ware County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Warren County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 9
Washington County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 10
Wayne County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 8
Webster County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Wheeler County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4
White County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 6
Whitfield County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 10
Wilcox County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 7
Wilkes County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5
Wilkinson County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 10
Worth County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 13

Highest & lowest Georgia rates

The ten highest and ten lowest distinct combined rates published anywhere in this data set.

Highest

JurisdictionRate
Banks County (unincorporated areas) 9.00%
Atlanta 8.90%
College Park 8.75%
Richmond County (unincorporated areas) 8.50%
Appling County (unincorporated areas) 8.00%
Fulton County (unincorporated areas) 7.75%
Bartow County (unincorporated areas) 7.00%
Cobb County (unincorporated areas) 6.00%

Lowest

JurisdictionRate
Cobb County (unincorporated areas) 6.00%
Bartow County (unincorporated areas) 7.00%
Fulton County (unincorporated areas) 7.75%
Appling County (unincorporated areas) 8.00%
Richmond County (unincorporated areas) 8.50%
College Park 8.75%
Atlanta 8.90%
Banks County (unincorporated areas) 9.00%

Georgia grocery & drug rates

Jurisdictions where the official data records a groceries/drugs rate different from the general combined rate above.

Jurisdiction General Rate Groceries / Drugs Rate
Atlanta 8.90% 4.90%
College Park 8.75% 4.75%
East Point 8.75% 4.75%
Hapeville 8.75% 4.75%
Appling County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Atkinson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Bacon County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Baker County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Baldwin County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Banks County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Barrow County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Bartow County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Ben Hill County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Berrien County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Bibb County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Bleckley County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Brantley County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Brooks County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Bryan County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Bulloch County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Burke County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Butts County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Calhoun County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Camden County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Candler County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Carroll County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Catoosa County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Charlton County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Chatham County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Chattahoochee County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Chattooga County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Cherokee County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Clarke County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Clay County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Clayton County — unincorporated/special area 9.00% 5.00%
Clayton County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Clinch County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Cobb County (unincorporated areas) 6.00% 2.00%
Coffee County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Colquitt County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Columbia County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Cook County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Coweta County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Crawford County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Crisp County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Dade County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Dawson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Decatur County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
DeKalb County — unincorporated/special area 8.90% 4.90%
DeKalb County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 3.00%
Dodge County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Dooly County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Dougherty County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Douglas County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Early County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Echols County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Effingham County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Elbert County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Emanuel County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Evans County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Fannin County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Fayette County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Floyd County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Forsyth County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Franklin County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Fulton County (unincorporated areas) 7.75% 3.75%
Gilmer County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Glascock County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Glynn County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Gordon County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Grady County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Greene County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Gwinnett County (unincorporated areas) 6.00% 2.00%
Habersham County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Hall County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Hancock County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Haralson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Harris County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Hart County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Heard County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Henry County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Houston County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Irwin County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Jackson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Jasper County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Jeff Davis County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Jefferson County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Jenkins County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Johnson County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Jones County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Lamar County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Lanier County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Laurens County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Lee County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Liberty County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Lincoln County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Long County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Lowndes County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Lumpkin County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Macon County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Madison County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Marion County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
McDuffie County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
McIntosh County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Meriwether County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Miller County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Mitchell County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Monroe County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Montgomery County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Morgan County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Murray County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Muscogee County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Newton County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Oconee County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Oglethorpe County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Paulding County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Peach County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Pickens County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Pierce County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Pike County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Polk County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Pulaski County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Putnam County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Quitman County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Rabun County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Randolph County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Richmond County (unincorporated areas) 8.50% 4.50%
Rockdale County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Schley County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Screven County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Seminole County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Spalding County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Stephens County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Stewart County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Sumter County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Talbot County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Taliaferro County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Tattnall County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Taylor County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Telfair County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Terrell County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Thomas County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Tift County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Toombs County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Towns County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Treutlen County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Troup County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Turner County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Twiggs County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Union County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Upson County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Walker County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Walton County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Ware County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Warren County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Washington County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Wayne County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Webster County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Wheeler County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
White County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Whitfield County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Wilcox County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%
Wilkes County (unincorporated areas) 9.00% 5.00%
Wilkinson County (unincorporated areas) 7.00% 3.00%
Worth County (unincorporated areas) 8.00% 4.00%

How Georgia's rate is built

Every combined rate in the tables above starts from the same 6.00% statewide base component, per this data set. On top of that, Georgia publishes 1 distinct special-district type that can add to the county or city rate depending on the address.

District Type Jurisdictions Rate Range
Transit/special district (type 63) 3 0.000% – 1.000%

Rate distribution across Georgia

Every distinct combined rate published in this data set, and how many jurisdictions charge it.

Combined RateJurisdictions
6.00% 2
7.00% 37
7.75% 1
8.00% 87
8.50% 1
8.75% 3
8.90% 2
9.00% 32

Where this data comes from

Rates come from the official Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA) "Rate and Boundary" files that Georgia, as an SST member state, is required to publish free to the public under SSUTA §§305 and 307 (streamlinedsalestax.org). Jurisdiction names (city, county, and county-subdivision) are matched against U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer name files by FIPS code — this page invents no jurisdiction names of its own. The data set behind this page was last pulled 2026-08-04; SST posts updated files ahead of each calendar quarter and issues mid-quarter corrections when a jurisdiction changes its rate.

Need a single ZIP code instead of the full table? Use the sales tax rate by ZIP code lookup, or the general sales tax calculator for a quick estimate with grocery exemptions.

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Frequently asked questions

What's the sales tax rate in Muscogee County (unincorporated areas)?

Muscogee County (unincorporated areas) has a combined sales tax rate of 9.00%, per the official Streamlined Sales Tax data as of 2026-08-04. It's the largest jurisdiction in this data set by ZIP-code coverage, used here as the best available size proxy since the SST files don't publish population figures.

Why do sales tax rates vary within the same ZIP code in Georgia?

A combined rate is a stack, not a single number: the state's own component (6.00% per this data set) plus whatever the county, city, and any special district (transit, tourism, public safety) each add on top. ZIP codes were drawn by the Postal Service to route mail, not to follow city or county lines, so a single ZIP can straddle more than one of those taxing boundaries — which is why the ZIP-code calculator above sometimes shows a range instead of one figure.

How often is this Georgia sales tax data updated?

The underlying data set was last pulled 2026-08-04. This site checks for a refresh monthly, but the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board itself only republishes member-state rate and boundary files on a quarterly cadence (ahead of each calendar quarter, with mid-quarter corrections when a jurisdiction changes its rate) — so most months there is nothing new to pull.

Are groceries taxed differently in Georgia?

Yes, in at least some jurisdictions. The official data records a separate groceries/drugs rate for 165 of the jurisdictions on this page — for example Atlanta charges 8.90% on general purchases but 4.90% on qualifying groceries and drugs. Where no separate figure appears in the tables below, this data set doesn't record a grocery carve-out different from the general rate for that jurisdiction.

Which Georgia jurisdiction has the highest combined sales tax rate?

Banks County (unincorporated areas) (Banks County (unincorporated areas)), at 9.00% combined, per the official Streamlined Sales Tax data as of 2026-08-04. At the other end, Cobb County (unincorporated areas) sits at 6.00% — see the highest & lowest table below for the full top-10 spread each way.

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Last updated August 6, 2026 Tax year 2026 local sales tax rates

Data sources: Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board — official rate & boundary files (data as of 2026-08-04) U.S. Census Bureau — Gazetteer name files

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