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Houston County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.

Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to May 31, 2026

Goals updated only for participating counties

13295 Walker 0.42 0.62 us-ga-295 WA 13261 Sumter 0.38 0.50 us-ga-261 SU 13179 Liberty 0.44 0.46 us-ga-179 LI 13001 Appling 0.54 0.41 us-ga-001 AP 13279 Toombs 0.50 0.60 us-ga-279 TO 13061 Clay 0.34 0.37 us-ga-061 CL 13037 Calhoun 0.50 0.49 us-ga-037 CA 13077 Coweta 0.50 0.48 us-ga-077 CO 13199 Meriwether 0.50 0.50 us-ga-199 ME 13023 Bleckley 0.45 0.41 us-ga-023 BL 13175 Laurens 0.53 0.47 us-ga-175 LA 13251 Screven 0.57 0.55 us-ga-251 SC 13033 Burke 0.45 0.41 us-ga-033 BU 13285 Troup 0.50 0.62 us-ga-285 TR 13145 Harris 0.60 0.50 us-ga-145 HA 13213 Murray 0.49 0.57 us-ga-213 MU 13087 Decatur 0.61 0.49 us-ga-087 DE 13131 Grady 0.50 0.50 us-ga-131 GR 13081 Crisp 0.50 0.50 us-ga-081 CR 13287 Turner 0.51 0.50 us-ga-287 TU 13171 Lamar 0.50 0.50 us-ga-171 LA 13231 Pike 0.50 0.50 us-ga-231 PI 13097 Douglas 0.34 0.50 us-ga-097 DO 13067 Cobb 0.50 0.38 us-ga-067 CO 13193 Macon 0.49 0.51 us-ga-193 MA 13249 Schley 0.51 0.66 us-ga-249 SC 13269 Taylor 0.41 0.49 us-ga-269 TA 13157 Jackson 0.48 0.47 us-ga-157 JA 13229 Pierce 0.47 0.51 us-ga-229 PI 13305 Wayne 0.43 0.64 us-ga-305 WA 13045 Carroll 0.38 0.64 us-ga-045 CA 13223 Paulding 0.50 0.50 us-ga-223 PA 13015 Bartow 0.50 0.49 us-ga-015 BA 13005 Bacon 0.39 0.56 us-ga-005 BA 13299 Ware 0.46 0.33 us-ga-299 WA 13115 Floyd 0.52 0.64 us-ga-115 FL 13233 Polk 0.50 0.50 us-ga-233 PO 13225 Peach 0.65 0.57 us-ga-225 PE 13079 Crawford 0.45 0.43 us-ga-079 CR 13121 Fulton 0.39 0.82 us-ga-121 FU 13063 Clayton 0.50 0.21 us-ga-063 CL 13009 Baldwin 0.38 0.47 us-ga-009 BA 13169 Jones 0.62 0.50 us-ga-169 JO 13149 Heard 0.51 0.43 us-ga-149 HE 13201 Miller 0.50 0.49 us-ga-201 MI 13253 Seminole 0.49 0.27 us-ga-253 SE 13139 Hall 0.55 0.48 us-ga-139 HA 13187 Lumpkin 0.57 0.53 us-ga-187 LU 13117 Forsyth 0.34 0.35 us-ga-117 FO 13085 Dawson 0.53 0.72 us-ga-085 DA 13057 Cherokee 0.50 0.50 us-ga-057 CH 13021 Bibb 0.47 0.49 us-ga-021 BI 13153 Houston 0.50 0.72 us-ga-153 HO 13235 Pulaski 0.50 0.64 us-ga-235 PU 13237 Putnam 0.38 0.50 us-ga-237 PU 13311 White 0.49 0.50 us-ga-311 WH 13245 Richmond 0.57 0.55 us-ga-245 RI 13163 Jefferson 0.55 0.43 us-ga-163 JE 13181 Lincoln 0.58 0.67 us-ga-181 LI 13189 McDuffie 0.39 0.29 us-ga-189 MC 13105 Elbert 0.45 0.51 us-ga-105 EL 13317 Wilkes 0.45 0.57 us-ga-317 WI 13137 Habersham 0.52 0.49 us-ga-137 HA 13247 Rockdale 0.64 0.33 us-ga-247 RO 13135 Gwinnett 0.51 0.51 us-ga-135 GW 13283 Treutlen 0.54 0.38 us-ga-283 TR 13065 Clinch 0.41 0.36 us-ga-065 CL 13185 Lowndes 0.50 0.58 us-ga-185 LO 13165 Jenkins 0.43 0.53 us-ga-165 JE 13321 Worth 0.55 0.63 us-ga-321 WO 13127 Glynn 0.37 0.45 us-ga-127 GL 13191 McIntosh 0.39 0.44 us-ga-191 MC 13207 Monroe 0.50 0.50 us-ga-207 MO 13221 Oglethorpe 0.44 0.47 us-ga-221 OG 13219 Oconee 0.48 0.32 us-ga-219 OC 13027 Brooks 0.34 0.59 us-ga-027 BR 13289 Twiggs 0.42 0.50 us-ga-289 TW 13205 Mitchell 0.60 0.62 us-ga-205 MI 13119 Franklin 0.41 0.57 us-ga-119 FR 13095 Dougherty 0.51 0.53 us-ga-095 DO 13161 Jeff Davis 0.38 0.64 us-ga-161 JD 13271 Telfair 0.49 0.64 us-ga-271 TE 13315 Wilcox 0.38 0.50 us-ga-315 WI 13093 Dooly 0.50 0.50 us-ga-093 DO 13281 Towns 0.50 0.08 us-ga-281 TO 13215 Muscogee 0.50 0.51 us-ga-215 MU 13263 Talbot 0.38 0.50 us-ga-263 TA 13265 Taliaferro 0.36 0.59 us-ga-265 TA 13141 Hancock 0.51 0.49 us-ga-141 HA 13017 Ben Hill 0.60 0.50 us-ga-017 BH 13013 Barrow 0.47 0.63 us-ga-013 BA 13297 Walton 0.53 0.38 us-ga-297 WA 13147 Hart 0.37 0.46 us-ga-147 HA 13195 Madison 0.49 0.49 us-ga-195 MA 13003 Atkinson 0.50 0.50 us-ga-003 AT 13173 Lanier 0.50 0.37 us-ga-173 LA 13101 Echols 0.32 0.47 us-ga-101 EC 13019 Berrien 0.53 0.46 us-ga-019 BE 13277 Tift 0.50 0.50 us-ga-277 TI 13293 Upson 0.62 0.37 us-ga-293 UP 13197 Marion 0.50 0.50 us-ga-197 MA 13259 Stewart 0.62 0.49 us-ga-259 ST 13273 Terrell 0.50 0.50 us-ga-273 TE 13177 Lee 0.50 0.50 us-ga-177 LE 13217 Newton 0.50 0.51 us-ga-217 NE 13211 Morgan 0.40 0.62 us-ga-211 MO 13059 Clarke 0.55 0.41 us-ga-059 CL 13053 Chattahoochee 0.64 0.64 us-ga-053 CH 13011 Banks 0.42 0.40 us-ga-011 BA 13103 Effingham 0.51 0.46 us-ga-103 EF 13029 Bryan 0.42 0.35 us-ga-029 BR 13155 Irwin 0.39 0.63 us-ga-155 IR 13109 Evans 0.35 0.52 us-ga-109 EV 13031 Bulloch 0.49 0.56 us-ga-031 BU 13091 Dodge 0.44 0.47 us-ga-091 DO 13309 Wheeler 0.50 0.45 us-ga-309 WH 13143 Haralson 0.51 0.50 us-ga-143 HA 13069 Coffee 0.62 0.65 us-ga-069 CO 13267 Tattnall 0.42 0.58 us-ga-267 TA 13129 Gordon 0.50 0.50 us-ga-129 GO 13123 Gilmer 0.50 0.50 us-ga-123 GI 13111 Fannin 0.59 0.24 us-ga-111 FA 13319 Wilkinson 0.54 0.47 us-ga-319 WI 13167 Johnson 0.70 0.36 us-ga-167 JO 13125 Glascock 0.34 0.58 us-ga-125 GL 13209 Montgomery 0.45 0.26 us-ga-209 MO 13089 DeKalb 0.34 0.62 us-ga-089 DE 13151 Henry 0.49 0.64 us-ga-151 HE 13243 Randolph 0.50 0.50 us-ga-243 RA 13307 Webster 0.50 0.64 us-ga-307 WE 13255 Spalding 0.62 0.50 us-ga-255 SP 13035 Butts 0.51 0.64 us-ga-035 BU 13039 Camden 0.45 0.48 us-ga-039 CA 13083 Dade 0.27 0.26 us-ga-083 DA 13051 Chatham 0.45 0.45 us-ga-051 CH 13073 Columbia 0.41 0.39 us-ga-073 CO 13241 Rabun 0.42 0.42 us-ga-241 RA 13183 Long 0.47 0.61 us-ga-183 LO 13007 Baker 0.40 0.27 us-ga-007 BA 13275 Thomas 0.49 0.50 us-ga-275 TH 13099 Early 0.42 0.30 us-ga-099 EA 13055 Chattooga 0.49 0.36 us-ga-055 CH 13291 Union 0.50 0.36 us-ga-291 UN 13257 Stephens 0.54 0.65 us-ga-257 ST 13047 Catoosa 0.50 0.30 us-ga-047 CA 13107 Emanuel 0.56 0.44 us-ga-107 EM 13071 Colquitt 0.50 0.50 us-ga-071 CO 13239 Quitman 0.50 0.50 us-ga-239 QU 13025 Brantley 0.57 0.52 us-ga-025 BR 13049 Charlton 0.69 0.22 us-ga-049 CH 13227 Pickens 0.50 0.50 us-ga-227 PI 13303 Washington 0.49 0.61 us-ga-303 WA 13133 Greene 0.50 0.46 us-ga-133 GR 13159 Jasper 0.56 0.59 us-ga-159 JA 13301 Warren 0.32 0.51 us-ga-301 WA 13113 Fayette 0.59 0.49 us-ga-113 FA 13075 Cook 0.55 0.66 us-ga-075 CO 13043 Candler 0.53 0.49 us-ga-043 CA 13313 Whitfield 0.53 0.47 us-ga-313 WH

Status History:

Certified: Jun 2026

2 out of 5
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Progress Towards Goals

Houston is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.

Traditional goals 2 Points

Maximum of 4 points possible

Current Goal - 1 points

Transitioning Goal - 1 points

Optional goals 0 Points

Maximum of 3 points possible

ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]

Workforce Total
NCRC		 Bronze
NCRC		 Silver
NCRC		 Gold
NCRC		 Platinum
NCRC
Emerging High School 226 74 108 35 9
College 985 140 438 329 78
Current Private 771 125 371 213 62
Public 616 123 344 127 22
Transitioning Adult Education 17 7 8 + 0
Unemployed 828 178 465 163 22
Recent Veteran 12 + + + 0
Workforce category not identified 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 3449 649 1740 873 193
Workforce Total
NCRC
Emerging High School 226 74 108 35 9
College 985 140 438 329 78
Current Private 771 125 371 213 62
Public 616 123 344 127 22
Transitioning Adult Education 17 7 8 + 0
Unemployed 828 178 465 163 22
Recent Veteran 12 + + + 0
Workforce category not identified 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 3449 649 1740 873 193

The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.

+ Value less than 4

ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned

Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to May 31, 2026

Workforce Goals Actual NCRC
Emerging 1767 1211
✓ Current
 1196 1387
✓ Transitioning 832 851
Workforce category not identified 0 0
Workforce Total
Employers Supporting 90

Improved ACT NCRC

To/From Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
Not Earned 11 5 2 1
Bronze 13 3 0
Silver 10 0
Gold 0

Service Delivery Locations

These are the locations in Houston County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.

  • Houston County Development Authority

Contact Us

For more information on Houston County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:

Houston County Development Authority

1-478-923-5470

 
 

Employers in Houston County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC

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