Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety34#34/51
Economy46#28/51
Housing34#34/51
Health28#37/51
Healthcare4#49/51
Environment29#35/49
Education28#37/51
Infrastructure20#41/51
Community6#48/51
Leisure & amenities39#31/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Georgia ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

New business applications · high22.5 /1k
90/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Depression · low19.3%
90/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high31.5%
90/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · low23.0%
86/100United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drinking water violations · low0
84/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · low14.1 /100k
82/100United States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data

Weaknesses

Loneliness · high37.9%
0/100United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
2/100United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low201 /100k
4/100United States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high14.0%
4/100United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Dentists · low54 /100k
8/100United States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · high28.3 min
12/100United States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
10,732,595 (2020) → 11,302,748 (2025)
+5.3%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 73% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+72 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.3% (2015-2019) → 91.0% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drinking water violationsWorsening
0 (2020) → 0 (2023)
+39%3 years
Drug overdose deathsImproving
22.1 /100k (2021) → 14.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−36%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
11.2 /100k (2021) → 7.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Georgia improved on 18 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 3 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved18

Restaurants+11%7.6 /10k → 8.5 /10k
Grocery stores+8.8%1.5 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Arts & recreation+26%3.9 /10k → 4.9 /10k
Child poverty−2.6 points19.5% → 16.9%
High school++2.1 points87.1% → 89.2%

Declined6

Rent / income+1.7 points29.6% → 31.3%
New businesses−10%25.1 /1k → 22.5 /1k
Rent burden+3.4 points49.0% → 52.4%
Price / income+0.9×3.0× → 3.9×
Transit use−1 points2.1% → 1.1%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.9 /10k2020	4.9 /10k2025	+26%	Improved	95%
Average commute time	28.8 min2015-2019	28.3 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Little change	70%
Average weekly wage	$1,1322020	$1,4042025	+24%	Improved	64%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%2015-2019	34.9%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	81.3%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Improved	77%
Child poverty rate	19.5%2019	16.9%2024	−2.6 points	Improved	88%
Distance to an airport	42 mi2020	42 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	17.0 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−17%	Improved	40%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	44%
Firearm deaths	17.7 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−5.6%	Improved	48%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+8.8%	Improved	93%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	81%
High school diploma or higher	87.1%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Improved	74%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	17%
Homicide rate	10.2 /100k2020	7.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−27%	Improved	32%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,4122019	$65,4322024	+27%	Improved	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.4772020-2024	−0.005	Little change	93%
Median household income	$61,9502019	$79,9122024	+29%	Improved	81%
New business applications	25.1 /1k2020	22.5 /1k2025	−10%	Declined	1%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−4.3%	Within the margin of error	72%
Poverty rate	13.5%2019	12.8%2024	−0.7 points	Improved	78%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−6.1%	Within the margin of error	21%
Public transit commuters	2.1%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−1 points	Declined	30%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Declined	8%
Rent-burdened households	49.0%2015-2019	52.4%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Declined	9%
Restaurants and bars	7.6 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	+11%	Improved	87%
Students per teacher	15.1×2019	14.1×2024	−1.0×	Improved	62%
Suicide rate	13.9 /100k2020	14.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.8%	Within the margin of error	46%
Traffic deaths	14.5 /100k2015-2019	15.1 /100k2020-2024	+4.6%	Declined	54%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	3.4%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	46%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.7%2019	14.0%2024	−1.7 points	Improved	75%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Georgia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Georgia itself moved +2 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

10,940,407 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+0.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

10,940,407 residents

Georgia
United States share

White49%5,373,950
Black31%3,362,270
Hispanic or Latino11%1,204,616
Asian4.5%491,422
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%9,940
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%5,904
Other or two or more races4.5%492,305

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

7,359,821 residents (±2,039)

Georgia
United States share

No high school diploma11%791,570
High school or GED27%1,958,948
Some college19%1,416,248
Associate degree8.4%621,142
Bachelor's degree21%1,549,944
Graduate degree14%1,021,969

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−2.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,074,366 households (±9,635)

Georgia
United States share

Under $25k15%625,921
$25k–50k17%711,703
$50k–75k16%646,225
$75k–100k13%529,016
$100k–150k17%704,621
$150k–200k9.2%373,457
$200k or more12%483,423

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,074,366 households (±9,635)

Georgia
United States share

Own66%2,676,357
Rent34%1,398,009

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,324,542 households (±9,876)

Georgia
United States share

Under $75014%182,423
$750–1,00013%173,048
$1,000–1,50029%388,633
$1,500–2,000

Home values

2,676,357 homes (±16,436)

Georgia
United States share

Under $150k19%500,700
$150k–250k21%554,886
$250k–400k28%755,295
$400k–750k

Age of homes

4,541,835 homes (±1,384)

Georgia
United States share

2010 or later14%646,365
2000–200921%949,440
1980–199933%1,516,461
1960–1979

Size of homes

4,541,835 homes (±1,384)

Georgia
United States share

Studio1.6%73,354
1 bedroom7.7%348,570
2 bedrooms21%962,013
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,149,633 workers (±15,028)

Georgia
United States share

Drive alone71%3,650,427
Carpool8.9%459,994
Public transit1.1%57,583
Walk1.3%66,718
Bike0.2%7,888
Work from home16%819,556
Other1.7%87,467

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

4,330,077 workers (±15,824)

Georgia
United States share

Under 15 min23%974,685
15–29 min35%1,535,504
30–44 min22%962,606

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Georgia employ 1,071,650 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Georgia by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers145,030 jobs	145,030	$26,920US $31,200	−14%	1.2×
Retail Salespersons143,120 jobs	143,120	$30,840US $35,410	−13%	1.17×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand137,580 jobs	137,580	$38,480US $40,240	−4%	1.48×
General and Operations Managers111,060 jobs	111,060	$103,730US $105,770	−2%	1.01×
Registered Nurses100,950 jobs	100,950	$93,550US $97,550	−4%	0.95×
Customer Service Representatives97,850 jobs	97,850	$39,630US $44,770	−11%	1.2×
Cashiers97,540 jobs	97,540	$29,070US $32,880	−12%	1.0×
Stockers and Order Fillers86,660 jobs	86,660	$35,620US $37,330	−5%	0.97×
Waiters and Waitresses76,470 jobs	76,470	$18,700US $35,230	−47%	1.07×
Office Clerks, General75,390 jobs	75,390	$40,590US $45,010	−10%	0.97×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Georgia.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Georgia has 261,320 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248), with 4,405,730 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,644. The Census Bureau also counts 1,236,191 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 261,320; 1,236,191 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 236; US 248
Paid employees: 4,405,730
Average annual pay: $63,644; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Georgia by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	22,652	20.5	0.98×About typical	254,371	$72,305	52,288
Restaurants and other eating places	20,048	18.1	0.99×About typical	395,597	$21,380	7,184
Specialty trade contractors	14,095	12.7	0.82×About typical	141,164	$68,150	85,825
Lessors of real estate	13,588	12.3	1.00×About typical	57,966	$75,069	95,000
Limited-service restaurants	9,735	8.8	1.10×About typical	189,341	$18,594	2,245
Full-service restaurants	7,925	7.2	0.93×About typical	175,639	$24,955	3,281
Offices of physicians	7,590	6.9	1.06×About typical	100,968	$100,079	7,747
Management, scientific and technical consulting	7,542	6.8	1.02×About typical	57,152	$115,210	42,883
Construction of buildings	7,075	6.4	0.85×About typical	44,529	$91,501	43,193
Religious organizations	6,792	6.1	1.11×About typical	56,907	$28,206	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	6,626	6	0.89×About typical	80,297	$37,974	97,912
Legal services	6,381	5.8	1.07×About typical	37,716	$109,375	8,677

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,063,669 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $8.6B on contracts performed in Georgia: $762 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $8.6B; −26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $762; US $1,994
Sole-source: 30%; US 30%
Single offer: 18%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$1.6B18%
Department of the Army$1.3B15%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$1.1B13%
Federal Acquisition Service$963.4M11%
Department of the Navy$664M7.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$577.7M6.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$326.3M3.8%
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$261.8M3.0%

Top recipients

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$652.6M7.6%
MANHATTAN TORCON A JOINT VENTURE$491.8M5.7%
GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$268.4M3.1%
PERATON INC.$193.7M2.2%
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$181.8M2.1%

Spending by fiscal year

9.2BFY2017
9.8BFY2018
9BFY2019
14.4BFY2020
11.1BFY2021
8.5BFY2022
11.1BFY2023
10.4B

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1.1B13%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1B12%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$756M8.8%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$728.4M8.5%
Facilities support services · 5612$434M5.0%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards

C-130J, ACAT 1, FIVE YEAR ORDERING CONTRACT, MYP3 AP$3.6B
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Cobb County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 19, 2018 – Nov 14, 2025· FA862518F7027
C-130J FY21 CONGRESSIONAL ADDS$646.5M
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Cobb County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 26, 2021 – Dec 3, 2025· FA862521F3012
NSB KINGS BAY DRY DOCK RECAPITALIZATION PHASE A$620.2M
ALBERICI-MORTENSON A JOINT VENTURE· Camden County, GA· Construction & real property· Mar 20, 2020 – Nov 12, 2025· N6945020C0016
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES GERMANY

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $92.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Georgia: $8,212 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $92.8B; −1.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,212; US $12,955
Loan face value: $34.5B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$36B39%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$14.2B15%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.3B10%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$4.9B5.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$3.3B3.5%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$2.9B3.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2B2.2%
97.036 · Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters)$1.7B1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH$14.9B16%
ATLANTA, GA
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$3.3B3.5%
ATLANTA, GA
GEORGIA DEPT OF EDUCATION$2.6B2.8%
ATLANTA, GA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2.2B2.4%
ATLANTA, GA
GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$46.2B50%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$16.4B18%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$10.6B11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$4.6B5.0%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

93.5BFY2021
79.9BFY2022
81.8BFY2023
83.6BFY2024
93.9BFY2025
92.8BFY2026

County aggregates

62%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Georgia, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Georgia
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Georgia	United States
FY2017	$879	$1,436
FY2018	$931	$1,552
FY2019	$850	$1,654
FY2020	$1,340	$1,880
FY2021	$1,032	$1,810
FY2022	$779	$1,917
FY2023	$1,005	$2,079
FY2024	$928	$2,047
FY2025	$1,031	$2,165
FY2026	$762 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Georgia	United States
FY2017	$119	$93.28
FY2018	$105	$105
FY2019	$120	$128
FY2020	$117	$145
FY2021	$151	$117
FY2022	$115

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Georgia	United States
FY2021	$4,063	$5,748
FY2022	$2,985	$5,221
FY2023	$3,236	$5,364
FY2024	$3,110	$5,501
FY2025	$3,497	$5,732
FY2026	$3,266

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Georgia	United States
FY2021	$215	$298
FY2022	$285	$357
FY2023	$237	$301
FY2024	$225	$319
FY2025	$211	$360
FY2026	$229 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Georgia	United States
FY2021	$167	$239
FY2022	$131	$185
FY2023	$150	$229
FY2024	$140	$229
FY2025	$189	$249
FY2026	$136 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Georgia	United States
FY2021	$1,552	$2,304
FY2022	$1,397	$2,197
FY2023	$1,479	$2,274
FY2024	$1,413	$2,267
FY2025	$1,520	$2,397
FY2026	$1,655 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Georgia	United States
FY2021	$1,407	$1,186
FY2022	$470	$465
FY2023	$80.13	$76.52
FY2024	$141	$120
FY2025	$167	$148
FY2026	$114 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Georgia
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Georgia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	2.9%	2.0%
2015	2.9%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Georgia whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Morgan County, GAContracts and grants · FY2024$2,257 (5.2×)
Morgan County, GATransportation grants · FY2024$1,782 (4.7×)
Rabun County, GAContracts and grants · FY2024$1,503 (3.7×)
Oconee County, GAContracts and grants · FY2024$1,792 (2.2×)
Rabun County, GATransportation grants · FY2024$1,075 (5×)
Oconee County, GA

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/13

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Georgia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Counties of Georgia

All 159 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Georgia

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Georgia, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Georgia

By population.

All 675 cities and towns in Georgia

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/13

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	−5.0%	−4.2%
2015	−2.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+5.5%	+6.8%
2019	+9.0%	+10.5%
2020	+16.1%	+19.4%
2021	+22.8%	+26.1%
2022	+29.4%	+30.6%
2023	+33.2%	+35.0%
2024	+39.3%	+41.0%
2025	+44.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	−7.5%	−5.5%
2015	−2.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.9%	+4.1%
2018	+9.1%	+8.9%
2019	+13.5%	+13.5%
2020	+20.5%	+20.8%
2021	+31.6%	+32.1%
2022	+34.3%	+35.4%
2023	+40.4%	+42.9%
2024	+47.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	3.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	5.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	−7.9%	−6.9%
2015	−4.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.0%	+4.7%
2018	+9.7%	+7.5%
2019	+15.9%	+14.0%
2020	+17.5%	+16.9%
2021	+24.4%	+21.0%
2022	+36.0%	+29.7%
2023	+39.4%	+34.9%
2024	+49.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	−11.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+17.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+24.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+38.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+66.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+89.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+94.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+97.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+94.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	7.1%	6.2%
2015	6.1%	5.3%
2016	5.4%	4.9%
2017	4.8%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	6.5%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	18.4%	15.5%
2015	17.2%	14.7%
2016	16.1%	14.0%
2017	15.1%	13.4%
2018	14.5%	13.1%
2019	13.5%	12.3%
2020	14.0%	11.9%
2021	14.2%	12.8%
2022	12.9%	12.6%
2023	13.7%	12.5%
2024	12.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	18.0%	13.5%
2015	15.8%	10.9%
2016	14.9%	10.0%
2017	15.5%	10.2%
2018	15.9%	10.4%
2019	15.7%	10.8%
2020	15.3%	10.4%
2021	14.8%	10.2%
2022	13.6%	9.5%
2023	13.3%	9.5%
2024	14.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Georgia	United States
2014	11.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	11.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	12.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	13.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	15.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	16.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	25.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	30.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	25.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	25.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	21.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	22.5/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved18

Declined6

States like Georgia five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

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Getting to work

How people get to work

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Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

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Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Representation in Congress

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Counties of Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia

Largest cities and towns in Georgia

Neighboring states

Similar states

Data and sources

Improved18

Declined6

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

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House

Senate

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Money per resident

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County aggregates

By type

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Top industries (NAICS)