Scores by category

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

Safety60#1,233/3,096
Economy74#809/3,143
Housing9#2,867/3,140
Health73#838/3,144
Healthcare68#1,020/3,143
Environment4#2,993/3,108
Education54#1,439/3,144
Infrastructure93#232/3,144
Community34#2,090/3,144
Leisure & amenities93#206/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low15.8%
99/100Georgia 23.0%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high34.8%
98/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Distance to an airport · low9 mi
98/100Georgia 42 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
New homes permitted · high12.5 /1k
97/100Georgia 5.5 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
New business applications · high20.0 /1k
94/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
93/100Georgia 38 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

Natural hazard risk · high96.4
3/100Georgia 24.82025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.2 µg/m³
4/100Georgia 9.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hospital quality rating · low1.7
5/100Georgia 3.0United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Loneliness · high37.3%
6/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Reading scores · low2.60
8/100Georgia 2.97United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent as share of income · high32.4%
9/100Georgia 31.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

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

PopulationRising
295,113 (2020) → 311,855 (2025)
+5.7%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 74% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+74 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
6.4 /1k (2021) → 12.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+95%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
2,912 /100k (2019) → 326 /100k (2025)
−89%6 yearsUS 2,082 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
543 /100k (2019) → 107 /100k (2025)
−80%6 yearsUS 369 /100k → 328 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
1.3 /10k (2020) → 1.9 /10k (2025)
+41%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k

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, Chatham County, Georgia improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 15 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved9

Gyms+41%1.3 /10k → 1.9 /10k
Unemployment−4.6 points7.5% → 2.9%
Weekly wage+28%$969 → $1,239
Household income+30%$57,122 → $74,037
Bachelor's++4.1 points33.6% → 37.7%

Declined5

Transit use−1.2 points2.5% → 1.2%
New businesses−16%23.9 /1k → 20.0 /1k
Price / income+0.8×3.4× → 4.3×
Rent / income+2.6 points29.8% → 32.4%
Rent burden+4.4 points49.4% → 53.8%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Chatham County, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.3 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	+18%	Within the margin of error	70%
Average commute time	22.1 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	38%
Average weekly wage	$9692020	$1,2392025	+28%	Improved	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%2015-2019	37.7%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	73%
Broadband subscriptions	85.2%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	21.6%2019	19.0%2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Distance to an airport	9 mi2020	9 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	22.4 /100k2020	15.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−33%	Improved	56%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.81%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	66%
Firearm deaths	17.6 /100k2020	18.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.8%	Within the margin of error	38%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	74%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+41%	Improved	83%
High school diploma or higher	89.9%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	15%
Homicide rate	12.9 /100k2020	10.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Within the margin of error	40%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,9862019	$66,1472024	+32%	Improved	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4872015-2019	0.4722020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	76%
Median household income	$57,1222019	$74,0372024	+30%	Improved	74%
New business applications	23.9 /1k2020	20.0 /1k2025	−16%	Declined	3%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−6.7%	Within the margin of error	46%
Poverty rate	14.8%2019	13.9%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−13%	Within the margin of error	8%
Public transit commuters	2.5%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Declined	15%
Rent as share of income	29.8%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Declined	22%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	53.8%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Declined	28%
Restaurants and bars	15.1 /10k2020	16.0 /10k2025	+5.9%	Within the margin of error	66%
Students per teacher	14.2×2019	13.0×2024	−1.2×	Improved	69%
Suicide rate	10.2 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Within the margin of error	18%
Traffic deaths	13.4 /100k2015-2019	12.1 /100k2020-2024	−10%	Within the margin of error	68%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	2.9%2025	−4.6 points	Improved	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.4%2019	15.1%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	55%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 counties 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Chatham County, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chatham County, 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, Chatham County, Georgia itself moved +2.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

300,879 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 (+1.1 points).

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

Race and Hispanic origin

300,879 residents

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

White45%136,324
Black38%115,398
Hispanic or Latino8.3%24,958
Asian3.0%9,097
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†156
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.1%370
Other or two or more races4.8%14,576

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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

Education

207,006 residents (±128)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

No high school diploma8.9%18,326
High school or GED24%49,465
Some college22%45,160
Associate degree7.7%16,027
Bachelor's degree22%45,835
Graduate degree16%32,193

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Some college (−2.9 points).

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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

120,383 households (±1,232)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k15%18,100
$25k–50k20%24,102
$50k–75k17%20,965
$75k–100k13%15,588
$100k–150k17%20,927
$150k–200k8.2%9,845
$200k or more9.0%10,856

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.3 points).

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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

120,383 households (±1,232)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

Own57%68,319
Rent43%52,064

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.0 points).

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

Rent paid

49,832 households (±1,459)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $7507.7%3,838
$750–1,0009.2%4,579
$1,000–1,50035%17,631

Home values

68,319 homes (±1,308)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $150k14%9,325
$150k–250k25%16,957
$250k–400k29%19,612

Age of homes

137,532 homes (±240)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

2010 or later17%23,039
2000–200917%23,952
1980–199924%32,845

Size of homes

137,532 homes (±240)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

Studio1.9%2,561
1 bedroom9.4%12,904
2 bedrooms26%35,294

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

144,244 workers (±2,251)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone73%105,073
Carpool9.6%13,832
Public transit1.2%1,779
Walk2.1%3,043
Bike0.8%1,135
Work from home12%16,709
Other1.9%2,673

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.0 points).

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

Time to get to work

127,535 workers (±2,230)

Chatham County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under 15 min27%33,814
15–29 min44%55,572
30–44 min20%25,611

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 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Savannah, GA

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.

Chatham County has 9,037 employer establishments, 296 for every 10,000 residents (1.19× the US rate of 248; 1.25× Georgia's), with 153,824 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,405. The Census Bureau also counts 30,929 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,037; 30,929 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 296; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 153,824
Average annual pay: $54,405; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	840	27.5	1.50×More than typical	17,786	$23,465	173
Ambulatory health care services	766	25.1	1.20×About typical	9,252	$71,886	1,383
Lessors of real estate	498	16.3	1.32×More than typical	1,509	$55,323	3,045
Full-service restaurants	399	13.1	1.70×More than typical	10,525	$25,708	66
Specialty trade contractors	357	11.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	4,267	$64,953	1,314
Limited-service restaurants	349	11.4	1.43×More than typical	5,953	$20,550	70
Offices of physicians	306	10	1.55×More than typical	3,902	$97,419	337
Truck transportation	283	9.3	1.83×More than typical	3,900	$50,326	1,186
Clothing and accessories stores	264	8.6	2.38×More than typical	2,726	$21,703	314
Religious organizations	227	7.4	1.34×More than typical	1,805	$31,082	—
Construction of buildings	222	7.3	0.96×About typical	1,768	$83,808	827
Services to buildings and dwellings	221	7.2	1.07×About typical	2,271	$32,977	2,152

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 305,244 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 $383.5M on contracts performed in Chatham County, Georgia: $1,230 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $383.5M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,230; US $1,994
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.7%; 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 Army$147.1M38%
Department of the Air Force$76.9M20%
Defense Contract Management Agency$49.7M13%
Defense Logistics Agency$36.5M9.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$22.5M5.9%
Department of the Navy$22.5M5.9%
Public Buildings Service$14.6M3.8%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$5.8M1.5%

Top recipients

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION$123.3M32%
JCB INC.$78.6M20%
V LINE SERVICES L.L.C.$45.4M12%
RED ONE MEDICAL DEVICES LLC$31.8M8.3%
C2 DEFENSE INC.$30.1M7.8%

Spending by fiscal year

326.4MFY2017
356.7MFY2018
503.6MFY2019
688.8MFY2020
458.9MFY2021
309.9MFY2022
358.6MFY2023
426.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for air transportation · 4881$100.3M26%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$78.6M20%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$58M15%
Software publishers · 5132$30.1M7.8%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$23M6.0%
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234

Largest awards

PROCUREMENT OF G550 AIRCRAFT FOR NOAA AOC$251.6M
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION· Chatham County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 16, 2019 – Sep 1, 2026· 1305M219CNMAN0018
AWARD # 47PF0021C0017. CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS CONSTRUCTOR (CMC) FOR THE ALTERATION OF THE TOMOCHICHI FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE, 125 BULL STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31401.$127M
BRASFIELD & GORRIE LLC· Chatham County, GA· Construction & real property· Feb 4, 2021 – Sep 28, 2026· 47PF0021C0017
C-20/C-37 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT (CLS)$50.6M
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION· Chatham County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Jan 21, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· FA813425F3003

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.

Explore contracts in Chatham County, Georgia

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 $2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Chatham County, Georgia: $6,364 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2B; −5.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,364; US $12,955
Loan face value: $183.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.1B54%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$349.7M18%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$114.7M5.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$94.4M4.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$87.1M4.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$47.3M2.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$39M2.0%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$21.9M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTH UNIVERSITY SAVANNAH, LLC$61.8M3.1%
SAVANNAH, GA
HOUSING AUTH OF SAVANNAH$48.2M2.4%
SAVANNAH, GA
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$36.5M1.8%
ATLANTA, GA
SAVANNAH AIRPORT COMMISSION$29.3M1.5%
SAVANNAH, GA
THE SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, INC.

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$1.3B67%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$399.1M20%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$101.5M5.1%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$46M2.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$38.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.8BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
2BFY2024
2.1BFY2025
2BFY2026

County aggregates

88%

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.

Explore grants in Chatham County, Georgia

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.

How Chatham County, Georgia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Chatham County, Georgia
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
FY2017	$1,127	$1,436
FY2018	$1,231	$1,552
FY2019	$1,735	$1,654
FY2020	$2,334	$1,880
FY2021	$1,551	$1,810
FY2022	$1,027	$1,917
FY2023	$1,175	$2,079
FY2024	$1,378	$2,047
FY2025	$1,386	$2,165
FY2026	$1,230 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
FY2017	$389	$93.28
FY2018	$370	$105
FY2019	$623	$128
FY2020	$738	$145
FY2021	$513	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$2,315	$5,748
FY2022	$1,629	$5,221
FY2023	$1,596	$5,364
FY2024	$2,169	$5,501
FY2025	$1,979	$5,732
FY2026	$1,566

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$160	$298
FY2022	$437	$357
FY2023	$212	$301
FY2024	$623	$319
FY2025	$423	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$186	$239
FY2022	$167	$185
FY2023	$218	$229
FY2024	$203	$229
FY2025	$236	$249
FY2026	$194

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$106	$2,304
FY2022	$54.88	$2,197
FY2023	$56.16	$2,274
FY2024	$54.82	$2,267
FY2025	$29.64	$2,397
FY2026	$24.68

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$1,327	$1,186
FY2022	$577	$465
FY2023	$101	$76.52
FY2024	$176	$120
FY2025	$231	$148
FY2026	$187

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.

Chatham County, Georgia
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Chatham County, Georgia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	2.4%

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.

Jumps not compared

FY2022, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.
FY2024, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

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/13051

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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.

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

House

Earl L. "Buddy" CarterR-GA-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 5.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Chatham County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Savannah, GA64Central county

Cities and towns in Chatham County

Places whose residents live mostly in Chatham County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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/13051

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	−2.8%	−4.2%
2015	+0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+7.4%	+6.8%
2019	+8.9%	+10.5%
2020	+13.6%	+19.4%
2021	+19.5%	+26.1%
2022	+27.7%	+30.6%
2023	+33.3%	+35.0%
2024	+39.4%	+41.0%
2025	+45.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	−3.2%	−5.5%
2015	+0.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.6%	+4.1%
2018	+8.6%	+8.9%
2019	+10.9%	+13.5%
2020	+21.3%	+20.8%
2021	+33.8%	+32.1%
2022	+34.1%	+35.4%
2023	+41.3%	+42.9%
2024	+48.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	4.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	7.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	4.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	5.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	6.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	8.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	14.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	−4.9%	−6.9%
2015	−7.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+4.7%
2018	+2.7%	+7.5%
2019	+8.3%	+14.0%
2020	+6.8%	+16.9%
2021	+16.6%	+21.0%
2022	+21.4%	+29.7%
2023	+33.8%	+34.9%
2024	+40.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	17.9%	15.5%
2015	17.8%	14.7%
2016	16.6%	14.0%
2017	16.3%	13.4%
2018	14.4%	13.1%
2019	14.8%	12.3%
2020	15.6%	11.9%
2021	15.5%	12.8%
2022	15.9%	12.6%
2023	15.2%	12.5%
2024	13.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	7.4%	6.2%
2015	5.9%	5.3%
2016	5.1%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	7.5%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.0%	4.0%
2025	2.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	−7.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.9% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.8% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+72.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+87.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+94.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+88.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.8% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.7% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.2% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+71.7% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+75.5% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+76.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	18.6%	13.5%
2015	15.4%	10.9%
2016	14.7%	10.0%
2017	16.2%	10.2%
2018	16.5%	10.4%
2019	16.4%	10.8%
2020	15.3%	10.4%
2021	14.2%	10.2%
2022	14.1%	9.5%
2023	13.4%	9.5%
2024	15.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Chatham County, Georgia	United States
2014	10.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	11.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	12.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	12.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	14.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	15.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	23.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	28.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	23.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	22.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	19.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	20.0/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined5

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