County · Georgia

Early County, Georgia

Early County, Georgia has a quality-of-life score of 5 out of 100 (very low), ranking #3,001 of 3,143 US counties. Within Georgia it ranks #129 of 159 counties. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), grocery stores (high) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on dental care shortage (high), loneliness (high) and job growth (low).

5Very low

Quality-of-life score: #3,001 of 3,143 counties
Georgia: #129 of 159 in GA
Population: 10,455 (2025)
Land area: 513 mi²
Density: 20.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 13099

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety11#2,766/3,096
Economy8#2,883/3,143
Housing25#2,355/3,140
Health15#2,658/3,144
Healthcare35#2,037/3,143
Environment11#2,768/3,108
Education8#2,880/3,144
Infrastructure10#2,834/3,144
Community26#2,317/3,144
Leisure & amenities39#1,911/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Pharmacies · high3.8 /10k
95/100Georgia 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Grocery stores · high3.8 /10k
90/100Georgia 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New business applications · high17.5 /1k
89/100Georgia 22.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Comfortable days · high31.1%
89/100Georgia 31.5%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Time spent in the emergency room · low100 min
88/100Georgia 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Depression · low20.9%
87/100Georgia 19.3%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high22.0
0/100Georgia 5.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Loneliness · high41.3%
1/100Georgia 37.9%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Job growth · low-14.4%
1/100Georgia 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Violent crime rate · high942 /100k
2/100Georgia 297 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Broadband subscriptions · low70.7%
2/100Georgia 91.0%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Child poverty rate · high41.9%
3/100Georgia 16.9%United States 15.5%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 72% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+72 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
49.1% (2015-2019) → 70.7% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Grocery storesImproving
1.9 /10k (2020) → 3.8 /10k (2025)
+106%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 1.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+103%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Firearm deathsImproving
18.1 /100k (2019) → 0.0 /100k (2024)
−100%5 yearsUS 12.1 /100k → 13.3 /100k
Violent crime rateWorsening
514 /100k (2020) → 942 /100k (2025)
+83%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /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, Early County, Georgia improved on 8 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 1 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 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Broadband+22 points49.1% → 70.7%
Traffic deaths−74%58.2 /100k → 15.1 /100k
New businesses+61%10.8 /1k → 17.5 /1k
Students / teacher−0.7×11.5× → 10.8×
Unemployment−2.1 points6.6% → 4.5%

Declined1

Violent crime+83%514 /100k → 942 /100k

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Early County, Georgia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.9 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−48%	Within the margin of error	4%
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	21.0 min2020-2024	−4.0 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Average weekly wage	$9242020	$1,1092025	+20%	Improved	23%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Broadband subscriptions	49.1%2015-2019	70.7%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	96%
Child poverty rate	40.8%2019	41.9%2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Distance to an airport	85 mi2020	85 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	3.8 /10k2025	+106%	Within the margin of error	99%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	80.4%2015-2019	83.2%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	97%
Homicide rate	10.0 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,5782019	$53,5492024	+23%	Improved	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5002015-2019	0.4742020-2024	−0.026	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$40,0112019	$46,1882024	+15%	Improved	9%
New business applications	10.8 /1k2020	17.5 /1k2025	+61%	Improved	70%
Pharmacies	3.7 /10k2020	3.8 /10k2025	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	80%
Poverty rate	27.3%2019	26.7%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Rent-burdened households	43.4%2015-2019	53.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	5.7 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	12%
Students per teacher	11.5×2019	10.8×2024	−0.7×	Improved	50%
Suicide rate	17.7 /100k2020	19.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	34%
Traffic deaths	58.2 /100k2015-2019	15.1 /100k2020-2024	−74%	Improved	99%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2020	4.5%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.5%2019	15.3%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Violent crime rate	514 /100k2020	942 /100k2025	+83%	Declined	6%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 Early County, Georgia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Early 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, Early County, Georgia itself moved +1.2 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

10,603 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

4,114 households (±181)

Early County, Georgia
Georgia share

Under $25k28%1,154
$25k–50k20%840
$50k–75k16%646

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,114 households (±181)

Early County, Georgia
Georgia share

Own67%2,741
Rent33%1,373

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,078 workers (±310)

Early County, Georgia
Georgia share

Drive alone84%3,438
Carpool9.2%†374
Public transit0.3%†

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.

Early County has 197 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Georgia's), with 2,759 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,698. The Census Bureau also counts 801 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 197; 801 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Georgia 236
Paid employees: 2,759
Average annual pay: $60,698; US $68,342

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

Grocery and convenience stores	13	12.3	4.14×More than typical	165	$19,691	—
Restaurants and other eating places	13	12.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	150	$14,960	7
Religious organizations	9	8.5	1.53×Too few to compare	28	$18,357	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	7.6	1.72×Too few to compare	28	$68,643	6
Limited-service restaurants	8	7.6	0.94×Too few to compare	117	$15,120	—
Specialty trade contractors	8	7.6	0.49×Too few to compare	34	$41,588	44
Banks and credit unions	7	6.6	2.05×Too few to compare	75	$75,440	—
Gasoline stations	7	6.6	2.04×Too few to compare	35	$18,514	—
General merchandise stores	7	6.6	3.74×Too few to compare	48	$19,521	—
Truck transportation	7	6.6	1.31×Too few to compare	49	$70,286	26
Lessors of real estate	5	4.7	0.38×Too few to compare	4	$40,000	52
Ambulatory health care services	4	3.8	0.18×Too few to compare	103	$56,942	47

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,583 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 $225.7K on contracts performed in Early County, Georgia: $21.59 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $225.7K; +233% vs FY2025
Per resident: $21.59; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 19%; 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

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$102.4K45%
Department of the Army$79.9K35%
U.S. Secret Service$43.5K19%

Top recipients

LOC SCIENTIFIC, INC$95.8K42%
ACROLECT SOLUTIONS LLC$79.9K35%
MAN IN THE ARENA CONSULTING, LLC$43.5K19%
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS AMERICAS LLC$6,6252.9%

Spending by fiscal year

204KFY2017
-13.8KFY2018
7.9MFY2019
17.2KFY2021
111.9KFY2022
26.5KFY2023
92.9KFY2024
67.7KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$95.8K42%
Business schools and computer and management training · 6114$79.9K35%
Other schools and instruction · 6116$43.5K19%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$6,6252.9%

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PR IS TO PROCURE RANGE RENTAL FOR SMALL ARMS WEAPONS TRAINING AND FULL-SCALE MOBILITY AND MANEUVER TRAINING$127.9K
MAN IN THE ARENA CONSULTING, LLC· Early County, GA· Education & social services· Apr 18, 2024 – May 29, 2026· 70US0924C70094153
FUME HOOD REPAIRS$95.8K
LOC SCIENTIFIC, INC· Early County, GA· Construction & real property· Jun 15, 2026 – Jun 15, 2026· 12639526P0166
SHOOTING COURSE INCLUDING CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATION, CONFIDENCE EXERCISES, PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION, AND INDIVIDUAL EVALUATIONS ON ADVANCED PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP, ADVANCED RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP, AND DIRECT-ACTION CQB OPERATIONS.$79.9K
ACROLECT SOLUTIONS LLC· Early County, GA· Education & social services· Jan 9, 2026 – Jan 9, 2026· W9124726FA022

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 $92.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Early County, Georgia: $8,814 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $92.2M; +21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,814; US $12,955
Loan face value: $3.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 13%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$37.1M40%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$8.6M9.3%
10.051 · Commodity Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments$8.5M9.2%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$6.2M6.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$5.8M6.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$4.4M4.8%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$4.4M4.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.1M4.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$10M11%
ATLANTA, GA
PRIMARY CARE OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA, INC.$3.7M4.0%
BLAKELY, GA
GEORGIA DEPT OF EDUCATION$1.5M1.6%
ATLANTA, GA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BLAKELY$995.1K1.1%
BLAKELY, GA
GEORGIA ALABAMA LAND TRUST 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$51.8M56%
Federal Highway Administration$10M11%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$9.7M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$7.8M8.5%
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation

Assistance by fiscal year

75MFY2021
63.6MFY2022
67.4MFY2023
69.8MFY2024
76.3MFY2025
92.2MFY2026

County aggregates

67%

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.

How Early 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Early County, Georgia	United States
FY2017	$19.79	$1,436
FY2018	-$1.34	$1,552
FY2019	$773	$1,654
FY2020	$0	$1,880
FY2021	$1.62	$1,810
FY2022	$10.60	$1,917
FY2023	$2.50	$2,079
FY2024	$8.88	$2,047
FY2025	$6.47	$2,165
FY2026	$21.59 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Early County, Georgia	United States
FY2017	$19.79	$93.28
FY2018	-$1.34	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Early County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$1,043	$5,748
FY2022	$526	$5,221
FY2023	$719	$5,364
FY2024	$593	$5,501
FY2025	$762	$5,732
FY2026	$1,570

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Early County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$284	$298
FY2022	-$3.14	$357
FY2023	$20.29	$301
FY2024	$233	$319
FY2025	$174	$360
FY2026	$954

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Early County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$137	$239
FY2022	$145	$185
FY2023	$134	$229
FY2024	$126	$229
FY2025	$164	$249
FY2026	$127

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Early County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$647	$2,304
FY2022	$359	$2,197
FY2023	$372	$2,274
FY2024	$181	$2,267
FY2025	$356	$2,397
FY2026	$499

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Early County, Georgia	United States
FY2021	$1,506	$1,186
FY2022	$1,178	$465
FY2023	-$28.49	$76.52
FY2024	$63.25	$120
FY2025	$2.82	$148
FY2026	$123

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Early County, Georgia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	0.7%	2.0%

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

FY2019, Federal contracts: 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/13099

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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.

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

House

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.D-GA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Cities and towns in Early County

Places whose residents live mostly in Early 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
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/13099

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	+1.0%	−4.2%
2015	0.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+3.3%
2018	+8.0%	+6.8%
2019	+15.6%	+10.5%
2020	+17.9%	+19.4%
2021	+20.5%	+26.1%
2022	+30.5%	+30.6%
2023	+33.5%	+35.0%
2024	+40.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	−6.0%	−5.5%
2015	−2.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.4%	+4.1%
2018	+2.1%	+8.9%
2019	+12.0%	+13.5%
2020	+21.8%	+20.8%
2021	+33.7%	+32.1%
2022	+31.8%	+35.4%
2023	+34.3%	+42.9%
2024	+40.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	0.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	+29.6%	−6.9%
2015	+18.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+20.6%	+4.7%
2018	+29.9%	+7.5%
2019	+48.6%	+14.0%
2020	+47.4%	+16.9%
2021	+44.1%	+21.0%
2022	+61.2%	+29.7%
2023	+61.3%	+34.9%
2024	+71.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	−6.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+46.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+52.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+54.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+56.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	9.0%	6.2%
2015	7.0%	5.3%
2016	8.0%	4.9%
2017	6.4%	4.4%
2018	5.4%	3.9%
2019	4.8%	3.7%
2020	6.6%	8.1%
2021	5.7%	5.4%
2022	4.4%	3.7%
2023	4.5%	3.6%
2024	4.7%	4.0%
2025	4.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	29.9%	15.5%
2015	26.5%	14.7%
2016	31.4%	14.0%
2017	26.7%	13.4%
2018	26.5%	13.1%
2019	27.3%	12.3%
2020	24.0%	11.9%
2021	26.1%	12.8%
2022	23.7%	12.6%
2023	25.5%	12.5%
2024	26.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	18.5%	13.5%
2015	15.2%	10.9%
2016	15.0%	10.0%
2017	14.7%	10.2%
2018	13.9%	10.4%
2019	15.5%	10.8%
2020	14.3%	10.4%
2021	14.3%	10.2%
2022	14.2%	9.5%
2023	16.0%	9.5%
2024	15.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Early County, Georgia	United States
2014	6.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.4/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	18.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	19.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	23.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	21.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.5/1k	16.6/1k

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