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Georgia

Population10.8m
Counties159county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density72.4people per km² of land
Median household income$74,66446th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 185 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.201%4th best of 510%0.244%0.5%110
Always wears a seatbelt94.322nd best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying3.519th highest of 514.297.9546.3159
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.5623rd highest of 51————
Arthritis24.716th best of 46————
Binge drinking14.99th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5052.127th highest of 52052.914686
Black Protestant adherents5.158th highest of 5103.7818.9159
Black-white residential segregation55.941st highest of 51234.585.2151
Business closing rate10.210th highest of 5108.7921.4159
Business opening rate11.89th highest of 51010.726.2159
Catholic adherents8.3841st highest of 5101.2732159
Checkup in the past year75.427th highest of 49————
Child mortality61.236th best of 5126.268.617192
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1718.8%40th best of 515.3%26.4%45.1%159
Children in single-parent households0.304%6th highest of 510.11%0.328%0.693%153
Congregations per 10,000 people12.125th highest of 515.3321.457.7159
Current asthma9.4112th best of 47————
Current smoking13.626th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying3.0424th highest of 514.466.8247.7159
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.0838th highest of 51————
Depression17.97th best of 49————
Diabetes15.737th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding13.520th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone8.2433rd best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs16.136th best of 47————
Disability-free score-0.25127th highest of 47-2.2-0.4481.74159
Drug overdose deaths21.913th best of 518.5324.544.288
Effective general sales tax rate2.2830th highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate2.5620th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate0.81127th highest of 520.3490.891.71155
Effective property tax rate on income2.6824th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents26.29th highest of 515.2331.475.2159
Fair or poor health18.627th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter8.847th best of 516.48.810.7157
Firearm fatalities1836th best of 517.3120.135.1111
Firearm share of suicides, standardised1205th highest of 5181.4124165114
Firearm suicide rate9.5427th highest of 516.5311.326.3114
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.45%35th best of 510.27%0.41%0.56%159
Gini index of income inequality0.47839th best of 520.3540.4620.611159
Has health insurance86.247th highest of 49————
Health score-0.20534th highest of 49-1.8-0.3591.2159
High blood pressure36.639th best of 49————
High cholesterol34.926th best of 49————
High school graduation0.849%31st best of 480.321%0.9%0.995%143
Homeownership rate65.4%40th highest of 5236%71.4%89.7%159
Homicide rate9.0840th best of 511.179.7223.767
Homicide rate, annual9.6710th highest of 515.2913.322.821
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else0.023423rd highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$-2,25427th highest of 51$-49,850$2,380$110,100159
Infant mortality6.9143rd best of 513.957.1414.458
Injury deaths76.811th best of 5142.791.2182155
Life expectancy75.6 years38th best of 5167.3 years72.9 years81 years158
Mainline Protestant adherents6.6317th highest of 510.294.7915.3159
Material security score-0.75446th highest of 51-2.79-0.5871.56159
Mean adjusted gross income per return$84,17436th best of 51$42,060$58,500$144,700158
Mean income of arriving households$70,11435th highest of 51$25,210$47,350$215,000159
Mean income of departing households$72,36828th highest of 51$25,280$45,930$104,900159
Mean travel time to work28.3 min46th best of 529.8 min26.9 min40.8 min159
Median age37.4 years43rd highest of 5223.9 years39.7 years59.4 years159
Median gross rent$1,30621st highest of 52$505$849$1,937157
Median home value$272,90026th highest of 52$53,000$161,100$493,800157
Median household income$74,66429th best of 52$25,420$55,710$138,000159
Median household income (model-based)$74,52128th best of 51$37,860$54,860$136,300159
Median property tax bill2,21432nd highest of 525621,3583,847158
Meets aerobic guidelines58.933rd best of 49————
Membership organisations8.8337th best of 5109.2918159
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.40423rd highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income13.224th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths15.635th best of 516.6222.448.7143
Net business formation rate1.5615th highest of 51-21.41.7317.5159
Net domestic migration rate4.7814th highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying0.45414th highest of 51-2.050.8956.2159
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more0.47919th highest of 51————
Obesity35.327th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.1531st highest of 51001.13159
Other religion adherents4.1724th highest of 5101.8610.5159
People per tax return213th highest of 51222159
Per capita income$39,52534th best of 52$17,230$29,600$61,440159
Per capita personal income$60,00642nd best of 51$24,980$45,360$106,100159
Poverty rate13.5%38th best of 524.52%18.1%33%159
Poverty rate (model-based)13.7%38th best of 515.1%17.8%36.3%159
Premature mortality46137th best of 512366181,000159
Preventable hospital stays3,08343rd best of 511,3073,2746,683157
Private job growth2.0927th highest of 52-26.12.4232.5159
Religious adherents50.720th highest of 5115.947.590.6159
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202451.128th highest of 5115.270.392159
Returns claiming charitable contributions9.47%7th highest of 511.47%5.94%16.1%159
Returns claiming the earned income credit20.6%3rd highest of 517.25%25.9%37.2%159
Returns reporting capital gains15.1%41st highest of 514.29%9.56%33.5%159
Returns reporting unemployment compensation1.43%41st highest of 510%1.08%6.81%159
Safety score-0.083524th highest of 51-1.81-0.2861.04112
Share aged 65 and over14.6%48th highest of 523.32%17.5%36.3%159
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.0946%41st highest of 510%0%0.155%41
Share Asian, not Hispanic4.33%16th highest of 520%1.16%17.9%98
Share Black, not Hispanic31%3rd highest of 520.479%27.3%71.4%152
Share divorced11.2%29th highest of 525.76%11.8%18.4%159
Share foreign-born10.8%17th highest of 521.16%4.12%27.4%120
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race10.7%27th highest of 521.32%6.26%36.6%142
Share in the same house a year ago85.8%30th highest of 5162.4%88.2%99.9%159
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0511%26th highest of 490%0%0.441%102
Share never married35.2%12th highest of 5215.8%31.1%57.6%159
Share now married48.3%43rd highest of 5230.8%48.8%66%159
Share of births to unmarried women35.3%14th highest of 520%43.6%100%71
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.527%16th highest of 520%0%1.14%48
Share of suicides by firearm64.1%9th highest of 5144.7%68%91.7%114
Share of taxes from alcohol0.67912th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income6.3922nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.099527th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts25.523rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income28.511th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums2.2312th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences2.1449th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel1.4144th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences0.68546th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences0.71333rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes0.543rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property29.822nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities0.76126th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales7.245th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.39546th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic3.5%32nd highest of 521%3.23%6.69%113
Share separated1.95%8th highest of 520.797%2.23%5.74%121
Share White, not Hispanic49.8%44th highest of 528.23%59.9%93%159
Share widowed5.3%40th highest of 523.6%7.05%15.1%158
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher34.2%25th best of 527.82%18.2%58%158
State income tax as a share of income2.5616th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income5.0943rd highest of 50————
Suicide rate14.620th best of 5110.317.631.399
Top state income tax rate5.75%22nd highest of 50————
Total tax burden8.9736th highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health15.922nd best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health12.826th best of 47————
Unemployment rate3.24%27th best of 522.5%3.4%7%159
Vacancy rate10.6%28th highest of 523.94%15.1%45.5%159
Went without care over cost16.548th best of 49————
Years of potential life lost9,40635th best of 514,42512,23022,800156
Aggregate travel time to work123,280,000 min7th highest of 5219,990 min239,900 min12,810,000 min158
Business establishments232,2809th highest of 511840434,840159
Business establishments closed23,5786th highest of 510364,104159
Business establishments opened27,1816th highest of 510414,465159
Employed5,198,4008th highest of 526119,380576,200159
Foreign-born population1,172,5008th highest of 521121,126264,800120
Gross domestic product$835,760,000k8th highest of 51$38,190k$958,200k$230,000,000k159
Housing units4,483,90010th highest of 5298410,770500,400159
Labour force5,372,7008th highest of 526499,753596,300159
Millionaire tax returns19,74010th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration52,2906th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units4,008,00010th highest of 526448,751457,800159
Owner-occupied housing units2,619,50010th highest of 525096,161247,800159
People covered by a tax return9,226,2009th highest of 511,21019,060892,600159
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move857,73012th highest of 51————
People who did not move7,730,50010th highest of 511,02416,370734,100159
Personal income$663,930,000k10th highest of 51$69,690k$1,053,000k$115,000,000k159
Population11,064,0008th highest of 511,60124,3301,084,000159
Population11,029,0008th highest of 511,60924,3001,079,000159
Population (firearm measures)9,981,9008th highest of 5110,24029,980995,100114
Population (WONDER)11,029,0008th highest of 5169,950172,0001,079,00021
Population aged 15 and over8,740,9008th highest of 521,48719,410883,500159
Population aged 25 and over7,253,1009th highest of 521,29016,160738,900159
Population aged 65 and over1,581,30010th highest of 523054,577132,200159
Population below the poverty line1,423,2008th highest of 523243,979133,800159
Population below the poverty line1,477,4007th highest of 513893,642136,600159
Population for whom poverty status is determined10,561,0008th highest of 521,73322,1401,038,000159
Population for whom poverty status is determined10,784,0008th highest of 511,58822,9601,051,000159
Population in the same house one year ago9,288,9008th highest of 511,73820,000880,700159
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher2,480,90010th highest of 521282,786428,500158
Population, decennial census10,712,0008th highest of 511,55922,8401,067,000159
Presidential votes cast, 20245,250,90010th highest of 5188411,550535,200159
Private jobs4,147,7008th highest of 52715,355835,600159
State and local tax collections$59,576,000k12th highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$16,971,000k7th highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$33,819,000k15th highest of 50————
Tax returns filed4,880,9009th highest of 516509,640500,500159
Total population10,823,0008th highest of 521,74023,8401,069,000159
Unemployed174,31011th highest of 522234720,140159
Vacant housing units475,8608th highest of 522651,54543,930159
Women aged 15 to 502,658,0007th highest of 522054,719290,500159
Women who gave birth in the past year138,5008th highest of 52067212,65086
Workers aged 16 and over who commute4,349,6008th highest of 524698,594413,600159

Links inside Georgia

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within GAcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Georgia, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.93159
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside Georgia, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.95159
Stroke × Material security scoreInside Georgia, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.96159
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Georgia, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.92159
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Georgia, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.92159
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside Georgia, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.95159
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Georgia, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.92159
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside Georgia, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.96159
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Georgia, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.90159
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside Georgia, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.91159
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside Georgia, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.93159
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside Georgia, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 159 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.93159

What this state is divided into

159 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

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