Georgia: county data, all 159 of them.
Every Georgia county has a data page built from federal sources, each figure carrying its publisher and period. What this page does not carry is the Georgia statutory framework, and the reason is below rather than hidden.
- Counties
- 159
- Population
- 10,940,407
- Land area
- 57,508 sq mi
- Establishments
- 260,163
- Combined county GDP
- $881.51 bn
- SBA approvals recorded
- 14,817
Read this first
This is a county directory, not a state guide.
The county pages below are complete. They carry demographics, growth and migration, economic output, employment and wages, business establishments by industry, the construction pipeline, the SBA lending record including charge off rates, geography and hazard. Every figure names its publisher and the period it describes.
What is missing is the Georgia legal and regulatory frame: how zoning and land development codes work in this state, what the entitlement path looks like, which agencies permit what, and which statutes override local codes. That material requires a research pack for Georgia, and no such pack exists yet.
Why there is no state guide here
You cannot write Georgia zoning law from a population table. Everything on the county pages is derived from federal datasets that cover all counties equally; statutory analysis is not, and generating it anyway would produce confident text about the law that nothing behind it supports.
Florida and California have research packs and therefore have full state guides. The remaining eight, including this one, do not. That is stated rather than papered over.
Counties
All 159 Georgia county-equivalents.
| Geography | Population | Median income | Establishments | County GDP | SBA approvals | Land area, sq mi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | 18,493 | $46,651 | 389 | $2.18 bn | 7 | 507 |
| Atkinson County | 8,337 | $42,347 | 94 | $362.3 m | 4 | 339 |
| Bacon County | 11,109 | $44,694 | 230 | $508.2 m | 12 | 259 |
| Baker County | 2,790 | $46,012 | 28 | $88.2 m | None recorded | 342 |
| Baldwin County | 43,642 | $54,403 | 862 | $1.99 bn | 40 | 258 |
| Banks County | 19,264 | $77,063 | 334 | $690.0 m | 21 | 232 |
| Barrow County | 89,886 | $80,653 | 1,543 | $3.80 bn | 132 | 160 |
| Bartow County | 113,113 | $82,243 | 2,439 | $8.65 bn | 162 | 460 |
| Ben Hill County | 17,089 | $41,758 | 300 | $820.8 m | 16 | 250 |
| Berrien County | 18,352 | $52,876 | 253 | $553.2 m | 4 | 452 |
| Bibb County | 156,578 | $51,234 | 4,147 | $11.08 bn | 175 | 250 |
| Bleckley County | 12,430 | $62,008 | 174 | $367.1 m | 5 | 216 |
| Brantley County | 18,315 | $58,239 | 224 | $371.8 m | 3 | 442 |
| Brooks County | 16,293 | $46,807 | 232 | $644.7 m | 5 | 493 |
| Bryan County | 48,263 | $103,408 | 867 | $3.40 bn | 56 | 436 |
| Bulloch County | 82,683 | $58,810 | 1,704 | $3.81 bn | 77 | 673 |
| Burke County | 24,470 | $53,014 | 382 | $3.94 bn | 12 | 827 |
| Butts County | 26,496 | $69,241 | 441 | $1.06 bn | 19 | 184 |
| Calhoun County | 5,498 | $46,940 | 70 | $152.1 m | 1 | 280 |
| Camden County | 56,970 | $74,378 | 947 | $2.76 bn | 78 | 613 |
| Candler County | 11,043 | $49,581 | 233 | $405.5 m | 8 | 243 |
| Carroll County | 124,569 | $73,714 | 2,358 | $7.91 bn | 135 | 499 |
| Catoosa County | 68,634 | $74,639 | 1,044 | $2.27 bn | 43 | 162 |
| Charlton County | 12,818 | $61,276 | 148 | $288.6 m | 2 | 774 |
| Chatham County | 300,879 | $71,097 | 9,037 | $28.46 bn | 518 | 426 |
| Chattahoochee County | 8,887 | $61,042 | 86 | $2.19 bn | 1 | 249 |
| Chattooga County | 25,036 | $50,285 | 319 | $735.7 m | 12 | 313 |
| Cherokee County | 281,032 | $108,115 | 6,550 | $13.26 bn | 491 | 422 |
| Clarke County | 129,609 | $53,625 | 3,307 | $10.82 bn | 155 | 119 |
| Clay County | 2,850 | $49,147 | 50 | $74.3 m | 1 | 195 |
| Clayton County | 298,924 | $59,806 | 4,115 | $26.28 bn | 240 | 142 |
| Clinch County | 6,759 | $45,847 | 129 | $315.8 m | 6 | 800 |
| Cobb County | 775,208 | $102,738 | 22,148 | $81.87 bn | 1,410 | 340 |
| Coffee County | 43,347 | $50,683 | 871 | $2.28 bn | 45 | 575 |
| Colquitt County | 46,224 | $49,341 | 951 | $2.12 bn | 19 | 544 |
| Columbia County | 162,434 | $95,592 | 2,943 | $6.22 bn | 191 | 290 |
| Cook County | 17,532 | $53,651 | 339 | $535.8 m | 7 | 227 |
| Coweta County | 152,852 | $95,548 | 3,020 | $7.68 bn | 162 | 441 |
| Crawford County | 12,225 | $67,116 | 127 | $233.1 m | 3 | 325 |
| Crisp County | 19,790 | $45,105 | 503 | $1.38 bn | 22 | 273 |
| Dade County | 16,165 | $64,568 | 237 | $650.4 m | 7 | 174 |
| Dawson County | 30,242 | $92,991 | 921 | $1.55 bn | 53 | 211 |
| Decatur County | 29,195 | $53,317 | 626 | $1.43 bn | 9 | 597 |
| DeKalb County | 765,351 | $80,644 | 18,258 | $59.34 bn | 1,158 | 268 |
| Dodge County | 19,805 | $51,587 | 311 | $585.0 m | 10 | 496 |
| Dooly County | 10,984 | $60,987 | 151 | $413.4 m | 5 | 392 |
| Dougherty County | 83,091 | $49,044 | 2,220 | $6.29 bn | 51 | 329 |
| Douglas County | 147,888 | $82,984 | 2,875 | $8.18 bn | 193 | 200 |
| Early County | 10,603 | $54,083 | 197 | $656.7 m | 6 | 513 |
| Echols County | 3,709 | $59,489 | 34 | $53.9 m | None recorded | 415 |
| Effingham County | 69,143 | $88,438 | 987 | $3.03 bn | 76 | 478 |
| Elbert County | 19,849 | $58,450 | 448 | $998.2 m | 26 | 351 |
| Emanuel County | 23,026 | $52,772 | 413 | $995.8 m | 9 | 681 |
| Evans County | 10,757 | $53,259 | 236 | $548.3 m | 8 | 183 |
| Fannin County | 25,742 | $57,073 | 740 | $1.30 bn | 32 | 387 |
| Fayette County | 122,244 | $111,978 | 3,995 | $8.27 bn | 277 | 194 |
| Floyd County | 99,693 | $65,565 | 2,128 | $5.69 bn | 62 | 510 |
| Forsyth County | 267,287 | $143,784 | 8,253 | $16.28 bn | 528 | 224 |
| Franklin County | 24,234 | $53,046 | 515 | $1.50 bn | 40 | 261 |
| Fulton County | 1,076,561 | $95,292 | 40,949 | $243.56 bn | 2,447 | 527 |
| Gilmer County | 32,426 | $74,499 | 707 | $1.44 bn | 43 | 427 |
| Glascock County | 2,932 | $54,934 | 28 | $41.3 m | None recorded | 144 |
| Glynn County | 85,447 | $69,799 | 2,787 | $6.27 bn | 117 | 420 |
| Gordon County | 59,100 | $63,650 | 1,097 | $3.38 bn | 72 | 356 |
| Grady County | 26,108 | $58,980 | 451 | $873.9 m | 13 | 455 |
| Greene County | 20,109 | $86,272 | 540 | $1.24 bn | 16 | 387 |
| Gwinnett County | 979,864 | $87,890 | 27,653 | $72.41 bn | 1,912 | 430 |
| Habersham County | 47,793 | $67,309 | 951 | $2.11 bn | 52 | 277 |
| Hall County | 212,705 | $80,901 | 5,181 | $18.00 bn | 338 | 393 |
| Hancock County | 8,650 | $40,082 | 71 | $202.1 m | 1 | 472 |
| Haralson County | 31,285 | $72,127 | 519 | $1.40 bn | 20 | 282 |
| Harris County | 36,086 | $97,302 | 501 | $865.5 m | 12 | 464 |
| Hart County | 26,939 | $59,385 | 491 | $1.27 bn | 25 | 232 |
| Heard County | 11,773 | $65,868 | 120 | $1.50 bn | 6 | 296 |
| Henry County | 249,960 | $83,146 | 4,528 | $11.85 bn | 352 | 322 |
| Houston County | 169,649 | $80,698 | 2,832 | $9.93 bn | 138 | 376 |
| Irwin County | 9,285 | $51,384 | 113 | $293.1 m | 13 | 354 |
| Jackson County | 84,757 | $89,544 | 1,673 | $6.52 bn | 108 | 340 |
| Jasper County | 15,929 | $60,134 | 225 | $433.4 m | 5 | 368 |
| Jeff Davis County | 14,924 | $40,283 | 260 | $693.7 m | 12 | 331 |
| Jefferson County | 15,341 | $53,014 | 326 | $728.9 m | 11 | 526 |
| Jenkins County | 8,711 | $44,389 | 112 | $214.2 m | 1 | 347 |
| Johnson County | 9,190 | $51,028 | 123 | $170.7 m | 5 | 303 |
| Jones County | 28,673 | $75,500 | 354 | $651.5 m | 13 | 394 |
| Lamar County | 19,571 | $67,062 | 275 | $668.4 m | 7 | 184 |
| Lanier County | 10,221 | $47,186 | 105 | $194.2 m | 1 | 185 |
| Laurens County | 49,798 | $55,010 | 1,106 | $2.70 bn | 35 | 807 |
| Lee County | 33,626 | $89,168 | 440 | $1.10 bn | 26 | 356 |
| Liberty County | 67,397 | $60,456 | 921 | $5.29 bn | 36 | 490 |
| Lincoln County | 7,854 | $56,907 | 162 | $182.7 m | 1 | 210 |
| Long County | 18,374 | $68,808 | 116 | $308.5 m | 5 | 400 |
| Lowndes County | 119,965 | $58,541 | 2,872 | $7.14 bn | 92 | 496 |
| Lumpkin County | 34,505 | $77,448 | 603 | $1.36 bn | 43 | 283 |
| Macon County | 11,864 | $41,031 | 172 | $615.5 m | 15 | 401 |
| Madison County | 31,528 | $61,963 | 425 | $884.8 m | 12 | 282 |
| Marion County | 7,509 | $51,667 | 87 | $148.8 m | 4 | 366 |
| McDuffie County | 21,718 | $56,733 | 452 | $875.3 m | 17 | 257 |
| McIntosh County | 11,312 | $50,273 | 194 | $312.5 m | 11 | 424 |
| Meriwether County | 20,929 | $57,340 | 318 | $913.1 m | 15 | 501 |
| Miller County | 5,850 | $51,425 | 132 | $277.4 m | 2 | 282 |
| Mitchell County | 21,058 | $57,613 | 360 | $1.04 bn | 8 | 512 |
| Monroe County | 29,664 | $83,183 | 604 | $1.83 bn | 30 | 396 |
| Montgomery County | 8,640 | $51,941 | 98 | $214.4 m | None recorded | 240 |
| Morgan County | 21,078 | $78,111 | 573 | $1.52 bn | 27 | 347 |
| Murray County | 40,562 | $69,253 | 430 | $1.89 bn | 25 | 344 |
| Muscogee County | 203,711 | $58,073 | 4,510 | $13.84 bn | 179 | 216 |
| Newton County | 118,152 | $77,179 | 1,639 | $4.59 bn | 95 | 272 |
| Oconee County | 43,551 | $121,217 | 1,458 | $2.56 bn | 69 | 184 |
| Oglethorpe County | 15,509 | $75,034 | 182 | $517.6 m | 11 | 439 |
| Paulding County | 178,909 | $98,031 | 2,423 | $5.18 bn | 135 | 312 |
| Peach County | 28,560 | $71,293 | 504 | $1.35 bn | 41 | 150 |
| Pickens County | 34,951 | $78,930 | 809 | $1.59 bn | 88 | 232 |
| Pierce County | 20,202 | $60,517 | 371 | $659.2 m | 7 | 316 |
| Pike County | 19,903 | $86,719 | 332 | $510.3 m | 17 | 216 |
| Polk County | 43,785 | $58,515 | 670 | $1.74 bn | 34 | 310 |
| Pulaski County | 9,939 | $50,406 | 171 | $374.9 m | 5 | 249 |
| Putnam County | 22,855 | $72,096 | 546 | $906.0 m | 33 | 345 |
| Quitman County | 2,264 | $40,179 | 34 | $46.6 m | None recorded | 151 |
| Rabun County | 17,312 | $67,493 | 535 | $851.9 m | 24 | 370 |
| Randolph County | 6,196 | $28,380 | 121 | $227.8 m | 2 | 428 |
| Richmond County | 206,069 | $55,637 | 4,279 | $16.82 bn | 176 | 324 |
| Rockdale County | 95,281 | $77,247 | 2,256 | $5.91 bn | 166 | 130 |
| Schley County | 4,513 | $56,875 | 74 | $155.2 m | 1 | 167 |
| Screven County | 14,130 | $52,792 | 245 | $427.0 m | 8 | 645 |
| Seminole County | 9,156 | $49,495 | 170 | $411.1 m | 2 | 235 |
| Spalding County | 68,892 | $62,071 | 1,240 | $3.09 bn | 63 | 196 |
| Stephens County | 27,012 | $54,754 | 539 | $1.44 bn | 11 | 179 |
| Stewart County | 4,869 | $33,250 | 60 | $198.9 m | None recorded | 459 |
| Sumter County | 29,061 | $42,653 | 624 | $1.26 bn | 14 | 483 |
| Talbot County | 5,742 | $41,597 | 64 | $335.6 m | 1 | 391 |
| Taliaferro County | 1,558 | $52,500 | 21 | $44.9 m | 1 | 195 |
| Tattnall County | 24,208 | $50,747 | 322 | $920.4 m | 12 | 479 |
| Taylor County | 7,786 | $41,788 | 137 | $277.6 m | 7 | 377 |
| Telfair County | 11,831 | $50,929 | 178 | $414.9 m | 6 | 437 |
| Terrell County | 8,850 | $46,171 | 166 | $316.7 m | None recorded | 335 |
| Thomas County | 45,777 | $60,736 | 1,220 | $3.17 bn | 37 | 545 |
| Tift County | 41,438 | $53,255 | 1,082 | $2.78 bn | 42 | 259 |
| Toombs County | 27,102 | $52,621 | 704 | $1.52 bn | 33 | 364 |
| Towns County | 12,913 | $59,135 | 320 | $600.7 m | 23 | 167 |
| Treutlen County | 6,376 | $55,518 | 82 | $153.5 m | 2 | 199 |
| Troup County | 70,330 | $56,776 | 1,580 | $5.28 bn | 77 | 414 |
| Turner County | 8,939 | $36,799 | 160 | $281.4 m | 5 | 285 |
| Twiggs County | 7,803 | $56,324 | 80 | $331.5 m | 2 | 358 |
| Union County | 26,304 | $66,176 | 666 | $1.26 bn | 13 | 322 |
| Upson County | 28,029 | $55,429 | 472 | $976.4 m | 21 | 323 |
| Walker County | 68,762 | $59,469 | 756 | $2.27 bn | 39 | 446 |
| Walton County | 103,313 | $84,945 | 2,000 | $4.34 bn | 128 | 326 |
| Ware County | 35,976 | $47,448 | 890 | $1.91 bn | 19 | 892 |
| Warren County | 5,170 | $44,289 | 76 | $283.6 m | 2 | 284 |
| Washington County | 19,849 | $46,023 | 342 | $866.8 m | 11 | 678 |
| Wayne County | 30,949 | $53,427 | 639 | $1.65 bn | 27 | 642 |
| Webster County | 2,381 | $46,792 | 33 | $84.5 m | 2 | 209 |
| Wheeler County | 7,335 | $40,539 | 52 | $159.6 m | 1 | 295 |
| White County | 28,810 | $70,666 | 733 | $1.29 bn | 37 | 241 |
| Whitfield County | 103,598 | $67,070 | 2,373 | $7.75 bn | 75 | 290 |
| Wilcox County | 8,798 | $54,138 | 82 | $218.6 m | 6 | 378 |
| Wilkes County | 9,549 | $52,043 | 190 | $500.6 m | 6 | 469 |
| Wilkinson County | 8,747 | $45,465 | 143 | $603.6 m | 1 | 447 |
| Worth County | 20,451 | $58,694 | 288 | $451.4 m | 6 | 571 |
The register
Every source behind these 159 pages.
| Source | Period covered | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates | 2020-2024 5-year | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 | Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024 | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2 | CAGDP2, through 2024 | US Bureau of Economic Analysis, public domain |
| US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet | 2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001 | US EPA, public domain |
| FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Community Status Book | Community Status Book, as retrieved | FEMA OpenFEMA, public domain |
| US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release | FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30 | FOIA release, public domain |
| US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release | FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30 | FOIA release, public domain |
| US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices | TIGER county boundaries | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns | 2023 | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages | 2024 annual averages | US BLS, public domain |
| US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey | 2024 annual | US Census Bureau, public domain |
| US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows | 2021 to 2022 filing years | IRS SOI, public domain |