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Georgia: county data, all 159 of them.

10,940,407 residents across 159 county-equivalents, 260,163 business establishments, and 14,817 SBA approvals worth $11.84 bn. Every figure on this page is those counties summed, and every county has its own page.

32 state-level values · 159 county pages · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency

How many people live in Georgia?

  • Population10,940,407
  • Households4,074,366
  • Average household size2.69
  • County-equivalents159
  • People per square mile190

Georgia has 10,940,407 residents in 4,074,366 households across 159 county-equivalents, every one of which has its own data page below.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

What is the Georgia economy?

  • Combined county product, 2024$881.51 bn
  • County product per resident$80,574
  • Covered employment4,635,161
  • Average annual pay$68,833

The average annual pay of $68,833 is weighted by each county's covered employment, not averaged across counties, so a large labour market counts for more than a small one.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

How many businesses are in Georgia?

  • Business establishments260,163
  • Establishments per 1,000 residents23.8
  • Employment at those establishments4,180,915
  • Annual payroll$266.35 bn

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.

Building permits in Georgia

  • Housing units permitted68,367
  • Permitted construction value$16.20 bn
  • Units permitted per 1,000 households16.8

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

SBA loans in Georgia (7(a) and 504)

  • 7(a) approvals recorded11,597
  • 7(a) approval dollars$8.81 bn
  • Average 7(a) approval$759,608
  • 504 approvals recorded3,220
  • 504 approval dollars$3.03 bn
  • Average 504 approval$941,960
  • Counties with a 7(a) record150 of 159

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Georgia

  • 7(a) charge-off rate over resolved loans8.00 percent
  • Resolved 7(a) loans behind that rate2,153
  • 7(a) loans charged off173
  • 504 charge-off rate over resolved loans3.40 percent
  • Resolved 504 loans behind that rate1,053
  • 504 loans charged off36

Of the 2,153 Georgia 7(a) loans that have reached a final outcome, 8.00 percent were charged off. The rate is taken over resolved loans only, because a loan still running has not yet succeeded or failed.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

How large is Georgia?

  • Land area57,508 sq mi
  • County-equivalents159
  • People per square mile190

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

The largest counties in Georgia.

Georgia county-equivalents by population, with the figures a site search compares them on
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvals
Fulton County1,076,561$95,29240,949$243.56 bn2,447
Gwinnett County979,864$87,89027,653$72.41 bn1,912
Cobb County775,208$102,73822,148$81.87 bn1,410
DeKalb County765,351$80,64418,258$59.34 bn1,158
Chatham County300,879$71,0979,037$28.46 bn518
Clayton County298,924$59,8064,115$26.28 bn240
Cherokee County281,032$108,1156,550$13.26 bn491
Forsyth County267,287$143,7848,253$16.28 bn528
Henry County249,960$83,1464,528$11.85 bn352
Hall County212,705$80,9015,181$18.00 bn338

Counties

All 159 Georgia county-equivalents.

Georgia counties: population, income, establishments and SBA activity
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvalsLand area, sq mi
Appling County18,493$46,651389$2.18 bn7507
Atkinson County8,337$42,34794$362.3 m4339
Bacon County11,109$44,694230$508.2 m12259
Baker County2,790$46,01228$88.2 mNone recorded342
Baldwin County43,642$54,403862$1.99 bn40258
Banks County19,264$77,063334$690.0 m21232
Barrow County89,886$80,6531,543$3.80 bn132160
Bartow County113,113$82,2432,439$8.65 bn162460
Ben Hill County17,089$41,758300$820.8 m16250
Berrien County18,352$52,876253$553.2 m4452
Bibb County156,578$51,2344,147$11.08 bn175250
Bleckley County12,430$62,008174$367.1 m5216
Brantley County18,315$58,239224$371.8 m3442
Brooks County16,293$46,807232$644.7 m5493
Bryan County48,263$103,408867$3.40 bn56436
Bulloch County82,683$58,8101,704$3.81 bn77673
Burke County24,470$53,014382$3.94 bn12827
Butts County26,496$69,241441$1.06 bn19184
Calhoun County5,498$46,94070$152.1 m1280
Camden County56,970$74,378947$2.76 bn78613
Candler County11,043$49,581233$405.5 m8243
Carroll County124,569$73,7142,358$7.91 bn135499
Catoosa County68,634$74,6391,044$2.27 bn43162
Charlton County12,818$61,276148$288.6 m2774
Chatham County300,879$71,0979,037$28.46 bn518426
Chattahoochee County8,887$61,04286$2.19 bn1249
Chattooga County25,036$50,285319$735.7 m12313
Cherokee County281,032$108,1156,550$13.26 bn491422
Clarke County129,609$53,6253,307$10.82 bn155119
Clay County2,850$49,14750$74.3 m1195
Clayton County298,924$59,8064,115$26.28 bn240142
Clinch County6,759$45,847129$315.8 m6800
Cobb County775,208$102,73822,148$81.87 bn1,410340
Coffee County43,347$50,683871$2.28 bn45575
Colquitt County46,224$49,341951$2.12 bn19544
Columbia County162,434$95,5922,943$6.22 bn191290
Cook County17,532$53,651339$535.8 m7227
Coweta County152,852$95,5483,020$7.68 bn162441
Crawford County12,225$67,116127$233.1 m3325
Crisp County19,790$45,105503$1.38 bn22273
Dade County16,165$64,568237$650.4 m7174
Dawson County30,242$92,991921$1.55 bn53211
Decatur County29,195$53,317626$1.43 bn9597
DeKalb County765,351$80,64418,258$59.34 bn1,158268
Dodge County19,805$51,587311$585.0 m10496
Dooly County10,984$60,987151$413.4 m5392
Dougherty County83,091$49,0442,220$6.29 bn51329
Douglas County147,888$82,9842,875$8.18 bn193200
Early County10,603$54,083197$656.7 m6513
Echols County3,709$59,48934$53.9 mNone recorded415
Effingham County69,143$88,438987$3.03 bn76478
Elbert County19,849$58,450448$998.2 m26351
Emanuel County23,026$52,772413$995.8 m9681
Evans County10,757$53,259236$548.3 m8183
Fannin County25,742$57,073740$1.30 bn32387
Fayette County122,244$111,9783,995$8.27 bn277194
Floyd County99,693$65,5652,128$5.69 bn62510
Forsyth County267,287$143,7848,253$16.28 bn528224
Franklin County24,234$53,046515$1.50 bn40261
Fulton County1,076,561$95,29240,949$243.56 bn2,447527
Gilmer County32,426$74,499707$1.44 bn43427
Glascock County2,932$54,93428$41.3 mNone recorded144
Glynn County85,447$69,7992,787$6.27 bn117420
Gordon County59,100$63,6501,097$3.38 bn72356
Grady County26,108$58,980451$873.9 m13455
Greene County20,109$86,272540$1.24 bn16387
Gwinnett County979,864$87,89027,653$72.41 bn1,912430
Habersham County47,793$67,309951$2.11 bn52277
Hall County212,705$80,9015,181$18.00 bn338393
Hancock County8,650$40,08271$202.1 m1472
Haralson County31,285$72,127519$1.40 bn20282
Harris County36,086$97,302501$865.5 m12464
Hart County26,939$59,385491$1.27 bn25232
Heard County11,773$65,868120$1.50 bn6296
Henry County249,960$83,1464,528$11.85 bn352322
Houston County169,649$80,6982,832$9.93 bn138376
Irwin County9,285$51,384113$293.1 m13354
Jackson County84,757$89,5441,673$6.52 bn108340
Jasper County15,929$60,134225$433.4 m5368
Jeff Davis County14,924$40,283260$693.7 m12331
Jefferson County15,341$53,014326$728.9 m11526
Jenkins County8,711$44,389112$214.2 m1347
Johnson County9,190$51,028123$170.7 m5303
Jones County28,673$75,500354$651.5 m13394
Lamar County19,571$67,062275$668.4 m7184
Lanier County10,221$47,186105$194.2 m1185
Laurens County49,798$55,0101,106$2.70 bn35807
Lee County33,626$89,168440$1.10 bn26356
Liberty County67,397$60,456921$5.29 bn36490
Lincoln County7,854$56,907162$182.7 m1210
Long County18,374$68,808116$308.5 m5400
Lowndes County119,965$58,5412,872$7.14 bn92496
Lumpkin County34,505$77,448603$1.36 bn43283
Macon County11,864$41,031172$615.5 m15401
Madison County31,528$61,963425$884.8 m12282
Marion County7,509$51,66787$148.8 m4366
McDuffie County21,718$56,733452$875.3 m17257
McIntosh County11,312$50,273194$312.5 m11424
Meriwether County20,929$57,340318$913.1 m15501
Miller County5,850$51,425132$277.4 m2282
Mitchell County21,058$57,613360$1.04 bn8512
Monroe County29,664$83,183604$1.83 bn30396
Montgomery County8,640$51,94198$214.4 mNone recorded240
Morgan County21,078$78,111573$1.52 bn27347
Murray County40,562$69,253430$1.89 bn25344
Muscogee County203,711$58,0734,510$13.84 bn179216
Newton County118,152$77,1791,639$4.59 bn95272
Oconee County43,551$121,2171,458$2.56 bn69184
Oglethorpe County15,509$75,034182$517.6 m11439
Paulding County178,909$98,0312,423$5.18 bn135312
Peach County28,560$71,293504$1.35 bn41150
Pickens County34,951$78,930809$1.59 bn88232
Pierce County20,202$60,517371$659.2 m7316
Pike County19,903$86,719332$510.3 m17216
Polk County43,785$58,515670$1.74 bn34310
Pulaski County9,939$50,406171$374.9 m5249
Putnam County22,855$72,096546$906.0 m33345
Quitman County2,264$40,17934$46.6 mNone recorded151
Rabun County17,312$67,493535$851.9 m24370
Randolph County6,196$28,380121$227.8 m2428
Richmond County206,069$55,6374,279$16.82 bn176324
Rockdale County95,281$77,2472,256$5.91 bn166130
Schley County4,513$56,87574$155.2 m1167
Screven County14,130$52,792245$427.0 m8645
Seminole County9,156$49,495170$411.1 m2235
Spalding County68,892$62,0711,240$3.09 bn63196
Stephens County27,012$54,754539$1.44 bn11179
Stewart County4,869$33,25060$198.9 mNone recorded459
Sumter County29,061$42,653624$1.26 bn14483
Talbot County5,742$41,59764$335.6 m1391
Taliaferro County1,558$52,50021$44.9 m1195
Tattnall County24,208$50,747322$920.4 m12479
Taylor County7,786$41,788137$277.6 m7377
Telfair County11,831$50,929178$414.9 m6437
Terrell County8,850$46,171166$316.7 mNone recorded335
Thomas County45,777$60,7361,220$3.17 bn37545
Tift County41,438$53,2551,082$2.78 bn42259
Toombs County27,102$52,621704$1.52 bn33364
Towns County12,913$59,135320$600.7 m23167
Treutlen County6,376$55,51882$153.5 m2199
Troup County70,330$56,7761,580$5.28 bn77414
Turner County8,939$36,799160$281.4 m5285
Twiggs County7,803$56,32480$331.5 m2358
Union County26,304$66,176666$1.26 bn13322
Upson County28,029$55,429472$976.4 m21323
Walker County68,762$59,469756$2.27 bn39446
Walton County103,313$84,9452,000$4.34 bn128326
Ware County35,976$47,448890$1.91 bn19892
Warren County5,170$44,28976$283.6 m2284
Washington County19,849$46,023342$866.8 m11678
Wayne County30,949$53,427639$1.65 bn27642
Webster County2,381$46,79233$84.5 m2209
Wheeler County7,335$40,53952$159.6 m1295
White County28,810$70,666733$1.29 bn37241
Whitfield County103,598$67,0702,373$7.75 bn75290
Wilcox County8,798$54,13882$218.6 m6378
Wilkes County9,549$52,043190$500.6 m6469
Wilkinson County8,747$45,465143$603.6 m1447
Worth County20,451$58,694288$451.4 m6571

The register

Every source behind these 159 pages.

SourcePeriod coveredLicence
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates2020-2024 5-yearUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024US Census Bureau, public domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2CAGDP2, through 2024US Bureau of Economic Analysis, public domain
US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001US EPA, public domain
FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Community Status BookCommunity Status Book, as retrievedFEMA OpenFEMA, public domain
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA releaseFY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30FOIA release, public domain
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA releaseFY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30FOIA release, public domain
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary verticesTIGER county boundariesUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns2023US Census Bureau, public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages2024 annual averagesUS BLS, public domain
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey2024 annualUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows2021 to 2022 filing yearsIRS SOI, public domain

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