Georgia in 2006

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2006 the FHFA house price index for Georgia changed +4.6%, against +6.6% for the United States and +5.5% in 2005.

104,200 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (86,106 single-family), −4.7% on 2005; the national total was 1,838,903.

+4.6%Georgia index, 2005–2006US +6.6%

104,200housing units permitted in 200686,106 single-family

128 of 133counties with a rising indexmedian county +6.0%

1,838,903units permitted nationally in 2006

Counties in 2006

Ranked by the county index change from 2005 to 2006 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2006; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2006	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Bacon County	+24.0%	2	2	0.2
Early County	+21.7%	28	28	2.7
Talbot County	+19.6%	20	20	3.5
Berrien County	+17.5%	75	75	4.0
Putnam County	+15.5%	444	444	18.7
Terrell County	+15.0%	34	34	3.9
Camden County	+14.7%	619	619	10.3
Jenkins County	+14.3%	21	21	2.4
Twiggs County	+14.0%	18	18	2.4
Seminole County	+13.8%	28	22	3.1
Hancock County	+13.7%	81	72	9.3
Thomas County	+13.3%	440	355	9.5
Greene County	+13.0%	234	234	11.0
Decatur County	+12.8%	132	126	4.5
Ben Hill County	+12.7%	41	39	2.4
Mitchell County	+12.7%	99	51	4.8
Brooks County	+12.1%	8	8	0.5
Tattnall County	+11.8%	108	108	4.4
Gilmer County	+11.3%	678	673	20.0
Jeff Davis County	+11.3%	0	0	0.0
Candler County	+10.9%	14	12	1.2
Glynn County	+10.9%	982	968	11.2
Towns County	+10.5%	397	397	29.9
Chatham County	+10.4%	3,340	2,692	10.7
Pierce County	+10.3%	300	300	14.4
Grady County	+10.2%	156	100	5.9
Emanuel County	+10.0%	41	4	1.8
Colquitt County	+9.9%	223	195	4.7
Evans County	+9.9%	59	59	5.4
Bryan County	+9.8%	568	550	10.9
Burke County	+9.0%	67	67	2.7
Muscogee County	+9.0%	1,102	710	5.5
Effingham County	+8.9%	951	951	12.8
Liberty County	+8.9%	271	259	3.9
Jefferson County	+8.3%	38	38	2.5
Lowndes County	+8.3%	1,331	1,136	10.8
Banks County	+8.1%	137	137	6.4
Crisp County	+8.1%	88	86	4.6
Hart County	+8.1%	212	195	7.4
Macon County	+8.0%	26	26	2.2
Columbia County	+7.8%	1,393	1,379	8.2
White County	+7.3%	346	344	11.6
Chattooga County	+7.1%	9	9	0.4
Fannin County	+7.1%	548	548	21.0
Jones County	+7.1%	239	237	8.2
Marion County	+7.1%	0	0	0.0
Pickens County	+6.9%	380	380	10.2
Pike County	+6.8%	255	255	12.2
Dooly County	+6.7%	18	18	1.6
Turner County	+6.7%	20	20	2.2
Bulloch County	+6.6%	915	867	10.5
Tift County	+6.6%	145	145	3.4
Dawson County	+6.5%	400	400	11.3
Habersham County	+6.5%	530	513	10.5
Toombs County	+6.5%	83	79	3.0
Monroe County	+6.4%	561	557	17.5
Montgomery County	+6.4%	25	25	2.9
Ware County	+6.4%	120	120	3.3
Baldwin County	+6.3%	428	192	9.7
Rabun County	+6.3%	391	377	22.0
Screven County	+6.3%	41	41	2.8
Upson County	+6.2%	96	96	3.4
Wilkinson County	+6.2%	2	2	0.2
Miller County	+6.1%	2	2	0.3
Peach County	+6.1%	317	297	10.6
Richmond County	+6.1%	815	815	3.9
Harris County	+6.0%	430	430	11.5
Stephens County	+5.9%	174	126	6.2
Wilkes County	+5.9%	23	23	2.4
Coffee County	+5.8%	152	152	3.4
Sumter County	+5.8%	74	74	2.6
Wayne County	+5.8%	20	20	0.6
Worth County	+5.8%	68	68	3.4
Gordon County	+5.7%	537	402	8.7
Irwin County	+5.7%	0	0	0.0
Lincoln County	+5.7%	43	43	5.3
Lumpkin County	+5.7%	495	495	13.7
McDuffie County	+5.7%	57	57	2.6
Cook County	+5.6%	54	50	3.0
Dougherty County	+5.6%	266	186	3.2
Oglethorpe County	+5.6%	160	160	9.7
Forsyth County	+5.4%	4,770	4,183	16.9
Hall County	+5.2%	1,854	1,702	8.2
Houston County	+5.2%	2,113	1,677	11.9
Troup County	+5.2%	468	456	6.4
Franklin County	+5.1%	33	27	1.3
Fulton County	+5.1%	18,644	9,491	17.0
Oconee County	+5.1%	542	534	12.1
Union County	+5.1%	485	485	17.4
Walker County	+5.1%	424	406	6.0
Lee County	+4.9%	359	359	10.5
Whitfield County	+4.6%	590	437	5.6
Catoosa County	+4.5%	581	475	8.3
Lamar County	+4.4%	172	162	8.2
Madison County	+4.4%	248	248	7.5
Morgan County	+4.4%	229	229	10.4
Newton County	+4.3%	1,678	1,678	13.4
Jackson County	+4.2%	1,388	1,378	14.0
Cherokee County	+4.1%	3,723	3,485	12.4
Cobb County	+4.1%	4,518	3,346	5.7
Fayette County	+4.0%	651	651	5.2
Polk County	+4.0%	211	203	4.6
Dodge County	+3.9%	57	51	2.9
Murray County	+3.9%	343	278	8.2
Jasper County	+3.8%	156	156	8.8
Clarke County	+3.7%	941	469	7.2
Haralson County	+3.6%	141	141	4.3
Rockdale County	+3.6%	1,034	1,010	10.5
Laurens County	+3.4%	39	39	0.8
Bibb County	+3.3%	636	636	4.0
Coweta County	+3.3%	1,847	1,835	11.5
Dade County	+3.3%	23	16	1.4
DeKalb County	+3.2%	4,346	2,867	5.6
Gwinnett County	+3.2%	9,033	7,886	8.9
Barrow County	+2.9%	1,115	1,115	11.2
Bartow County	+2.4%	1,053	1,003	8.7
Douglas County	+2.3%	1,863	1,863	12.1
Paulding County	+2.2%	3,366	3,238	17.6
Meriwether County	+2.0%	130	130	6.0
Walton County	+1.9%	1,379	1,321	12.2
Washington County	+1.9%	36	36	1.9
Carroll County	+1.8%	1,405	1,397	10.7
Henry County	+1.6%	3,165	2,992	11.9
Spalding County	+1.6%	562	511	7.9
Floyd County	+1.5%	465	391	4.6
McIntosh County	+0.9%	241	241	20.1
Butts County	+0.8%	211	176	7.8
Crawford County	+0.6%	123	123	10.1
Appling County	−0.9%	9	9	0.5
Clayton County	−1.1%	2,231	2,217	7.5
Elbert County	−1.1%	118	114	5.9
Heard County	−1.6%	38	38	3.1
Wilcox County	−5.2%	0	0	0.0
Bleckley County	—	41	41	3.2
Brantley County	—	3	3	0.2
Charlton County	—	52	52	4.0
Lanier County	—	118	110	11.1
Pulaski County	—	28	28	2.8
Schley County	—	7	7	1.5
Taylor County	—	36	36	4.6

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Georgia by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.