Georgia in 2008

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

In 2008 the FHFA house price index for Georgia changed −2.0%, against −4.5% for the United States and +2.4% in 2007.

35,368 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (24,879 single-family), −51.7% on 2007; the national total was 905,359.

−2.0%Georgia index, 2007–2008US −4.5%

35,368housing units permitted in 200824,879 single-family

52 of 136counties with a rising indexmedian county −0.9%

905,359units permitted nationally in 2008

Counties in 2008

Ranked by the county index change from 2007 to 2008 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2008; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2008	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Miller County	+20.4%	2	2	0.3
Pulaski County	+12.2%	24	24	2.4
Dooly County	+10.3%	13	13	1.2
Mitchell County	+8.3%	34	34	1.7
Terrell County	+6.3%	24	20	2.8
Toombs County	+6.1%	33	19	1.2
Macon County	+5.9%	14	14	1.2
Burke County	+5.7%	62	50	2.5
Hancock County	+5.4%	32	32	3.7
Marion County	+5.2%	0	0	0.0
Montgomery County	+5.1%	31	31	3.6
Wilcox County	+4.9%	0	0	0.0
Bleckley County	+4.1%	27	27	2.1
Pierce County	+4.1%	84	80	4.0
Putnam County	+3.8%	159	159	6.7
Meriwether County	+3.6%	53	53	2.5
Chattooga County	+3.3%	3	1	0.1
Coffee County	+3.2%	82	75	1.8
Liberty County	+3.0%	222	222	3.2
Crisp County	+2.9%	39	39	2.0
Dade County	+2.7%	2	2	0.1
Berrien County	+2.5%	51	51	2.7
Pike County	+2.4%	100	100	4.8
Thomas County	+2.1%	227	154	4.9
Banks County	+2.0%	74	74	3.5
Worth County	+1.9%	37	37	1.8
Jones County	+1.8%	104	92	3.6
Jasper County	+1.6%	69	69	3.9
Peach County	+1.6%	180	142	6.0
Grady County	+1.5%	124	53	4.7
Jefferson County	+1.5%	25	25	1.7
Lowndes County	+1.4%	745	601	6.1
McDuffie County	+1.4%	34	34	1.6
Bulloch County	+1.2%	382	328	4.4
Jeff Davis County	+1.1%	1	1	0.1
Oglethorpe County	+1.0%	75	75	4.6
Morgan County	+0.9%	68	68	3.1
Stephens County	+0.9%	112	71	4.0
Decatur County	+0.8%	95	89	3.2
Franklin County	+0.8%	18	11	0.7
Troup County	+0.6%	208	188	2.9
Dougherty County	+0.5%	91	38	1.1
Turner County	+0.5%	8	8	0.9
Wayne County	+0.5%	11	11	0.3
White County	+0.5%	251	129	8.4
Elbert County	+0.4%	67	67	3.3
Hart County	+0.4%	186	82	6.5
Lee County	+0.3%	142	142	4.2
Monroe County	+0.2%	214	214	6.7
Clarke County	+0.1%	265	204	2.0
Dodge County	+0.1%	22	22	1.1
Sumter County	+0.1%	80	36	2.8
Oconee County	0.0%	138	138	3.1
Richmond County	0.0%	250	194	1.2
Bryan County	−0.1%	252	242	4.8
Columbia County	−0.1%	841	841	5.0
Harris County	−0.1%	144	144	3.9
Lumpkin County	−0.1%	194	194	5.4
Upson County	−0.1%	37	27	1.3
Gordon County	−0.2%	159	117	2.6
Butts County	−0.3%	67	67	2.5
Wilkes County	−0.5%	20	20	2.1
Colquitt County	−0.6%	179	123	3.8
Laurens County	−0.6%	26	18	0.5
Glynn County	−0.7%	395	395	4.5
Cook County	−0.8%	46	34	2.5
Dawson County	−0.8%	99	99	2.8
Washington County	−0.8%	21	21	1.1
Crawford County	−0.9%	60	60	4.9
Hall County	−0.9%	738	416	3.3
Baldwin County	−1.1%	283	115	6.4
Carroll County	−1.1%	279	279	2.1
Screven County	−1.1%	31	31	2.2
Gilmer County	−1.2%	240	227	7.1
Muscogee County	−1.2%	534	286	2.6
Brooks County	−1.3%	4	4	0.2
Rabun County	−1.3%	163	141	9.2
Wilkinson County	−1.3%	4	4	0.5
Bibb County	−1.4%	483	179	3.1
Chatham County	−1.4%	1,640	1,117	5.3
Forsyth County	−1.4%	1,478	1,259	5.2
Candler County	−1.5%	4	4	0.4
Fannin County	−1.5%	185	185	7.1
Houston County	−1.6%	917	691	5.1
DeKalb County	−1.7%	3,821	768	4.9
Greene County	−1.7%	189	189	8.8
Tift County	−1.7%	80	80	1.9
Jackson County	−1.8%	329	329	3.3
Appling County	−1.9%	5	5	0.3
Effingham County	−1.9%	211	201	2.8
Evans County	−1.9%	50	50	4.5
Fayette County	−1.9%	147	142	1.2
Cherokee County	−2.0%	912	908	3.0
Floyd County	−2.0%	224	180	2.2
Pickens County	−2.0%	111	111	3.0
Catoosa County	−2.1%	258	234	3.7
Coweta County	−2.4%	503	503	3.1
Habersham County	−2.4%	172	169	3.4
Madison County	−2.4%	113	113	3.4
Rockdale County	−2.4%	154	152	1.6
Spalding County	−2.4%	197	197	2.8
Towns County	−2.4%	75	75	5.6
Union County	−2.4%	123	123	4.4
Bacon County	−2.5%	0	0	0.0
Douglas County	−2.5%	584	278	3.8
Ware County	−2.5%	62	60	1.7
Ben Hill County	−2.6%	30	30	1.8
Fulton County	−2.7%	4,667	2,211	4.2
Tattnall County	−2.7%	53	53	2.2
Cobb County	−2.9%	1,068	727	1.3
Emanuel County	−2.9%	8	6	0.3
Walton County	−2.9%	185	182	1.6
Walker County	−3.0%	190	176	2.7
Haralson County	−3.1%	41	41	1.2
Murray County	−3.1%	55	55	1.3
Whitfield County	−3.1%	247	153	2.3
Lamar County	−3.4%	102	52	4.9
Early County	−3.5%	18	18	1.7
Heard County	−3.5%	13	13	1.1
Polk County	−3.7%	89	89	2.0
Bartow County	−3.8%	360	351	3.0
Schley County	−3.8%	3	3	0.7
Irwin County	−3.9%	18	18	2.0
Camden County	−4.0%	295	231	4.9
Barrow County	−4.4%	283	283	2.8
Newton County	−4.4%	189	189	1.5
Paulding County	−4.6%	713	710	3.7
Henry County	−4.8%	737	479	2.8
Gwinnett County	−5.0%	1,959	1,363	1.9
Seminole County	−5.9%	18	10	2.0
Lincoln County	−6.0%	29	29	3.6
Jenkins County	−6.7%	14	14	1.6
Talbot County	−7.3%	7	7	1.2
McIntosh County	−11.2%	97	97	8.1
Clayton County	−12.8%	403	403	1.4
Twiggs County	−17.4%	33	33	4.3
Brantley County	—	10	10	0.5
Charlton County	—	32	32	2.4
Lanier County	—	92	92	8.7
Taylor County	—	20	20	2.6

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.