Georgia in 2009

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

In 2009 the FHFA house price index for Georgia changed −4.9%, against −7.5% for the United States and −2.0% in 2008.

18,228 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (14,674 single-family), −48.5% on 2008; the national total was 582,963.

−4.9%Georgia index, 2008–2009US −7.5%

18,228housing units permitted in 200914,674 single-family

16 of 136counties with a rising indexmedian county −4.0%

582,963units permitted nationally in 2009

Counties in 2009

Ranked by the county index change from 2008 to 2009 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2009; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2009	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Twiggs County	+17.4%	12	12	1.6
Turner County	+10.4%	9	9	1.0
Tattnall County	+6.5%	39	39	1.6
McIntosh County	+5.3%	81	81	6.8
Jenkins County	+4.6%	9	9	1.0
Jefferson County	+4.4%	19	19	1.3
Irwin County	+4.3%	13	13	1.4
Seminole County	+2.8%	15	15	1.6
Ben Hill County	+1.9%	28	28	1.6
Early County	+1.9%	12	12	1.1
Talbot County	+1.6%	12	12	2.1
Colquitt County	+0.8%	131	81	2.8
Lincoln County	+0.4%	15	13	1.8
Evans County	+0.3%	17	17	1.5
Screven County	+0.3%	28	28	1.9
Greene County	+0.2%	127	127	5.9
Tift County	0.0%	53	53	1.3
Schley County	−0.3%	1	1	0.2
McDuffie County	−0.4%	19	19	0.9
Bleckley County	−0.5%	28	28	2.2
Jeff Davis County	−0.6%	2	0	0.1
Wayne County	−0.7%	11	9	0.3
Catoosa County	−0.8%	137	113	2.0
Lamar County	−1.1%	23	23	1.1
Berrien County	−1.3%	30	30	1.6
Pulaski County	−1.3%	16	16	1.6
Burke County	−1.6%	40	40	1.6
Columbia County	−1.6%	1,121	1,109	6.6
Emanuel County	−1.7%	6	4	0.3
Richmond County	−1.7%	489	391	2.4
Muscogee County	−1.8%	338	223	1.7
Sumter County	−1.8%	24	24	0.8
Lee County	−1.9%	111	111	3.2
Terrell County	−1.9%	16	16	1.8
Polk County	−2.1%	46	46	1.0
Ware County	−2.1%	44	42	1.2
Houston County	−2.2%	715	615	4.0
Madison County	−2.2%	58	58	1.8
Walker County	−2.2%	105	97	1.5
Washington County	−2.2%	4	4	0.2
Harris County	−2.3%	104	104	2.8
Spalding County	−2.3%	191	191	2.7
Floyd County	−2.4%	111	72	1.1
Murray County	−2.4%	37	37	0.9
Bibb County	−2.5%	108	108	0.7
Baldwin County	−2.7%	146	70	3.3
Troup County	−2.7%	401	113	5.5
Appling County	−2.8%	3	3	0.2
Upson County	−2.8%	23	21	0.8
Clarke County	−2.9%	108	90	0.8
Crisp County	−2.9%	20	20	1.0
Laurens County	−2.9%	16	16	0.3
Brooks County	−3.0%	71	31	4.4
Lowndes County	−3.0%	753	441	6.1
Bryan County	−3.1%	225	225	4.3
Monroe County	−3.1%	112	112	3.5
Cook County	−3.2%	28	24	1.5
Worth County	−3.2%	28	28	1.4
Dougherty County	−3.3%	58	28	0.7
Coffee County	−3.5%	48	48	1.1
Effingham County	−3.5%	253	231	3.4
Liberty County	−3.5%	387	135	5.5
Bulloch County	−3.6%	231	171	2.7
Rabun County	−3.6%	88	75	5.0
Crawford County	−3.7%	15	15	1.2
Oconee County	−3.7%	73	71	1.6
Putnam County	−3.7%	56	56	2.4
Candler County	−4.0%	3	3	0.3
Habersham County	−4.0%	72	69	1.4
Whitfield County	−4.3%	101	92	1.0
Bacon County	−4.4%	1	1	0.1
Dade County	−4.4%	3	3	0.2
Bartow County	−4.5%	128	128	1.1
Jones County	−4.5%	57	55	2.0
Thomas County	−4.5%	130	94	2.8
Pickens County	−4.6%	38	38	1.0
Peach County	−4.7%	116	108	3.9
Toombs County	−4.7%	19	9	0.7
Fulton County	−4.8%	1,529	775	1.4
Grady County	−4.8%	80	41	3.0
Pierce County	−4.8%	65	65	3.1
Chatham County	−4.9%	1,127	785	3.6
DeKalb County	−4.9%	323	295	0.4
Marion County	−5.0%	17	17	2.2
Carroll County	−5.1%	76	76	0.6
Dodge County	−5.1%	19	15	1.0
Dooly County	−5.1%	12	12	1.1
Elbert County	−5.1%	32	32	1.6
Jasper County	−5.1%	48	48	2.7
Towns County	−5.2%	63	63	4.7
Cobb County	−5.3%	550	409	0.7
Morgan County	−5.3%	34	34	1.5
Gilmer County	−5.5%	109	109	3.2
Lumpkin County	−5.5%	71	71	2.0
Pike County	−5.6%	64	64	3.1
Fayette County	−5.7%	75	75	0.6
Walton County	−5.7%	125	61	1.1
Coweta County	−5.8%	314	314	2.0
Camden County	−5.9%	577	181	9.6
Chattooga County	−5.9%	0	0	0.0
Wilkes County	−5.9%	11	11	1.2
Barrow County	−6.0%	79	79	0.8
Hart County	−6.2%	35	35	1.2
Gordon County	−6.3%	52	52	0.8
Glynn County	−6.4%	309	309	3.5
White County	−6.4%	86	70	2.9
Cherokee County	−6.5%	407	407	1.4
Franklin County	−6.8%	5	5	0.2
Oglethorpe County	−6.8%	58	58	3.5
Butts County	−6.9%	10	10	0.4
Fannin County	−6.9%	118	118	4.5
Jackson County	−6.9%	148	148	1.5
Hall County	−7.4%	239	237	1.1
Haralson County	−7.4%	20	17	0.6
Gwinnett County	−7.5%	719	617	0.7
Wilkinson County	−7.5%	5	5	0.6
Forsyth County	−7.6%	825	825	2.9
Dawson County	−8.0%	29	29	0.8
Mitchell County	−8.0%	36	36	1.8
Montgomery County	−8.0%	0	0	0.0
Heard County	−8.1%	9	9	0.7
Decatur County	−8.4%	35	35	1.2
Banks County	−8.6%	49	49	2.3
Henry County	−8.7%	247	243	0.9
Newton County	−9.1%	54	54	0.4
Paulding County	−9.3%	317	317	1.7
Stephens County	−9.4%	43	43	1.5
Macon County	−9.5%	1	1	0.1
Union County	−9.8%	102	102	3.7
Meriwether County	−10.1%	32	32	1.5
Rockdale County	−10.4%	67	59	0.7
Douglas County	−10.6%	141	141	0.9
Hancock County	−11.1%	0	0	0.0
Miller County	−13.7%	0	0	0.0
Clayton County	−14.5%	93	85	0.3
Wilcox County	−15.0%	0	0	0.0
Brantley County	—	4	4	0.2
Charlton County	—	21	21	1.6
Lanier County	—	65	65	6.1
Taylor County	—	10	10	1.3

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.