Georgia in 2010

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

In 2010 the FHFA house price index for Georgia changed −8.3%, against −5.1% for the United States and −4.9% in 2009.

17,265 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (14,779 single-family), −5.3% on 2009; the national total was 604,610.

−8.3%Georgia index, 2009–2010US −5.1%

17,265housing units permitted in 201014,779 single-family

2 of 138counties with a rising indexmedian county −7.5%

604,610units permitted nationally in 2010

Counties in 2010

Ranked by the county index change from 2009 to 2010 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2010; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2010	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Wilcox County	+16.6%	0	0	0.0
Dade County	+0.4%	1	1	0.1
Toombs County	−0.1%	21	11	0.8
Sumter County	−0.3%	19	19	0.7
Meriwether County	−0.6%	29	29	1.3
Ware County	−0.7%	76	76	2.1
Bacon County	−0.8%	0	0	0.0
Mitchell County	−1.1%	34	34	1.7
Irwin County	−1.2%	19	19	2.1
Crawford County	−1.9%	15	15	1.2
Evans County	−1.9%	14	14	1.3
Dougherty County	−2.4%	54	29	0.7
Walker County	−2.9%	75	69	1.1
Marion County	−3.0%	17	17	2.2
Washington County	−3.0%	4	4	0.2
Houston County	−3.1%	646	646	3.6
Screven County	−3.1%	7	7	0.5
Montgomery County	−3.2%	9	9	1.0
Worth County	−3.2%	69	18	3.4
Columbia County	−3.3%	1,285	1,274	7.6
Dodge County	−3.3%	12	12	0.6
Lowndes County	−3.8%	757	404	6.2
Twiggs County	−3.8%	8	8	1.1
Catoosa County	−3.9%	123	94	1.8
Lee County	−4.2%	111	111	3.2
Early County	−4.3%	12	12	1.1
Decatur County	−4.4%	89	86	3.0
Tift County	−4.5%	47	47	1.1
Appling County	−4.6%	2	2	0.1
Cook County	−4.6%	22	22	1.2
Brooks County	−4.7%	24	24	1.5
Burke County	−4.7%	41	41	1.7
Clarke County	−4.7%	94	94	0.7
Upson County	−4.7%	71	23	2.5
Wayne County	−4.7%	3	1	0.1
Bulloch County	−4.8%	207	143	2.4
Muscogee County	−4.9%	339	224	1.7
Pierce County	−4.9%	34	34	1.6
Richmond County	−4.9%	378	371	1.8
Ben Hill County	−5.0%	36	36	2.1
Floyd County	−5.0%	55	55	0.5
Oconee County	−5.0%	74	74	1.6
Elbert County	−5.2%	18	18	0.9
Bibb County	−5.3%	210	192	1.3
Oglethorpe County	−5.3%	0	0	0.0
Liberty County	−5.4%	111	111	1.6
Jefferson County	−5.5%	19	19	1.3
Jenkins County	−5.5%	8	8	0.9
Monroe County	−5.5%	110	110	3.4
Harris County	−5.6%	88	88	2.4
Talbot County	−5.8%	6	6	1.1
Candler County	−5.9%	0	0	0.0
Jones County	−6.0%	25	25	0.9
Colquitt County	−6.1%	67	63	1.4
Jeff Davis County	−6.3%	0	0	0.0
Peach County	−6.4%	78	78	2.6
Emanuel County	−6.5%	5	3	0.2
Heard County	−6.7%	11	11	0.9
Berrien County	−6.9%	28	28	1.5
Butts County	−7.0%	9	9	0.3
McDuffie County	−7.0%	33	33	1.5
Laurens County	−7.1%	60	60	1.2
Fayette County	−7.2%	82	82	0.7
Gordon County	−7.2%	33	33	0.5
Lamar County	−7.2%	80	16	3.8
Thomas County	−7.2%	72	72	1.6
Cobb County	−7.3%	1,013	713	1.3
DeKalb County	−7.3%	432	354	0.6
Terrell County	−7.4%	14	14	1.6
Fulton County	−7.5%	1,101	783	1.0
Coffee County	−7.7%	108	45	2.4
Bleckley County	−7.8%	9	9	0.7
Hart County	−8.0%	29	29	1.0
Troup County	−8.0%	140	80	1.9
Clayton County	−8.2%	143	143	0.5
Brantley County	−8.3%	22	22	1.2
Madison County	−8.3%	58	58	1.8
Chatham County	−8.4%	957	676	3.1
Coweta County	−8.4%	416	416	2.6
Wilkinson County	−8.4%	2	2	0.2
Effingham County	−8.5%	121	121	1.6
Miller County	−8.5%	4	4	0.7
Baldwin County	−8.6%	61	61	1.4
Chattooga County	−8.6%	0	0	0.0
Grady County	−8.6%	20	16	0.8
Macon County	−8.6%	1	1	0.1
Morgan County	−8.6%	33	33	1.5
Rabun County	−8.6%	65	49	3.7
Cherokee County	−8.7%	549	449	1.8
Franklin County	−8.7%	1	1	0.0
Polk County	−8.7%	94	30	2.1
Lincoln County	−8.9%	16	16	2.0
Seminole County	−8.9%	53	11	5.8
Forsyth County	−9.0%	1,125	1,125	4.0
Murray County	−9.0%	31	31	0.7
Whitfield County	−9.0%	70	59	0.7
Haralson County	−9.2%	17	17	0.5
Wilkes County	−9.3%	17	17	1.8
Camden County	−9.7%	96	96	1.6
Gwinnett County	−9.7%	1,239	1,080	1.2
Stephens County	−9.7%	2	2	0.1
Bryan County	−9.9%	223	223	4.3
Tattnall County	−9.9%	21	21	0.9
Taylor County	−10.0%	10	10	1.3
Hancock County	−10.3%	12	12	1.4
Dawson County	−10.6%	35	35	1.0
Schley County	−10.6%	0	0	0.0
Crisp County	−11.1%	75	75	3.9
Glynn County	−11.2%	307	307	3.5
Habersham County	−11.3%	35	31	0.7
Hall County	−11.3%	184	184	0.8
Pike County	−11.5%	17	17	0.8
Greene County	−11.6%	124	124	5.8
Dooly County	−11.7%	0	0	0.0
Henry County	−11.8%	260	260	1.0
Bartow County	−11.9%	144	82	1.2
White County	−11.9%	40	40	1.3
Barrow County	−12.1%	62	62	0.6
Turner County	−12.2%	7	7	0.8
Paulding County	−12.3%	265	265	1.4
Spalding County	−12.3%	118	118	1.7
Douglas County	−12.5%	72	72	0.5
Jackson County	−12.6%	82	82	0.8
Pickens County	−12.7%	28	28	0.8
Putnam County	−12.8%	35	35	1.5
Fannin County	−13.1%	106	104	4.1
Lumpkin County	−13.1%	56	56	1.5
Union County	−13.1%	68	68	2.4
Towns County	−13.3%	59	59	4.4
Rockdale County	−13.8%	40	40	0.4
Jasper County	−14.0%	36	36	2.0
Newton County	−14.0%	58	58	0.5
Carroll County	−14.3%	149	39	1.1
Walton County	−14.9%	45	45	0.4
Banks County	−15.1%	42	42	2.0
Gilmer County	−15.1%	91	91	2.7
Pulaski County	−16.7%	14	14	1.4
McIntosh County	−17.5%	75	75	6.3
Charlton County	—	17	17	1.3
Lanier County	—	68	68	6.4

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.