Georgia in 2011

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

In 2011 the FHFA house price index for Georgia changed −7.5%, against −4.4% for the United States and −8.3% in 2010.

18,493 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (13,817 single-family), +7.1% on 2010; the national total was 624,061.

−7.5%Georgia index, 2010–2011US −4.4%

18,493housing units permitted in 201113,817 single-family

4 of 138counties with a rising indexmedian county −6.8%

624,061units permitted nationally in 2011

Counties in 2011

Ranked by the county index change from 2010 to 2011 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2011; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

County	Index change 2011	Units permitted	Single-family	Per 1,000
Pulaski County	+4.4%	13	13	1.3
Miller County	+3.0%	0	0	0.0
Crisp County	+1.3%	15	15	0.8
Taylor County	+0.3%	9	9	1.2
Chattooga County	−0.2%	2	2	0.1
Wilkes County	−0.4%	9	9	0.9
Burke County	−0.8%	23	23	0.9
Irwin County	−0.8%	11	11	1.2
Peach County	−1.0%	69	69	2.3
Schley County	−1.1%	0	0	0.0
Talbot County	−1.5%	6	6	1.1
McDuffie County	−1.8%	12	12	0.6
McIntosh County	−1.8%	75	75	6.3
Washington County	−1.8%	13	11	0.7
Banks County	−2.0%	1	1	0.0
Ben Hill County	−2.1%	16	16	0.9
Toombs County	−2.3%	75	7	2.7
Jefferson County	−2.6%	17	17	1.1
Bleckley County	−2.7%	10	10	0.8
Lee County	−3.0%	109	109	3.2
Montgomery County	−3.4%	8	8	0.9
Wayne County	−3.4%	3	1	0.1
Dodge County	−3.6%	13	13	0.7
Houston County	−3.7%	653	533	3.7
Fannin County	−3.9%	107	107	4.1
Greene County	−3.9%	63	63	2.9
Colquitt County	−4.0%	66	64	1.4
Bryan County	−4.1%	434	260	8.3
Harris County	−4.2%	93	93	2.5
Hart County	−4.6%	33	33	1.2
Catoosa County	−4.7%	84	81	1.2
Emanuel County	−4.7%	7	3	0.3
Dooly County	−4.9%	0	0	0.0
Fulton County	−5.0%	1,954	961	1.8
Monroe County	−5.1%	47	47	1.5
Towns County	−5.1%	64	64	4.8
Walker County	−5.1%	86	80	1.2
Coffee County	−5.2%	40	40	0.9
Grady County	−5.2%	34	22	1.3
Jeff Davis County	−5.2%	4	4	0.3
Habersham County	−5.3%	112	44	2.2
Muscogee County	−5.3%	369	217	1.8
Bacon County	−5.4%	0	0	0.0
Bibb County	−5.4%	308	86	2.0
Laurens County	−5.4%	25	25	0.5
Lincoln County	−5.5%	30	30	3.7
Tift County	−5.7%	50	38	1.2
Turner County	−5.7%	8	8	0.9
Worth County	−5.7%	23	23	1.1
Lumpkin County	−5.8%	48	48	1.3
Columbia County	−5.9%	1,265	1,257	7.5
Mitchell County	−5.9%	21	21	1.0
Hancock County	−6.0%	12	12	1.4
Putnam County	−6.0%	50	50	2.1
Murray County	−6.1%	23	23	0.6
Richmond County	−6.1%	267	267	1.3
DeKalb County	−6.2%	580	295	0.7
Twiggs County	−6.2%	10	10	1.3
Clarke County	−6.3%	171	84	1.3
Haralson County	−6.3%	42	12	1.3
Lowndes County	−6.3%	612	333	5.0
Sumter County	−6.3%	25	25	0.9
Forsyth County	−6.4%	1,174	1,174	4.2
Bulloch County	−6.5%	526	149	6.0
Lamar County	−6.5%	28	28	1.3
Berrien County	−6.6%	31	31	1.6
Candler County	−6.6%	3	1	0.3
Dougherty County	−6.6%	54	30	0.7
Pierce County	−6.7%	23	23	1.1
Terrell County	−6.8%	20	20	2.3
Ware County	−6.8%	75	75	2.0
Whitfield County	−6.8%	40	40	0.4
Decatur County	−6.9%	27	27	0.9
Fayette County	−6.9%	70	70	0.6
Floyd County	−6.9%	109	32	1.1
Baldwin County	−7.0%	82	34	1.9
Cobb County	−7.0%	1,758	886	2.2
Madison County	−7.0%	28	28	0.9
Chatham County	−7.2%	1,057	655	3.4
Heard County	−7.2%	11	11	0.9
Union County	−7.3%	59	59	2.1
Liberty County	−7.4%	201	201	2.9
Rockdale County	−7.6%	30	30	0.3
Clayton County	−7.7%	106	106	0.4
Early County	−7.7%	7	7	0.7
Effingham County	−7.7%	134	134	1.8
Gilmer County	−7.8%	47	47	1.4
Glynn County	−7.8%	304	304	3.5
Coweta County	−8.0%	329	329	2.1
White County	−8.1%	22	22	0.7
Appling County	−8.2%	2	2	0.1
Thomas County	−8.2%	134	70	2.9
Bartow County	−8.3%	77	77	0.6
Jasper County	−8.3%	34	34	1.9
Hall County	−8.4%	228	228	1.0
Pike County	−8.5%	9	9	0.4
Brantley County	−8.6%	17	17	0.9
Gordon County	−8.6%	29	29	0.5
Brooks County	−8.7%	24	24	1.5
Cherokee County	−8.7%	439	439	1.5
Franklin County	−8.7%	3	3	0.1
Oconee County	−8.7%	91	91	2.0
Oglethorpe County	−8.7%	37	37	2.3
Walton County	−8.8%	38	38	0.3
Jackson County	−9.0%	116	116	1.2
Polk County	−9.0%	22	22	0.5
Cook County	−9.2%	21	21	1.2
Stephens County	−9.2%	4	4	0.1
Troup County	−9.3%	95	95	1.3
Douglas County	−9.4%	54	54	0.3
Elbert County	−9.5%	37	21	1.8
Gwinnett County	−9.7%	873	873	0.9
Carroll County	−9.8%	204	102	1.6
Henry County	−9.9%	250	184	0.9
Jones County	−10.0%	17	17	0.6
Paulding County	−10.0%	187	187	1.0
Dade County	−10.1%	1	1	0.1
Camden County	−10.2%	90	90	1.5
Dawson County	−10.6%	37	37	1.0
Spalding County	−10.6%	110	110	1.6
Tattnall County	−10.6%	23	23	0.9
Upson County	−10.7%	18	18	0.6
Wilkinson County	−10.7%	1	1	0.1
Meriwether County	−10.8%	21	21	1.0
Morgan County	−11.2%	34	34	1.5
Newton County	−11.2%	54	54	0.4
Pickens County	−11.3%	41	41	1.1
Crawford County	−11.4%	14	14	1.1
Marion County	−11.8%	7	7	0.9
Rabun County	−12.2%	80	61	4.5
Butts County	−12.4%	5	5	0.2
Evans County	−12.5%	8	2	0.7
Barrow County	−13.8%	119	47	1.2
Seminole County	−14.8%	12	12	1.3
Jenkins County	−16.4%	9	9	1.0
Screven County	−16.9%	7	7	0.5
Macon County	−18.4%	7	7	0.6
Wilcox County	−18.6%	0	0	0.0
Charlton County	—	9	9	0.7
Lanier County	—	21	21	2.0

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.