Georgia

Home/Georgia Georgia State-to-state migration of people and income, 2022–2023 filing years At a glance (2023) Cost of living 96 4% below the U.S. average Median home value $272,900 national $303,400 Home prices, 5 years +62.2% over the 5 years to 2023 Monthly rent $1,306 national $1,348 Homeownership 65% national 65% Unemployment 3.2% national 3.6% Household income $74,664 national $78,538 Median age 37.4 yrs national 38.7 The cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. The median home is valued at $272,900 (nominal). Home prices have risen about 62% over the five years to 2023. Median rent is about $1,306 a month. Unemployment averaged 3.2% in 2023 (national 3.6%). Median household income is $74,664. These figures describe all residents, not just tax filers, come from separate sources than the migration data on this page, and do not indicate why anyone moved. Between the 2022 and 2023 filing years, Georgia saw a net gain of 14,067 tax-filing households and a net gain of 35,106 individuals. Against a population of about 11,029,227, that is a net inflow of about 3.2 per 1,000 residents. On net, the area gained $678.5M in associated adjusted gross income (AGI, nominal dollars). The largest inflow, about 28,263 households, came from Florida; the largest outflow, about 23,475 households, went to Florida. In the prior (2022) filing year, the area saw a net gain of 51,489 individuals. These figures cover federal income tax filers only and do not indicate why people moved. Net income (AGI) +$678.5M nominal dollars Net households +14,067 tax returns Net people +35,106 exemptions +3.2 net people per 1,000 residents (population 11,029,227) Income (AGI) in and out Moved in$10.6B Moved out$9.9B Net +$678.5M (nominal) HowAmericaMoves.com Georgia counties Net migration by county. Hover for figures; click a county to open it. Net outNet in(AGI $) Hover an area to trace its top 5 inbound (in) and outbound (out) moves. Net income (AGI) that moved in minus out, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation).Net tax returns (filing households) that moved in minus out.Net people per 1,000 residents, so larger and smaller areas compare fairly. Loading map… HowAmericaMoves.com Top origin states 1Florida28,263$1.8B 2New York9,138$611.6M 3Texas9,120$660.6M 4California8,796$793M 5Alabama8,527$466.8M 6North Carolina8,487$590.2M 7South Carolina8,328$505.4M 8Tennessee7,832$523M 9Virginia5,099$400.8M 10Illinois4,120$344.5M HowAmericaMoves.com Top destination states 1Florida23,475$2.1B 2Texas10,897$748.3M 3South Carolina9,309$752.8M 4Alabama9,224$563.2M 5North Carolina9,082$651.6M 6Tennessee8,430$618M 7California6,626$502.4M 8New York5,842$401.8M 9Virginia4,876$340.3M 10Illinois3,112$200.6M HowAmericaMoves.com Churn by state both directions at once The biggest two-way exchanges of filing households, 2022–2023. Moved in and moved out are gross one-way counts; net is the difference. Click a column to sort. Florida 28,263 23,475 +4,788 -$303.4M Texas 9,120 10,897 -1,777 -$87.7M Alabama 8,527 9,224 -697 -$96.3M South Carolina 8,328 9,309 -981 -$247.3M North Carolina 8,487 9,082 -595 -$61.4M Tennessee 7,832 8,430 -598 -$95M California 8,796 6,626 +2,170 +$290.7M New York 9,138 5,842 +3,296 +$209.9M Virginia 5,099 4,876 +223 +$60.5M Illinois 4,120 3,112 +1,008 +$143.8M Ohio 3,693 2,912 +781 +$85.3M Pennsylvania 3,853 2,668 +1,185 +$91.6M Counts are filing households (IRS returns), matching the lists above; income is nominal AGI. A dash means the IRS published only one direction of that exchange (small flows are suppressed), so no net is computed. HowAmericaMoves.com Net migration by year Net 2012–2023: +$6.8B (+377,797 people) 20122023 HowAmericaMoves.com Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars) Year Net AGI Net people 2012 +$35.9M -953 2013 -$181.2M +8,093 2014 +$299.3M +13,756 2015 +$97.3M +19,873 2016 +$553.3M +38,636 2017 +$980.6M +46,828 2018 +$809.4M +36,738 2019 +$426.9M +35,728 2020 +$1.1B +37,765 2021 +$1.3B +54,738 2022 +$715M +51,489 2023 +$678.5M +35,106 Migration in context How big is this move, relative to the state? In the 2022–2023 filing year, about 35,106 more people moved into Georgia than left (counting tax filers and their dependents) — a net gain of about $678.5M in income (nominal) — in a state of 11,063,669 people. Population 11,063,669 Census 2023 estimate Net migration rate +3.2 net people per 1,000 residents A town of 10,000 would net about +32 people. Net income per resident +$61 nominal dollars ≈ +$678.5M total across 11,063,669 residents. The rate lets you compare Georgia with a stateof any size: it’s the net flow divided by population. The IRS counts tax filers ; population counts all residents , so read the rate as a scale indicator, not a literal share of people. HowAmericaMoves.com Components of population change 2023 (Census) Where the state’s overall change came from. Census counts all residents; the IRS migration above is one slice of the domestic-migration component. Births +126,265 Deaths 98,375 Net domestic migration +52,348 Net international migration +52,726 Total change +133,677 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program. Figures are people, not tax filers. HowAmericaMoves.com Income & cost of living What a dollar is worth here Prices around Georgia run about 4% below the national average. In plain terms: $100 spent here buys about what $104 buys in the average American community. The figures below apply that to income, each compared to the U.S. average of $70,002 per person. Income per person $60,006 what people here earn (BEA 2023, nominal) 14% below the U.S. average Price level 96.5 100 = U.S. average prices (BEA price parity) everyday costs about 3.5% lower than average What that income buys $62,186 local income restated at U.S.-average prices 11% below the U.S. average Cheaper than U.S. avgU.S. average (100)Pricier Price parity shown at the state level (BEA does not publish a single figure below the metro level). HowAmericaMoves.com Where the cost comes from price parity by category Index where 100 = U.S. average for that category. Housing is usually what separates one place from another. Housing & rents88.3 Goods97.7 Utilities92.3 Other services98.8 Housing is measured from rents (including an estimated rental value for owner-occupied homes), so a run-up in purchase prices shows here only as it reaches rents. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Covers all residents, a separate universe from the IRS filer income above. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Who lives here The people of Georgia American Community Survey, 2019–2023 (a 5-year average of all residents, not just tax filers). Median age 37.4 years Median household income $74,664 per household (ACS 2019–2023, nominal) 5% below the U.S. median College degree 34% adults 25+ with a bachelor's or higher Poverty rate 13.5% residents below the poverty line Average commute 28 min mean travel time to work Broadband at home 89% households with any broadband Race and ethnicity (share of residents) White 50%Hispanic 11%Black 31%Asian 4%Other 4% White, Black, and Asian counts are people who are not Hispanic or Latino; Hispanic or Latino can be of any race. Shares are rounded and may not total 100. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Covers all residents, a separate universe from the IRS filer data. A 5-year estimate is an average over 2019–2023; compare years at least five apart, since consecutive windows overlap. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Housing what it costs to live here (ACS 2019–2023) Median home value $272,900 owner-occupied homes 10% below the U.S. median Median rent $1,306 gross rent per month 3% below the U.S. median Homeownership 65% of occupied homes are owner-occupied Home-price appreciation FHFA index, 2023 Past year +8.2% price change, 2022 to 2023 Past 5 years +62% price change, 2018 to 2023 A repeat-sales index (how much the same homes changed in price), so it tracks the market over time rather than the current level. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual all-transactions HPI; the county series is FHFA’s developmental index. New home construction building permits, 2023 63,621new housing units authorized in 2023 Single-family 70%Multifamily 30% Units authorized by residential building permits (new supply), summed from counties for the state and U.S. Permits are authorizations, not completions. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Home value is what owners estimate their homes are worth, not recent sale prices. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2019–2023), nominal dollars. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Local economy & risk Jobs and natural hazards Unemployment rate 3.2% BLS 2023 annual average Labor force 5,372,644 5,198,344 employed Disaster declarations 2 major federal, 2023 most common: Hurricane Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS) and FEMA. A disaster declaration marks federal assistance eligibility, not damage severity, and says nothing about why anyone moved. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Unemployment now 3.2% May 2026 ▼ 0.1 points vs May 2025 January 2024May 2026 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS). Monthly unemployment for this state, not seasonally adjusted. Updated every month, so it moves faster than the annual average above. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Who’s moving by income Net migration by income bracket Tax-filing households that moved into Georgia minus those that left, by the adjusted gross income they reported, 2022–2023. Positive means more arrived than left at that income level. $1–$10k +329 In 13,576Out 13,247+$2.9M AGI $10k–$25k +3,217 In 33,599Out 30,382+$58.2M AGI $25k–$50k +3,968 In 39,020Out 35,052+$149M AGI $50k–$75k +2,361 In 21,642Out 19,281+$142.7M AGI $75k–$100k +728 In 12,845Out 12,117+$63.8M AGI $100k–$200k +2,107 In 19,396Out 17,289+$292.3M AGI $200k+ +1,137 In 8,658Out 7,521-$35M AGI Among the highest earners ($200k+), Georgia ranks #9 of 51 states for net household migration (+1,137). Source: IRS Statistics of Income, state-level gross migration file (returns with negative AGI are excluded, so this won’t exactly match the totals above). Income is what filers reported, not a reason anyone moved. Compare all states by income bracket. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Goods trade What Georgia ships and receives Physical goods shipped between Georgia and other states, 2022. This is freight, not the migration of people or income shown above. $355.3B Ships to other states +25% since 2017 $331.0B Receives from states +15% since 2017 +$24.4B Net balance Top goods shipped out Pharmaceutical products $56.5B Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) $49.1B Mixed freight $48.8B Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment $46.7B Machinery $36.4B Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather $32.5B Top goods received Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) $45.4B Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment $43.1B Mixed freight $43.0B Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather $28.9B Plastics and rubber $28.6B Pharmaceutical products $26.8B Biggest trading partners (both ways) Goods trade runs in both directions: states swap different goods, so a partner is often near the top of both columns. Net is ships minus receives (positive means Georgia ships more to that partner than it gets back). Partner Ships to Receives Net Total Florida $41.2B $27.8B +$13.4B $68.9B Alabama $22.1B $37.3B -$15.2B $59.4B North Carolina $28.5B $24.0B +$4.5B $52.6B South Carolina $30.1B $18.5B +$11.6B $48.6B Texas $29.6B $17.0B +$12.6B $46.6B Tennessee $23.9B $22.0B +$1.9B $45.8B California $16.8B $22.2B -$5.4B $38.9B Ohio $20.8B $16.0B +$4.8B $36.8B Goods shipped every five years by the Census Commodity Flow Survey (a sample, so figures are estimates and the smallest flows are withheld). Value is nominal. The totals and partner table above count trade between Georgia and other states; the goods lists count everything the state ships or receives, including within-state shipments. Compare all states. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Taxes the state collects What Georgia collects in taxes Total state taxes $33.8B FY 2023, nominal Per resident $3,057 total state taxes ÷ population Largest categories (share of total) Individual income tax$17B 50% General sales & gross receipts$9B 27% Corporation net income tax$3.8B 11% Motor fuels sales tax$837.2M 2% Property taxes$831.8M 2% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections. This is what the state government collected (not local taxes), not a measure of any individual’s tax burden. How the data works. HowAmericaMoves.com Elections National maps → How Georgia has voted. Certified returns, popular vote only. This is a separate dataset from the migration figures on this page. President, 1976–2024 Year Democratic Republican Other Margin Total 2024 2,548,017 2,663,117 38,913 R +2.2 5,250,047 2020 2,474,507 2,461,837 62,138 D +0.3 4,998,482 2016 1,877,963 2,089,104 147,644 R +5.1 4,114,711 2012 1,773,827 2,078,688 47,535 R +7.8 3,900,050 2008 1,844,137 2,048,744 32,397 R +5.2 3,925,278 2004 1,366,149 1,914,254 18,387 R +16.6 3,298,790 2000 1,116,230 1,419,720 60,854 R +11.7 2,596,804 1996 1,053,849 1,080,843 164,207 R +1.2 2,298,899 1992 1,008,966 995,252 316,915 D +0.6 2,321,133 1988 714,792 1,081,331 13,549 R +20.3 1,809,672 1984 706,628 1,068,722 753 R +20.4 1,776,103 1980 890,955 654,168 51,682 D +14.8 1,596,805 1976 979,409 483,743 0 D +33.9 1,463,152 U.S. Senate races all states → Year Winner Democratic Republican Other Margin 2022runoff Raphael Warnock 1,820,633 1,721,244 — D +2.8 2020specialrunoff Raphael Warnock 2,288,446 2,194,848 — D +2.1 2020runoff Jon Ossoff 2,269,262 2,213,979 — D +1.2 2016 Johnny Isakson 1,599,726 2,135,806 162,260 R +13.8 2014 David A. Perdue 1,160,811 1,358,088 48,862 R +7.7 2010 Johnny Isakson 996,516 1,489,904 68,750 R +19.3 2008 Saxby Chambliss 909,923 1,228,033 — R +14.9 2004 Johnny Isakson 1,287,690 1,864,202 69,051 R +17.9 2002 Saxby Chambliss 932,422 1,071,352 27,830 R +6.8 2000special Zell Miller 1,413,224 — 1,002,519 — U.S. House seats won district maps → 2024 D 5 R 9 2022 D 5 R 9 2020 D 6 R 8 2018 D 5 R 9 2016 D 4 R 10 2014 D 4 R 10 2012 D 5 R 9 2010 D 5 R 8 2008 D 6 R 7 2006 D 6 R 7 2004 D 6 R 7 2002 D 5 R 8 2000 D 3 R 8 2024 results by county Republican wonDemocratic wonIndependent / other Which party received the most votes, as a solid color.Winning margin as a share of all votes cast.Change in margin since 2020, in percentage points.Total votes cast, all candidates. Loading map… HowAmericaMoves.com Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab county returns (CC0). Margins are the popular-vote gap as a share of all votes cast. Counties in Georgia (159) Appling County Atkinson County Bacon County Baker County Baldwin County Banks County Barrow County Bartow County Ben Hill County Berrien County Bibb County Bleckley County Brantley County Brooks County Bryan County Bulloch County Burke County Butts County Calhoun County Camden County Candler County Carroll County Catoosa County Charlton County Chatham County Chattahoochee County Chattooga County Cherokee County Clarke County Clay County Clayton County Clinch County Cobb County Coffee County Colquitt County Columbia County Cook County Coweta County Crawford County Crisp County Dade County Dawson County DeKalb County Decatur County Dodge County Dooly County Dougherty County Douglas County Early County Echols County Effingham County Elbert County Emanuel County Evans County Fannin County Fayette County Floyd County Forsyth County Franklin County Fulton County Gilmer County Glascock County Glynn County Gordon County Grady County Greene County Gwinnett County Habersham County Hall County Hancock County Haralson County Harris County Hart County Heard County Henry County Houston County Irwin County Jackson County Jasper County Jeff Davis County Jefferson County Jenkins County Johnson County Jones County Lamar County Lanier County Laurens County Lee County Liberty County Lincoln County Long County Lowndes County Lumpkin County Macon County Madison County Marion County McDuffie County McIntosh County Meriwether County Miller County Mitchell County Monroe County Montgomery County Morgan County Murray County Muscogee County Newton County Oconee County Oglethorpe County Paulding County Peach County Pickens County Pierce County Pike County Polk County Pulaski County Putnam County Quitman County Rabun County Randolph County Richmond County Rockdale County Schley County Screven County Seminole County Spalding County Stephens County Stewart County Sumter County Talbot County Taliaferro County Tattnall County Taylor County Telfair County Terrell County Thomas County Tift County Toombs County Towns County Treutlen County Troup County Turner County Twiggs County Union County Upson County Walker County Walton County Ware County Warren County Washington County Wayne County Webster County Wheeler County White County Whitfield County Wilcox County Wilkes County Wilkinson County Worth County Get the next update for Georgia The IRS releases new migration data once a year. 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