Georgia County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 159 counties in Georgia, scored 0–100 across five domains. Mean score: 61.3. 74counties are in Serious Stress or Crisis.
Data: Census, BLS, Urban Institute, HUD, US Courts | Scores as of 2026-03-17
Georgia Snapshot
159 Counties Scored
61.3 Mean Score
64.6 Median Score
79.6 Mitchell County Most Distressed
18.3 Oconee County Least Distressed
74 Serious 60 Elevated 23 Normal 2 Healthy
Zone Distribution Georgia County Map
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Healthy Normal Elevated Serious Crisis
All 159 Georgia counties colored by distress zone. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
Most & Least Distressed
Most Distressed
Least Distressed
#159 Oconee County
18.3 Healthy
Employment & Wages #158 Forsyth County
24.8 Healthy
Housing Cost Burden #157 Harris County
35.5 Normal
Debt & Delinquency Score Distribution
How Georgia's 159 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
All Georgia Counties
159 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Zone | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Mitchell County | 79.6 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 2 | 10 | Dougherty County | 79.0 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 3 | 13 | Richmond County | 78.6 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 4 | 22 | Hancock County | 77.5 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 5 | 35 | Quitman County | 76.7 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 6 | 45 | Charlton County | 76.1 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 7 | 48 | Bibb County | 76.1 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 8 | 51 | Telfair County | 75.8 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 9 | 60 | Crisp County | 75.4 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 10 | 62 | Ware County | 75.3 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 11 | 84 | Terrell County | 74.0 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 12 | 85 | Brooks County | 74.0 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 13 | 86 | Sumter County | 73.9 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 14 | 89 | Randolph County | 73.6 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 15 | 90 | Macon County | 73.6 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 16 | 97 | Baldwin County | 73.3 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 17 | 109 | Talbot County | 72.7 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 18 | 116 | Taylor County | 72.4 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 19 | 123 | Stewart County | 72.3 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 20 | 125 | Chattooga County | 72.2 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 21 | 146 | Clayton County | 71.5 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 22 | 156 | Worth County | 71.1 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 23 | 158 | Muscogee County | 71.1 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 24 | 162 | Grady County | 71.0 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 25 | 178 | Decatur County | 70.7 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 26 | 189 | Washington County | 70.5 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 27 | 194 | Spalding County | 70.3 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 28 | 197 | Emanuel County | 70.3 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 29 | 198 | McDuffie County | 70.3 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 30 | 205 | Jenkins County | 70.2 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 31 | 208 | Walker County | 70.1 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 32 | 216 | Candler County | 69.8 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 33 | 218 | Elbert County | 69.8 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 34 | 224 | McIntosh County | 69.7 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 35 | 228 | Dodge County | 69.7 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 36 | 229 | Marion County | 69.7 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 37 | 233 | Treutlen County | 69.6 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 38 | 241 | Cook County | 69.4 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 39 | 258 | Heard County | 68.9 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 40 | 263 | Taliaferro County | 68.9 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 41 | 272 | Early County | 68.8 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 42 | 274 | Meriwether County | 68.7 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 43 | 276 | Turner County | 68.7 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 44 | 278 | Ben Hill County | 68.7 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 45 | 279 | Pulaski County | 68.6 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 46 | 287 | Baker County | 68.5 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 47 | 292 | Floyd County | 68.4 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 48 | 302 | Polk County | 68.2 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 49 | 308 | Colquitt County | 68.1 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 50 | 314 | Clay County | 68.0 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 51 | 319 | Calhoun County | 67.8 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 52 | 320 | Lanier County | 67.8 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 53 | 323 | Wayne County | 67.7 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 54 | 324 | Jefferson County | 67.7 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 55 | 331 | Lowndes County | 67.7 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 56 | 342 | Toombs County | 67.5 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 57 | 345 | Liberty County | 67.5 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 58 | 348 | Clinch County | 67.4 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 59 | 363 | Atkinson County | 67.2 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 60 | 364 | Twiggs County | 67.2 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 61 | 369 | Jeff Davis County | 67.1 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 62 | 370 | Stephens County | 67.1 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 63 | 375 | Tattnall County | 67.1 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 64 | 385 | Seminole County | 66.8 | Serious Stress | Income & Poverty |
| 65 | 401 | Upson County | 66.6 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 66 | 403 | Bulloch County | 66.6 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 67 | 408 | Coffee County | 66.5 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 68 | 417 | Troup County | 66.3 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 69 | 423 | Thomas County | 66.3 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 70 | 424 | Burke County | 66.2 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 71 | 441 | Screven County | 66.0 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 72 | 452 | Evans County | 65.8 | Serious Stress | Debt & Delinquency |
| 73 | 472 | Chatham County | 65.5 | Serious Stress | Housing Cost Burden |
| 74 | 477 | Berrien County | 65.4 | Serious Stress | Community Vulnerability |
| 75 | 501 | Long County | 64.9 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 76 | 510 | Wilkes County | 64.8 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 77 | 512 | Bacon County | 64.8 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 78 | 518 | Dooly County | 64.7 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 79 | 523 | Crawford County | 64.6 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 80 | 524 | Clarke County | 64.6 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 81 | 536 | Rockdale County | 64.4 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 82 | 549 | Wilcox County | 64.2 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 83 | 550 | Johnson County | 64.2 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 84 | 573 | Brantley County | 63.8 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 85 | 574 | Newton County | 63.8 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 86 | 579 | Miller County | 63.7 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 87 | 599 | Wheeler County | 63.4 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 88 | 660 | Laurens County | 62.4 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 89 | 662 | Wilkinson County | 62.4 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 90 | 672 | Echols County | 62.3 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 91 | 695 | Peach County | 61.9 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 92 | 698 | Putnam County | 61.8 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 93 | 707 | Butts County | 61.6 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 94 | 725 | Webster County | 61.4 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 95 | 730 | Carroll County | 61.3 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 96 | 731 | Montgomery County | 61.3 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 97 | 734 | Bleckley County | 61.3 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 98 | 746 | Lincoln County | 61.1 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 99 | 799 | Irwin County | 60.5 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 100 | 822 | Franklin County | 60.1 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 101 | 858 | Hart County | 59.7 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 102 | 878 | Warren County | 59.4 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 103 | 908 | DeKalb County | 59.0 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 104 | 942 | Tift County | 58.5 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 105 | 953 | Appling County | 58.4 | Elevated | Income & Poverty |
| 106 | 961 | Glascock County | 58.3 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 107 | 962 | Douglas County | 58.3 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 108 | 999 | Madison County | 57.9 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 109 | 1,077 | Haralson County | 57.1 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 110 | 1,099 | Murray County | 56.6 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 111 | 1,108 | Glynn County | 56.5 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 112 | 1,115 | Jasper County | 56.4 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 113 | 1,125 | Whitfield County | 56.3 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 114 | 1,130 | Henry County | 56.2 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 115 | 1,148 | Pierce County | 55.9 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 116 | 1,234 | Dade County | 54.7 | Elevated | Employment & Wages |
| 117 | 1,236 | Lamar County | 54.6 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 118 | 1,261 | Camden County | 54.3 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 119 | 1,293 | Barrow County | 54.0 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 120 | 1,316 | Catoosa County | 53.7 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 121 | 1,345 | Schley County | 53.3 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 122 | 1,363 | Oglethorpe County | 53.1 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 123 | 1,383 | Walton County | 52.9 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 124 | 1,385 | Houston County | 52.8 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 125 | 1,389 | Gwinnett County | 52.8 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 126 | 1,390 | Rabun County | 52.8 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 127 | 1,394 | Pickens County | 52.7 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 128 | 1,426 | Fannin County | 52.4 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 129 | 1,431 | Chattahoochee County | 52.3 | Elevated | Employment & Wages |
| 130 | 1,435 | Bartow County | 52.3 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 131 | 1,519 | Towns County | 50.9 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 132 | 1,520 | Gilmer County | 50.9 | Elevated | Community Vulnerability |
| 133 | 1,553 | Jones County | 50.5 | Elevated | Debt & Delinquency |
| 134 | 1,589 | Lumpkin County | 50.1 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 135 | 1,631 | Fulton County | 49.5 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 136 | 1,638 | Habersham County | 49.4 | Normal | Community Vulnerability |
| 137 | 1,646 | Hall County | 49.3 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 138 | 1,671 | Gordon County | 49.0 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 139 | 1,674 | White County | 49.0 | Normal | Community Vulnerability |
| 140 | 1,737 | Banks County | 48.1 | Normal | Community Vulnerability |
| 141 | 1,770 | Pike County | 47.7 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 142 | 1,901 | Morgan County | 46.0 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 143 | 1,919 | Union County | 45.7 | Normal | Community Vulnerability |
| 144 | 1,952 | Greene County | 45.3 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 145 | 1,971 | Paulding County | 45.1 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 146 | 1,982 | Cobb County | 45.0 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 147 | 1,999 | Lee County | 44.9 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 148 | 2,147 | Dawson County | 43.0 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 149 | 2,154 | Coweta County | 42.8 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 150 | 2,219 | Effingham County | 41.9 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 151 | 2,252 | Bryan County | 41.5 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 152 | 2,330 | Monroe County | 40.3 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 153 | 2,394 | Jackson County | 39.3 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 154 | 2,429 | Fayette County | 38.7 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 155 | 2,491 | Cherokee County | 37.8 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 156 | 2,520 | Columbia County | 37.3 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 157 | 2,622 | Harris County | 35.5 | Normal | Debt & Delinquency |
| 158 | 3,039 | Forsyth County | 24.8 | Healthy | Housing Cost Burden |
| 159 | 3,131 | Oconee County | 18.3 | Healthy | Employment & Wages |
8 of 159 county reports for Georgia are currently available. All 159 counties are scored and visible on the map above. New county reports are published weekly.
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using percentile-rank averaging across five data domains: Debt & Delinquency, Income & Poverty, Housing Cost Burden, Employment & Wages, and Community Vulnerability. A score of 50 means the county falls at the national median. Higher scores indicate greater financial distress.
Crisis (80+) — Extreme distress across multiple domains
Serious Stress (65–80) — Significant distress, multiple domains elevated
Elevated (50–65) — Above-average distress in several areas
Normal (35–50) — Near the national median
Healthy (<35) — Below-average distress