Reliable statistics for Georgia counties available from UGA

Do you ever need statistics about your county or region to make good decisions? The Georgia County Guide is a book filled with detailed county-level and state data related to agriculture, crime, economics, education, government, health, housing, labor, natural resources, occupations, population, public assistance, transportation, and vital statistics.

popchg2010It puts the answers you need right at your fingertips in a comprehensive, easy-to-use format that covers all 159 counties in Georgia with more variables than any other county data source.

You’ll find the very latest statistics for every county as well as population data for each municipality in the state. This is data you can count on to make decisions, compiled from approximately 90 federal, state, and private agencies. The cost of the County Guide is $35 (includes shipping, handling and tax).

Statistics from the Georgia County Guide are also available in electronic format on CD.

Online you will also find the Georgia Statistics System . This free service of the Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development offers the Georgia County Guide and Farm Gate Value Report data for users to customize statistics, maps, and graphs. Find links to:

  • Demographic and Agricultural County Profiles.
  • Metropolitan, Micropolitan, and Combined Metropolitan Statistical Area Maps.
  • Population Estimates for all Municipalities with County Locator.

The Georgia Statistics System web site will customize the statistics, maps and graphs that you want from the Georgia County Guide and the Farmgate Value Report.  The site’s purpose is to facilitate economic development by improving the information base available to decision makers in local government, schools and businesses.   This is a service of the UGA Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, the Cooperative Extension Service, and the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia.

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