About Georgia Economics
What this is
Georgia Economics turns the public economic record for the Peach State into something you can actually read at a glance. Instead of hunting across federal data portals, you get county heat maps, metro comparisons, statewide indicators, and the sectors that make Georgia distinctive — logistics, film, agriculture, and automotive — all in one place, refreshed automatically.
It is the sister site to economicsguru.com and shares its typography and palette. Everything here is built from primary, free-to-access government data; there are no proprietary or paywalled figures, and the site carries no advertising.
What's covered
Four ways into the same economy.
Topics span labor, housing, GDP, population, migration, inflation, and the economic outlook. Featured industries — agriculture, automotive & EV, data centers, film, and trade & logistics — cover the sectors that make Georgia distinctive. Browse everything from the directory, or jump straight to a place from the home-page map.
Where the data comes from
Every figure traces back to a primary public source.
| Area | Primary sources |
|---|---|
| Labor & unemployment | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS (county), CES & QCEW (payrolls, sectors, wages) |
| Housing | FHFA House Price Index, Census ACS (values, rent, ownership), Census Building Permits Survey (via FRED) |
| GDP & output | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — SAGDP & CAGDP (state, metro, county) |
| Population & migration | U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program; IRS Statistics of Income (county-to-county flows) |
| Inflation | BLS Consumer Price Index (South region & Atlanta MSA) and Average Price Data (fuel) |
| Trade & logistics | Georgia Ports Authority, Hartsfield-Jackson cargo, U.S. Census trade statistics |
| Industries | BLS QCEW, BEA, Census County Business Patterns, USDA NASS (agriculture), plus Georgia state agencies |
| Outlook | A coincident business-cycle index and 5-year forecast modeled from the series above |
Federal data is aggregated by the Federal Reserve's FRED where convenient. Georgia state agencies include the Department of Economic Development, the Environmental Protection Division, and the Public Service Commission.
How it stays current
The site is fully automated. Scheduled jobs pull each source from its public API on a regular cadence — most series monthly, GDP and several others quarterly or annually as the agencies publish — and the pages rebuild themselves from the refreshed data. When a source is temporarily unavailable, the affected section degrades gracefully rather than showing stale or blank numbers. The result is a plain, fast, static site with no logins and nothing to install.
Methodology & limitations
Figures are reported as their source agency publishes them, including normal revisions — economic data is routinely revised as more complete information arrives, so values can shift between visits. Geographies follow the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's metropolitan-area definitions, and metro totals are county-aggregated, so a metro that crosses the state line (Augusta, Columbus) includes its out-of-state counties.
County profiles are a clean overview rather than the deep analysis on the metro report pages; where a county sits inside a metro, its profile links through to that fuller report. This site is an information resource, not investment, legal, or policy advice.
Who makes it
Georgia Economics is a product of Economic Impact Group, LLC, and a sister site to economicsguru.com. Questions or corrections are welcome — the goal is an accurate, genuinely useful public picture of Georgia's economy.