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Counties in Georgia ranked

12.2%of income goes to home energy in Cook County, the highest of 159 Georgia counties

Forsyth County is lowest at 1.3%, a gap of 9.6 times. The median Georgia county sits at 3.1%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Georgia: DOE LEAD 2022.

Georgia county map

Georgia counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureClinch County: 4.5%Pulaski County: 3.8%Toombs County: 3.3%Grady County: 3.7%Pickens County: 2.6%Chattooga County: 4.4%Towns County: 2.7%Gordon County: 2.6%Evans County: 3.3%Bleckley County: 3.2%Newton County: 2.5%Floyd County: 2.8%Rockdale County: 2.2%Chattahoochee County: 2.6%Glascock County: 3.5%Heard County: 3.5%Clay County: 4.2%Lamar County: 3.7%Macon County: 5.0%Whitfield County: 2.5%Bibb County: 3.0%Haralson County: 2.8%Dade County: 3.2%Dougherty County: 2.9%Turner County: 3.7%Polk County: 3.3%Dawson County: 2.0%Fannin County: 2.8%Tift County: 3.2%Butts County: 3.2%Franklin County: 3.3%White County: 2.5%Clarke County: 2.2%Jenkins County: 4.5%Echols County: 3.9%Banks County: 2.9%Twiggs County: 3.3%Lanier County: 4.2%Douglas County: 2.1%Cook County: 12.2%Jeff Davis County: 3.3%Madison County: 2.9%Atkinson County: 3.5%Washington County: 9.1%Elbert County: 4.4%Jones County: 2.8%Gilmer County: 2.7%Warren County: 4.1%Taliaferro County: 4.2%Dodge County: 3.4%Henry County: 2.1%Hart County: 3.1%Early County: 4.0%Clayton County: 3.0%McIntosh County: 3.2%Morgan County: 2.4%Schley County: 5.5%Pierce County: 2.9%Burke County: 3.2%Lee County: 2.6%Crawford County: 3.0%Rabun County: 2.7%Seminole County: 2.6%Lumpkin County: 2.4%Walker County: 3.2%Oconee County: 1.4%Cobb County: 1.6%Cherokee County: 1.6%Laurens County: 3.4%Marion County: 4.0%Hancock County: 4.3%Candler County: 3.6%Catoosa County: 2.4%Muscogee County: 3.2%Columbia County: 2.0%Mitchell County: 5.0%Putnam County: 2.6%DeKalb County: 1.7%Brooks County: 3.5%Calhoun County: 4.4%Colquitt County: 3.5%Coffee County: 2.9%Dooly County: 3.9%Lowndes County: 2.5%Emanuel County: 3.4%Hall County: 2.1%Decatur County: 3.6%Miller County: 2.6%Thomas County: 2.4%Wilcox County: 4.6%Liberty County: 2.6%Long County: 2.7%Meriwether County: 4.4%Oglethorpe County: 2.7%Pike County: 2.4%Randolph County: 5.8%Stewart County: 4.4%Richmond County: 2.8%Appling County: 3.1%Spalding County: 2.4%Treutlen County: 3.2%Camden County: 2.3%Coweta County: 1.8%Union County: 2.5%Walton County: 2.6%Jackson County: 2.2%Baldwin County: 3.0%Wheeler County: 4.1%Gwinnett County: 2.2%McDuffie County: 3.4%Barrow County: 2.5%Brantley County: 3.7%Bryan County: 1.9%Glynn County: 2.3%Houston County: 2.2%Sumter County: 4.1%Telfair County: 3.8%Crisp County: 3.2%Harris County: 2.9%Worth County: 3.5%Fayette County: 1.6%Tattnall County: 3.2%Screven County: 2.6%Fulton County: 1.4%Wilkinson County: 3.9%Ben Hill County: 6.3%Berrien County: 3.2%Stephens County: 3.4%Terrell County: 4.0%Bacon County: 3.1%Jefferson County: 3.8%Baker County: 4.0%Johnson County: 3.6%Chatham County: 2.3%Montgomery County: 2.7%Peach County: 2.8%Murray County: 3.0%Paulding County: 1.8%Forsyth County: 1.3%Wayne County: 3.1%Jasper County: 2.9%Ware County: 3.8%Irwin County: 3.5%Lincoln County: 3.2%Monroe County: 3.1%Effingham County: 2.3%Bulloch County: 2.6%Upson County: 3.5%Webster County: 4.6%Greene County: 2.1%Troup County: 3.2%Wilkes County: 9.2%Carroll County: 2.4%Habersham County: 2.7%Quitman County: 5.5%Bartow County: 2.8%Charlton County: 3.8%Taylor County: 4.5%Talbot County: 4.1%
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Georgia counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Georgia

Cook County leads Georgia on burden at 12.2% of income and Wilkes County follows at 9.2%. For lower-income homes the top is Cook County: 38.0% of income, against 9.4% in the median Georgia county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Georgia counties

  • Cook County12.2
  • Wilkes County9.2
  • Washington County9.1
  • Ben Hill County6.3
  • Randolph County5.8
  • Quitman County5.5
  • Schley County5.5
  • Mitchell County5.0
  • Macon County5.0
  • Webster County4.6
  • Georgia median county3.1
Georgia counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in GeorgiaShare of income (GA)Residents (GA)
Forsyth County1.3%260,062
Fulton County1.4%1,068,507
Oconee County1.4%42,788
Fayette County1.6%120,689
Cobb County1.6%769,152

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Georgia

NOAA logged 92 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Twiggs County from 2015 to 2025, 1,169 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Georgia. FEMA scores Chatham County highest at 97.4 (relatively high). In Georgia these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Georgia top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Georgiareports 2015-2025 (GA)Residents (GA)Rank (GA)
Twiggs County1,1697,8691st
Randolph County1,0216,2702nd
Talbot County9565,7533rd
Early County92710,6834th
Clinch County9076,7225th
Georgia top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Georgiascore 0-100 (GA)Residents (GA)Rank (GA)
Chatham County97.4298,1431st
Fulton County95.81,068,5072nd
Gwinnett County95.4966,9723rd
Cobb County94.4769,1524th
DeKalb County94.3762,1055th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Georgia

Glynn County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Georgia: 41.5 from 2015 to 2025, against 1.1 in the median Georgia county. Glynn County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (31.1%, median county 0.3%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Georgia top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Georgiaclaims 2015-2025 (GA)Residents (GA)Rank (GA)
Glynn County41.584,9871st
Chatham County22.2298,1432nd
Bryan County13.246,6813rd
Lee County11.633,3374th
Camden County11.256,0365th
Georgia top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Georgia% of homes insured (GA)Residents (GA)Rank (GA)
Glynn County31.1%84,9871st
Bryan County20.9%46,6812nd
Chatham County20.6%298,1433rd
Camden County14.9%56,0364th
McIntosh County7.9%11,1875th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Georgia counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Georgia median. Most extreme: Glynn County, share of homes with flood insurance 31.1% against a median of 0.3%.

Georgia outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueGeorgia medianDeviations
Glynn CountyFlood insurance penetration31.1%0.3%+96.6
Bryan CountyFlood insurance penetration20.9%0.3%+64.4
Chatham CountyFlood insurance penetration20.6%0.3%+63.7
Glynn CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes41.51.1+47.8
Camden CountyFlood insurance penetration14.9%0.3%+45.7
Chatham CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes22.21.1+25.0
McIntosh CountyFlood insurance penetration7.9%0.3%+23.7
Liberty CountyFlood insurance penetration6.7%0.3%+19.9
Cook CountyBurden, lower-income homes38.0%9.4%+15.5
Bryan CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes13.21.1+14.3

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Georgia

Dougherty County has the oldest stock: 60% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Lanier County at 95% of homes, and Emanuel County lists 7 utilities, the most in Georgia.

Georgia top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Georgia% of homes (GA)Residents (GA)Rank (GA)
Dougherty County60%83,9151st
Wilkes County59%9,5532nd
Taliaferro County58%1,7403rd
Terrell County58%8,9414th
Bibb County56%156,5435th
Georgia top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Georgia% of homes (GA)Residents (GA)Rank (GA)
Lanier County95%10,0941st
Coffee County94%43,1612nd
Seminole County94%9,1173rd
Atkinson County94%8,2614th
Pierce County93%19,9965th

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All 159 Georgia counties, sortable

159 Georgia counties, all measures
Appling County18,4263.1%8.4%35850.243%92%21.41.1%66
Atkinson County8,2613.5%8.1%6667.333%94%2no data0.2%55
Bacon County11,1293.1%8.5%35020.645%93%2no data0.1%39
Baker County2,8304.0%11.6%under 5,000 residents9.853%77%38.81.1%60
Baldwin County43,6693.0%11.2%13350.041%74%4no data0.2%58
Banks County18,7572.9%9.9%31512.428%73%3no data0.1%59
Barrow County86,9822.5%7.7%3845.617%78%30.20.1%33
Bartow County111,1532.8%9.6%12865.327%62%60.60.5%142
Ben Hill County17,1386.3%19.0%28625.448%85%2no data0.3%49
Berrien County18,2573.2%9.8%59239.337%92%20.60.3%108
Bibb County156,5433.0%10.6%4578.556%63%61.10.4%70
Bleckley County12,4143.2%9.8%20125.746%75%2no data0.3%25
Brantley County18,1713.7%9.6%27518.329%92%3no data0.8%50
Brooks County16,2853.5%11.1%63942.140%84%30.80.2%104
Bryan County46,6811.9%7.0%7766.610%91%413.220.9%36
Bulloch County81,3722.6%7.3%19975.429%90%43.91.7%162
Burke County24,4273.2%10.7%41837.344%80%3no data0.1%102
Butts County26,0743.2%8.7%20720.531%67%33.81.1%54
Calhoun County5,5284.4%13.5%61516.355%85%3no data0.2%34
Camden County56,0362.3%8.5%12754.520%90%211.214.9%71
Candler County10,9723.6%9.8%46511.641%93%21.00.3%51
Carroll County122,1872.4%8.0%12470.532%57%30.50.3%151
Catoosa County68,3562.4%7.5%11764.635%80%33.00.9%80
Charlton County12,7113.8%9.9%25226.738%85%21.50.6%32
Chatham County298,1432.3%8.9%8797.444%71%122.220.6%258
Chattahoochee County9,1812.6%7.4%2292.054%74%3no datano data21
Chattooga County24,9754.4%9.8%51354.455%60%20.80.2%128
Cherokee County274,5391.6%8.2%7485.312%32%40.20.2%204
Clarke County129,2672.2%8.1%5067.040%69%40.40.4%64
Clay County2,8534.2%9.2%under 5,000 residents8.540%88%3no data0.1%50
Clayton County298,7713.0%8.1%1886.736%48%41.10.4%54
Clinch County6,7224.5%13.7%90720.752%93%1no data1.9%61
Cobb County769,1521.6%7.4%1294.428%30%41.51.0%89
Coffee County43,1612.9%8.5%28059.637%94%30.90.2%121
Colquitt County45,9073.5%10.7%24070.540%89%40.50.3%110
Columbia County159,6382.0%8.0%6776.819%63%21.70.9%107
Cook County17,36312.2%38.0%39734.845%88%2no data0.9%69
Coweta County150,0711.8%7.6%14165.620%50%60.30.3%211
Crawford County12,1833.0%11.0%3533.930%80%3no data0.1%43
Crisp County19,9953.2%8.9%24552.346%89%24.91.9%49
Dade County16,1963.2%8.4%41433.239%64%2no data0.4%67
Dawson County28,7042.0%8.5%20621.917%50%3no data0.3%59
DeKalb County762,1051.7%7.8%2094.345%38%31.81.1%153
Decatur County29,1183.6%10.4%39575.939%89%40.81.5%115
Dodge County19,9093.4%9.8%33744.848%79%2no data0.1%67
Dooly County11,0263.9%11.4%27214.950%83%32.90.6%30
Dougherty County83,9152.9%8.6%14882.860%78%52.72.7%124
Douglas County146,1412.1%7.9%12665.725%41%20.50.4%184
Early County10,6834.0%10.3%92743.444%84%43.10.5%99
Echols County3,7053.9%11.5%under 5,000 residents0.535%89%2no data0.2%24
Effingham County67,2652.3%8.6%19259.118%90%32.03.0%129
Elbert County19,7254.4%14.5%19330.852%58%2no data0.1%38
Emanuel County22,9613.4%8.1%23539.948%84%7no data0.2%54
Evans County10,7403.3%9.4%52121.941%90%31.30.4%56
Fannin County25,6052.8%8.9%27356.528%57%33.21.7%70
Fayette County120,6891.6%7.1%8361.318%33%41.61.1%100
Floyd County98,9852.8%8.2%10882.054%55%31.10.6%107
Forsyth County260,0621.3%7.6%2486.17%27%30.40.3%62
Franklin County23,8403.3%10.2%16433.135%71%3no data0.0%39
Fulton County1,068,5071.4%8.3%2095.833%49%72.30.8%217
Gilmer County31,9762.7%9.6%24468.117%44%34.21.2%78
Glascock County2,9133.5%10.9%under 5,000 residents0.942%65%3no datano data8
Glynn County84,9872.3%8.7%8483.739%87%241.531.1%71
Gordon County58,3362.6%7.5%8967.242%68%40.90.5%52
Grady County26,0563.7%12.1%32253.038%86%4no data0.1%84
Greene County19,5862.1%10.5%14337.229%74%3no data0.2%28
Gwinnett County966,9722.2%8.0%1795.414%36%60.40.4%160
Habersham County46,9482.7%8.8%8938.929%72%20.90.2%42
Hall County208,3952.1%7.4%5784.326%66%50.20.1%118
Hancock County8,6304.3%11.6%33611.932%55%3no data0.1%29
Haralson County30,7202.8%10.7%16327.637%53%2no data0.1%50
Harris County35,5092.9%12.4%19220.824%82%30.50.5%68
Hart County26,4843.1%9.5%14035.440%72%2no data0.1%37
Heard County11,6163.5%11.6%39612.841%53%4no data0.0%46
Henry County245,4172.1%6.7%3279.411%47%40.60.4%79
Houston County166,9022.2%8.7%7870.530%86%20.60.7%131
Irwin County9,3853.5%9.1%72513.647%83%2no data0.1%68
Jackson County80,6402.2%7.7%8141.919%77%2no data0.2%65
Jasper County15,3452.9%9.0%1438.134%74%40.90.5%22
Jeff Davis County14,8383.3%8.1%31028.242%92%20.90.3%46
Jefferson County15,4683.8%10.8%20025.847%72%3no data0.2%31
Jenkins County8,6744.5%9.9%39210.852%81%4no data0.5%34
Johnson County9,1923.6%10.2%6099.344%79%4no data0.1%56
Jones County28,5262.8%10.3%12316.432%72%3no data0.2%35
Lamar County19,0983.7%12.7%1417.843%64%40.70.2%27
Lanier County10,0944.2%11.3%8626.826%95%21.20.5%87
Laurens County49,6193.4%10.1%25250.537%90%40.60.2%125
Lee County33,3372.6%9.8%23429.417%92%411.61.9%78
Liberty County66,8262.6%6.9%15683.023%86%35.76.7%104
Lincoln County7,7733.2%9.9%5155.543%71%2no data0.1%40
Long County17,5122.7%6.9%2518.022%91%33.03.7%44
Lowndes County119,0552.5%8.4%24972.631%90%21.50.8%297
Lumpkin County33,9312.4%8.2%15044.918%65%50.50.2%51
Macon County11,9535.0%12.9%26832.153%67%2no data0.1%32
Madison County30,9142.9%9.3%10728.935%80%4no data0.1%33
Marion County7,4744.0%9.5%3346.731%76%3no data0.0%25
McDuffie County21,6873.4%9.9%20725.040%66%2no data0.1%45
McIntosh County11,1873.2%10.9%32266.624%91%27.37.9%36
Meriwether County20,7574.4%12.3%28919.244%71%4no data0.1%60
Miller County5,8732.6%8.1%86820.853%85%3no data0.6%51
Mitchell County21,4415.0%15.4%60263.052%82%31.81.5%129
Monroe County28,9193.1%14.8%21118.725%64%42.00.6%61
Montgomery County8,6752.7%8.8%4037.839%91%23.60.3%35
Morgan County20,6142.4%9.4%28119.431%76%6no data0.1%58
Murray County40,2823.0%8.5%15951.525%83%40.80.1%64
Muscogee County204,3833.2%10.7%3281.653%56%31.10.8%66
Newton County115,5302.5%8.3%4550.621%62%50.60.3%52
Oconee County42,7881.4%9.0%7219.420%64%4no data0.3%31
Oglethorpe County15,2212.7%10.9%2438.138%72%3no data0.1%37
Paulding County174,2921.8%6.2%8670.011%42%40.20.3%150
Peach County28,2692.8%10.4%11022.543%74%2no data0.2%31
Pickens County34,1972.6%9.0%21134.823%46%20.60.3%72
Pierce County19,9962.9%7.9%21022.732%93%2no data0.3%42
Pike County19,5402.4%9.1%3538.031%71%4no data0.1%69
Polk County43,3653.3%9.0%18964.145%59%21.10.6%82
Pulaski County9,8933.8%11.7%19218.246%74%11.10.6%19
Putnam County22,5242.6%9.4%19153.326%76%3no data0.3%43
Quitman County2,0925.5%14.5%under 5,000 residents8.333%62%3no data0.1%34
Rabun County17,1072.7%9.7%28145.336%59%31.41.1%48
Randolph County6,2705.8%10.9%1,02117.250%80%3no data0.0%64
Richmond County206,0402.8%9.4%4787.450%58%41.90.9%97
Rockdale County94,2932.2%7.0%6256.232%46%30.70.3%58
Schley County4,5395.5%17.5%under 5,000 residents0.635%69%3no datano data17
Screven County14,0572.6%7.8%84743.947%88%30.70.4%119
Seminole County9,1172.6%8.3%64729.549%94%23.02.2%59
Spalding County68,2152.4%8.6%19940.944%49%50.40.3%136
Stephens County26,8423.4%9.3%13433.444%64%3no data0.3%36
Stewart County4,9784.4%10.8%under 5,000 residents5.944%71%3no datano data24
Sumter County29,1744.1%11.1%16153.252%83%30.40.7%47
Talbot County5,7534.1%12.4%9562.937%66%2no data0.1%55
Taliaferro County1,7404.2%9.0%under 5,000 residents0.758%49%2no data0.1%22
Tattnall County24,2153.2%9.1%29368.441%85%51.60.4%71
Taylor County7,7864.5%12.2%57810.138%69%2no data0.1%45
Telfair County12,1743.8%10.6%37023.555%84%1no data0.1%45
Terrell County8,9414.0%11.7%78316.558%74%3no data0.2%70
Thomas County45,6962.4%8.0%30066.042%86%50.60.6%137
Tift County41,3223.2%9.3%18956.043%85%30.90.8%78
Toombs County26,9433.3%9.0%13742.743%89%31.50.5%37
Towns County12,7392.7%9.2%14939.624%57%12.30.8%19
Treutlen County6,3873.2%9.9%4542.148%85%2no data0.1%29
Troup County69,8213.2%10.0%25459.944%77%51.30.2%177
Turner County8,9153.7%9.3%68416.655%76%3no data0.3%61
Twiggs County7,8693.3%12.2%1,1698.540%75%4no data0.0%92
Union County25,5982.5%8.0%21152.520%50%11.90.9%54
Upson County27,8563.5%11.5%24417.155%57%30.70.1%68
Walker County68,4493.2%9.4%12372.054%75%40.30.5%84
Walton County100,3612.6%10.2%20955.023%69%40.60.2%210
Ware County35,9583.8%10.2%15949.455%89%31.00.8%57
Warren County5,1754.1%10.4%4255.352%64%3no datano data22
Washington County19,8939.1%26.6%29723.847%68%41.10.3%59
Wayne County30,5193.1%8.4%23644.637%90%3no data0.5%72
Webster County2,3484.6%12.3%under 5,000 residents2.432%72%2no datano data21
Wheeler County7,4344.1%9.2%4846.447%82%11.90.5%36
White County28,4542.5%8.1%25745.719%70%32.50.5%73
Whitfield County103,1182.5%6.8%11981.538%87%30.70.4%123
Wilcox County8,7844.6%13.2%30713.253%84%2no data0.2%27
Wilkes County9,5539.2%27.7%30412.959%50%3no data0.0%29
Wilkinson County8,7953.9%11.4%4554.644%76%4no datano data40
Worth County20,5753.5%10.7%88036.541%81%4no data0.7%181

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Georgia: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Georgia sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (GA)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (GA)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (GA)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (GA)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (GA)20241 Oct 2026

Georgia LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Georgia county has the highest home energy burden?

Cook County: 12.2% of income, against 3.1% for the median Georgia county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Georgia county has the lowest energy burden?

Forsyth County at 1.3% of income.

How does Georgia compare with the whole country?

The median Georgia county has a burden of 3.1% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 159 Georgia counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Georgia?

Twiggs County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 1,169 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Georgia county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Chatham County: 97.4, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Georgia?

Dougherty County: 60% of homes were built before 1980; the median Georgia county is at 39% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Georgia county relies most on electric heat?

Lanier County: 95% of homes heat with electricity, against 75% in the median county.

Which Georgia county has the most flood claims per home?

Glynn County: 41.5 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Georgia county has 1.1 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Georgia?

No: in Georgia they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Georgia households get help with bills?

See the Georgia help page. Highest burden: Cook County.

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12.2% of income goes to home energy in Cook County, the highest of 159 Georgia counties