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State Life Score

Georgia

Above-median composite Life Score — grade B, 63rd percentile of the national corpus.

54.0
Life Score / 100
B
Grade (curved)
#19
of 51 states
63%
composite percentile

Data updated August 2026

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The verdict

Georgia is above-median composite Life Score — #19 of 51 (54.0/100, grade B, 63rd percentile). Carried by childcare at 95/100; held back most by environment at 40/100.

63rd
composite percentile
#19
of 51 peers
51st
cost dimension percentile
47th
wages dimension percentile

Life Score shape · MID · BALANCED

Georgia at a glance

Georgia is a MID-band BALANCED state: childcare leads at 95/100 while environment drags at 40/100 (MID cost · MID wages). According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Georgia ranks #19 of 51 states by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #25 of 51 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.

Where Georgia sits among all US states

Composite Life Score vs the 50 states + DC

54 63rd percentile higher than 63% of 51 US states

25–30: 1 US states (2%). Below this entry. 30–35: 2 US states (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 4 US states (8%). Below this entry. 40–45: 6 US states (12%). Below this entry. 45–50: 10 US states (20%). Below this entry. 50–55: 12 US states (24%). This entry sits in this band. 55–60: 10 US states (20%). Above this entry. 60–65: 4 US states (8%). Above this entry. 65–70: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry. This state 25 70 every US state, bucketed by value

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Dimension detail

How Georgia scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 52/100 (20%)
Wages 48/100 (20%)
Rent 48/100 (15%)
Safety 54/100 (15%)
Schools 52/100 (10%)
Childcare 95/100 (10%)
Environment 40/100 (10%)

Read with Georgia

Nearest composite peers and cost poles (MID · MID/MID).

Texas

ABS(composite) peer at 54.1 (Δ 0.1 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · MID/MID.

Vermont

ABS(composite) peer at 54.4 (Δ 0.4 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · MID/MID.

Indiana

ABS(composite) peer at 52.9 (Δ 1.1 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · MID/MID.

Kansas

ABS(composite) peer at 55.6 (Δ 1.6 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade B vs this page's MID · BALANCED · MID/MID.

Maine (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 50/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp MID vs this state's MID.

Michigan (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 54/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp MID vs this state's MID.
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Data sourced from official public datasets, current as of 2026. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCompare