The Associated Press released it's interactive economic stress map, a map of every county in the U.S. and how it scores on the economic stress index. Athens-Clarke County GA scores and 8.02, which is one of the lowest (and best) scores in the country. The five counties that make up the Greater Athens Metropolitan Area, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Madison and Jackson all score low on the index.
These great economic scores are attributable to the presence of the University of Georgia and the state and federal government jobs that come along with it. The Athens area is benefiting from the University presence by lower unemployment rates than both the state and national averages. Additionally, it has not been hit as hard by falling property prices and the foreclosure rates of other areas.
You can read the complete story about the stress index here. To find out your county's stress index, you can use the AP interactive stress index map which provides the index for every county in the U.S.
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