Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Rhode Island instead of Georgia, you would:
Health
be 11.5% less likely to be obese
In Georgia, 35.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Rhode Island, that number is 31.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 63.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Georgia, 12.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Rhode Island, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
make 5.9 times more money
Georgia has a GDP per capita of $9,692 as of 2025, while in Rhode Island, the GDP per capita is $56,938 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
