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Ham radio operators in Georgia: new licenses by county

19,012 licensed amateur radio operators; 746 new in the past 12 months. Updated weekly from FCC data.

At a glance · Data as of

New hams · last 30 days
39
New hams · last 12 months
746
▲ 2% vs prior 12 mo
Active licensed hams
19,012
Upgrades · 12 mo
292
Vanity callsigns · 12 mo
182
Address updates · 12 mo
264
Often a move into the area
Expiring · next 6 mo
1,010

About ham radio in Georgia

New licenses held steady in Georgia: 746 new hams in the past 12 months (up 2% from the year before). Georgia ranks #8 of 52 states and territories for new licenses. Fulton County leads the state with 75 new hams. Technicians make up 46% of the state’s licensees, close to the U.S. average of 48%. 292 operators upgraded their license in the past year, the moment many buy their first HF rig.

New hams by month

New hams per month in Georgia, October 2025 to September 2026 747 in total. Highest: 103 in February 2026. Lowest: 1 in October 2025. Up 2% from the prior 12 months. Oct 2025: 1 new ham 1 Oct 2025 Nov 2025: 84 new hams 84 Nov Dec 2025: 61 new hams 61 Dec Jan 2026: 53 new hams 53 Jan 2026 Feb 2026: 103 new hams 103 Feb Mar 2026: 59 new hams 59 Mar Apr 2026: 80 new hams 80 Apr May 2026: 91 new hams 91 May Jun 2026: 84 new hams 84 Jun Jul 2026: 41 new hams 41 Jul Aug 2026: 46 new hams 46 Aug Sep 2026: 44 new hams 44 Sep
Complete calendar months only, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. The current month is left out until it ends.
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New hams per month in Georgia
MonthNew hams
Oct 20251
Nov 202584
Dec 202561
Jan 202653
Feb 2026103
Mar 202659
Apr 202680
May 202691
Jun 202684
Jul 202641
Aug 202646
Sep 202644
Total747

License classes

Active licensees in Georgia by license class, compared with U.S.
ClassHamsShareU.S.
Technician 8,71746%48%
General 4,95426%25%
Amateur Extra 4,28423%21%
Advanced 6443%3%
Novice / Other 4132%2%

Bar = Georgia share · Tick = U.S. share

In the past 12 months, 122 operators upgraded to General and 152 to Amateur Extra.

How Georgia compares

#8 of 52 states and territories for new hams in the past 12 months

Rates per 1,000 active licensees
Per 1,000 active hamsGeorgiaU.S.
New hams, past 12 months39.232.3
Upgrades, past 12 months15.414.7
Expiring, next 6 months53.157.3

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Top 10 Georgia counties for new hams

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#CountyNew hams 12 moChange vs prior yearActive hamsNew per 1,000
1Fulton County75▲ 63%1,24360.3
2Gwinnett County59▲ 28%1,43141.2
3Cobb County48▼ 11%1,46432.8
4DeKalb County44▲ 26%79855.1
5Columbia County30▲ 43%49860.2
6Cherokee County29▲ 16%82135.3
7Richmond County27▲ 80%249108.4
8Forsyth County23▲ 21%67634.0
9Coweta County14▼ 7%41134.1
10Henry County14—27051.9

— in Change means fewer than 10 new hams the year before.

All Georgia counties

48 counties with their own page. Numbers are new hams in the past 12 months.

Smaller Georgia counties

These 111 counties have too few licensees or too little recent activity for a page of their own, so their numbers are listed here.

Show all 111 smaller counties
CountyActive hamsNew hams · 12 mo
Appling County90
Atkinson County40
Bacon County80
Baker County20
Baldwin County611
Banks County500
Ben Hill County161
Berrien County241
Bleckley County320
Brantley County290
Brooks County270
Bryan County913
Burke County361
Butts County541
Calhoun County00
Candler County151
Charlton County100
Chattahoochee County60
Chattooga County845
Clay County20
Clinch County20
Coffee County160
Colquitt County482
Cook County180
Crawford County370
Crisp County91
Dade County671
Decatur County231
Dodge County370
Dooly County50
Dougherty County871
Early County91
Echols County40
Elbert County362
Emanuel County250
Evans County170
Franklin County560
Glascock County30
Grady County250
Greene County180
Hancock County50
Haralson County410
Harris County821
Hart County481
Heard County260
Irwin County130
Jasper County300
Jeff Davis County80
Jefferson County121
Jenkins County120
Johnson County131
Jones County603
Lamar County460
Lanier County243
Laurens County842
Lee County420
Lincoln County200
Long County270
Macon County182
Madison County900
Marion County150
McDuffie County420
McIntosh County332
Meriwether County360
Miller County40
Mitchell County161
Monroe County641
Montgomery County81
Morgan County640
Murray County855
Oconee County1213
Pierce County351
Pike County560
Polk County1001
Pulaski County52
Putnam County540
Quitman County50
Rabun County580
Randolph County10
Schley County50
Screven County211
Seminole County60
Spalding County1243
Stephens County1163
Stewart County40
Sumter County310
Talbot County150
Taliaferro County60
Tattnall County181
Taylor County202
Telfair County90
Terrell County90
Thomas County630
Tift County361
Toombs County450
Towns County710
Treutlen County70
Troup County871
Turner County150
Twiggs County80
Upson County570
Ware County500
Warren County40
Washington County250
Wayne County510
Webster County10
Wheeler County60
Wilcox County80
Wilkes County161
Wilkinson County141
Worth County190

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Questions about hams in Georgia

How many ham radio operators are in Georgia?

19,012 active amateur radio licensees are on file for Georgia as of Oct 1, 2026.

How many new hams were licensed in Georgia last year?

746 people in Georgia received their first FCC amateur radio license in the 12 months ending Oct 1, 2026.

Which Georgia counties have the most new hams?

In the past 12 months: Fulton County (75), Gwinnett County (59) and Cobb County (48).

Where does this data come from?

From the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) public amateur license database, which we download every Monday. Addresses are matched to counties with the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. This page shows totals only.

Can I see the names or call signs on this page?

No. Public pages show totals only. Verified Ham Recruiter users can search and export lists for outreach; see how licensee information is handled.

About this data

Data as of . Source: FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) weekly amateur license database; county from U.S. Census Bureau geocoding. Aggregates only, no individual licensee data is shown. Aggregate figures © Ham Recruiter, CC BY 4.0.

How we count

  • New ham: an active licensee whose first license was granted in the period.
  • Address updates: a change of FCC mailing address, often a move into the area.
  • Counts use each licensee’s current FCC address. Someone licensed here who later moved is counted where they live now.
  • Each license keeps only its most recent event of each type, so two upgrades in one year count once.
  • PO-box-only addresses often can’t be matched to a county, so rural counties are slightly undercounted.

100% of Georgia licensees could be matched to a county.