Georgia

Nursing Home Staffing Profile — 2025Q3

351 facilities31,316 residents3.59 avg HPRD

vs National Average

-0.31 HPRD

National avg: 3.90 · Georgia: 3.59

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Georgia ranks among the lower-performing states for nursing home staffing, with an average of 3.59 HPRD — 0.31 hours below the national average. Only 48.4% of facilities meet the CMS staffing benchmark of 3.48 HPRD, compared to 65.8% nationally. RN staffing averages 0.49 HPRD, with 10.8% of facilities meeting the 0.75 research recommendation.

3.59

Average Total HPRD

All nursing staff combined

▼ 0.31 vs national

0.49

Average RN HPRD

Recommended: 0.75

▼ 0.19 vs national

48.4%

Meet CMS Benchmark

170 of 351 facilities

17.8%

Avg Weekend Drop-off

Staffing reduction on Sat/Sun

3.1%

Avg Agency Staff

Contractor/temp worker hours

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Had Zero-RN Days

Data unavailable

3.46

Median HPRD

50th percentile (less skewed by outliers)

F-Rated Facilities

Under 2.5 HPRD — critically understaffed

Grade Distribution

How Georgia's 351 facilities grade out

HPRD Distribution

Where facilities fall across the staffing spectrum

Staffing by Ownership Type

For-profit facilities consistently staff lower than non-profit and government-run homes

For-Profit

3.44

avg HPRD

244 facilities (70%)

Non-Profit

3.86

avg HPRD

94 facilities (27%)

Government

4.30

avg HPRD

13 facilities (4%)

💡 Non-profit facilities in Georgia average 0.42 more HPRD than for-profit ones — about 12% higher staffing.

▲ Best Staffed in Georgia

Top 5 by total nurse HPRD

CANDLER SKILLED NURSING UNIT

OAKS HEALTH CTR AT THE MARSHES OF SKIDAWAY ISLAND

ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT BALDWIN

▼ Most Understaffed in Georgia

Bottom 5 by total nurse HPRD

351

BHM Carrollton OpCo Inc

BHM Pine Knoll OpCo Inc

TYBEE ISLAND CARE CENTER LLC

BOSTICK NURSING CENTER

OCEANSIDE CARE CENTER LLC

TYBEE ISLAND

2.18 HPRD

RN: 0.27

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County Breakdown

Staffing metrics by county in Georgia — click a county to see individual facilities

Avg HPRD— total nurse hours per resident per day:≥ 3.48 meets federal benchmark,3.0–3.47 below benchmark,< 3.0 critically low

Meet Benchmark— share of facilities in the county at or above the 3.48 HPRD federal minimum:≥ 50%35–49%< 35%

County	Facilities ↓	Avg HPRD	RN HPRD	Meet Benchmark	Grades
▸Fulton	18	3.49	0.41	33.3%	Mixed F/C
▸De Kalb	17	3.77	0.53	58.8%	Mixed C/D
▸Cobb	13	3.65	0.49	53.9%	Mostly C
▸Chatham	11	3.90	0.60	54.5%	Mixed D/F
▸Gwinnett	11	4.03	0.63	81.8%	Mixed C/B
▸Bibb	11	3.44	0.40	36.4%	Mixed D/C
▸Richmond	10	3.69	0.57	70.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Floyd	8	4.02	0.62	75.0%	Mixed C/A+
▸Muscogee	7	4.62	0.56	100.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Houston	5	4.24	0.40	80.0%	Mixed D/B
▸Hall	5	3.63	0.54	60.0%	Mixed B/A
▸Glynn	5	4.45	0.85	60.0%	Mixed B/A+
▸Lowndes	4	3.30	0.60	25.0%	Mostly C
▸Baldwin	4	3.87	0.89	50.0%	Mixed D/A+
▸Clayton	4	3.32	0.29	25.0%	Mostly D
▸Thomas	4	3.56	0.58	25.0%	Mixed C/B
▸Colquitt	4	3.68	0.80	50.0%	Mixed C/A
▸Carroll	4	2.58	0.35	50.0%	Mostly F
▸Clarke	4	3.34	0.40	25.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Walker	3	3.32	0.60	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Coweta	3	3.61	0.51	100.0%	Mostly C
▸Laurens	3	3.23	0.33	33.3%	Mixed C/D
▸Candler	3	3.31	0.43	33.3%	Mixed B/C
▸Macon	3	3.55	0.48	66.7%	Mostly C
▸Catoosa	3	3.70	0.57	66.7%	Mostly B
▸Monroe	3	3.37	0.55	66.7%	Mostly B
▸Elbert	3	3.20	0.38	33.3%	Mixed C/D
▸Emanuel	3	3.51	0.81	33.3%	Mostly D
▸Cherokee	3	3.41	0.46	33.3%	Mostly C
▸Polk	3	4.20	0.27	33.3%	Mostly D
▸Spalding	3	3.58	0.28	100.0%	Mostly D
▸Bulloch	3	3.32	0.51	33.3%	Mostly C
▸Toombs	3	3.54	0.56	66.7%	Mostly C
▸Troup	3	3.83	0.52	100.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Upson	3	3.01	0.27	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Bartow	3	3.38	0.43	33.3%	Mostly C
▸Ware	3	4.19	0.54	100.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Haralson	3	3.34	0.30	33.3%	Mostly D
▸Washington	3	3.57	0.49	33.3%	Mixed B/C
▸Wayne	3	3.34	0.39	33.3%	Mostly F
▸Burke	3	3.58	0.32	33.3%	Mostly F
▸Whitfield	3	3.51	0.55	66.7%	Mostly C
▸Columbia	3	3.80	0.51	33.3%	Mixed A/D
▸Telfair	2	3.47	0.41	50.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Grady	2	3.13	0.65	50.0%	Mixed B/D
▸Meriwether	2	2.85	0.34	0.0%	Mixed D/F
▸Tift	2	3.75	0.59	100.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Johnson	2	3.44	0.51	0.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Dougherty	2	3.33	0.58	50.0%	Mixed B/D
▸Dodge	2	3.56	0.61	50.0%	Mixed B/D
▸Wilcox	2	3.31	0.29	50.0%	Mixed D/F
▸Habersham	2	3.01	0.55	0.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Lumpkin	2	3.21	0.50	0.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Hancock	2	3.59	0.36	100.0%	Mostly D
▸Hart	2	3.77	0.39	50.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Crisp	2	3.48	0.50	50.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Walton	2	3.87	0.44	50.0%	Mostly C
▸Henry	2	3.68	0.55	50.0%	Mixed A/D
▸Ben Hill	2	3.30	0.41	50.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Irwin	2	4.20	0.54	50.0%	Mixed A/D
▸Jackson	2	3.26	0.36	0.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Fayette	2	3.30	0.32	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Forsyth	2	4.12	0.63	50.0%	Mixed A/D
▸Pickens	2	3.29	0.58	50.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Bryan	2	3.57	0.36	50.0%	Mixed C/F
▸Rockdale	2	3.32	0.32	50.0%	Mixed C/F
▸Oconee	2	3.94	0.55	50.0%	Mixed B/C
▸Gilmer	2	3.47	0.52	50.0%	Mixed B/D
▸Jones	2	3.42	0.42	0.0%	Mixed C/D
▸White	2	3.02	0.27	0.0%	Mixed D/F
▸Newton	2	3.62	0.34	100.0%	Mixed C/F
▸Sumter	2	3.73	0.39	100.0%	Mixed C/D
▸Tattnall	2	2.95	0.26	0.0%	Mixed D/F
▸Gordon	2	3.22	0.23	0.0%	Mixed D/F
▸Marion	1	4.19	0.35	100.0%	Mostly D
▸Bacon	1	4.11	0.63	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Barrow	1	3.26	0.32	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Berrien	1	2.87	0.31	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Bleckley	1	2.52	0.25	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Brantley	1	4.28	0.61	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Brooks	1	3.97	0.60	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Butts	1	3.14	0.21	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Calhoun	1	4.29	0.69	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Camden	1	2.87	0.57	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Charlton	1	2.84	0.17	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Chattooga	1	3.73	0.48	100.0%	Mostly C
▸Clay	1	3.40	0.37	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Clinch	1	2.91	0.31	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Coffee	1	3.43	0.32	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Cook	1	4.28	1.29	100.0%	Mostly A
▸Crawford	1	3.57	0.37	100.0%	Mostly D
▸Dade	1	2.81	0.69	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Decatur	1	3.24	0.66	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Douglas	1	4.12	0.36	100.0%	Mostly D
▸Early	1	3.83	0.46	100.0%	Mostly C
▸Effingham	1	3.32	0.52	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Evans	1	3.73	0.63	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Fannin	1	3.46	0.70	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Franklin	1	3.37	0.51	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Glascock	1	3.32	0.33	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Greene	1	3.20	0.54	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Harris	1	3.43	0.57	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Heard	1	3.73	0.37	100.0%	Mostly D
▸Jasper	1	3.88	0.54	100.0%	Mostly C
▸Jeff Davis	1	2.89	0.33	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Jefferson	1	2.79	0.22	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Jenkins	1	2.96	0.62	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Lamar	1	3.03	0.13	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Lanier	1	4.17	0.61	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Lee	1	3.75	0.67	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Liberty	1	3.88	0.67	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Long	1	4.20	0.58	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Mc Duffie	1	3.19	0.28	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Madison	1	3.46	0.38	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Appling	1	4.59	0.29	100.0%	Mostly D
▸Miller	1	5.28	1.14	100.0%	Mostly A+
▸Mitchell	1	3.18	0.63	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Morgan	1	3.41	0.39	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Murray	1	3.21	0.21	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Oglethorpe	1	3.51	0.23	100.0%	Mostly F
▸Paulding	1	4.02	0.47	100.0%	Mostly C
▸Peach	1	3.71	0.85	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Pulaski	1	2.65	0.38	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Putnam	1	2.92	0.33	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Rabun	1	2.76	0.22	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Randolph	1	3.72	0.60	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Screven	1	2.70	0.29	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Seminole	1	3.53	0.43	100.0%	Mostly C
▸Stephens	1	2.78	0.28	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Stewart	1	3.49	0.42	100.0%	Mostly C
▸Taylor	1	3.00	0.34	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Terrell	1	3.36	0.54	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Towns	1	3.36	0.62	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Treutlen	1	3.54	0.95	100.0%	Mostly B
▸Turner	1	3.19	0.61	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Twiggs	1	3.71	0.16	100.0%	Mostly F
▸Union	1	3.45	0.58	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Warren	1	3.33	0.61	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Wheeler	1	3.32	0.20	0.0%	Mostly F
▸Wilkes	1	2.74	0.31	0.0%	Mostly D
▸Wilkinson	1	3.15	0.42	0.0%	Mostly C
▸Worth	1	3.55	0.68	100.0%	Mostly B

HPRD Range in Georgia

The spread between best and worst staffed facilities

3.18

25th pctile

3.46

Median

3.79

75th pctile

Source: CMS Staffing & Quality Data — 2025Q3 · data.cms.gov

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