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Who is ALICE?
ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) may be a relative or friend. You may be ALICE. As cashiers, waiters, child care providers, and other members of our essential workforce, ALICE earns just above the Federal Poverty Level but less than what it costs to make ends meet. These struggling households are forced to make impossible choices each day. While such hardship is pervasive, households of color are disproportionately ALICE.
ALICE also represents the data reshaping the dialogue on financial hardship, and a grassroots movement that is picking up steam across half of U.S. states - and counting.
ALICE IN GEORGIA
A Study of Financial Hardship is brought to you by United Ways of Georgia in partnership with United For ALICE, a driver of innovative research and action around financial hardship for ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) households. United For ALICE and United Ways across Georgia share this work with foundations, government, corporations, and other nonprofits to inform policy and promote positive change for ALICE households.
Out of the 4.1 million households in Georgia, over 1.8 million — 44% — had income below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival in 2024
In Georgia, the ALICE Household Survival Budget was $33,036 for a single adult and $77,568 for a family of four with two adults, an infant, and a preschooler
In 2024, household costs in every county in Georgia were well above the Federal Poverty Level of $15,060 for a single adult and $31,200 for a family of four.
Between 2021 and 2024, the ALICE Essentials Index increased at an annual rate of 5.6% compared to 5.0% for Consumer Price Index (CPI) — both much faster than the annual rates from 2007 to 2019 (2.7% annual increase for the ALICE Essentials Index and 1.8% for CPI).
