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Highest poverty rate, Georgia counties

Georgia counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Terrell County, GAGA8,65633.3%+17%

02Wheeler County, GAGA7,57032.7%+29%

03Taylor County, GAGA7,81832.1%+24%

04Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.6%+4%

05Randolph County, GAGA6,15630.0%+8%

06Stewart County, GAGA4,63126.4%+19%

07Baker County, GAGA2,72526.3%+12%

08Lanier County, GAGA10,62326.1%+41%

09Clinch County, GAGA6,84726.1%+11%

10Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.0%−8%

11Emanuel County, GAGA23,14725.7%−6%

12Brooks County, GAGA16,10125.4%+9%

13Talbot County, GAGA5,70925.2%+4%

14Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09925.2%+13%

15Macon County, GAGA11,75625.1%−3%

16Dougherty County, GAGA82,61625.0%+1%

17Atkinson County, GAGA8,45425.0%+8%

18Bibb County, GAGA157,55624.7%+29%

19Bacon County, GAGA11,07024.5%+3%

20Johnson County, GAGA9,31024.2%+7%

21Telfair County, GAGA11,19524.1%+14%

22Worth County, GAGA20,05924.0%+30%

23Miller County, GAGA5,81223.8%+12%

24Sumter County, GAGA28,80123.7%+11%

25Early County, GAGA10,45523.6%−8%

26Mitchell County, GAGA20,46723.4%−11%

27Tattnall County, GAGA24,37623.4%−2%

28Crisp County, GAGA19,23723.3%−20%

29Coffee County, GAGA44,40723.1%+21%

30Bulloch County, GAGA86,94923.0%−6%

31McIntosh County, GAGA11,98923.0%+23%

32Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.9%+15%

33Jenkins County, GAGA8,84322.9%−19%

34Calhoun County, GAGA5,41322.8%−14%

35Laurens County, GAGA51,04122.6%+23%

36Toombs County, GAGA27,54522.5%−6%

37Appling County, GAGA19,10022.5%+21%

38Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.4%+26%

39Webster County, GAGA2,36922.3%+16%

40Decatur County, GAGA29,43222.0%−3%

41Wilcox County, GAGA8,79721.9%+4%

42Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21921.8%+12%

43Baldwin County, GAGA44,02921.7%+29%

44Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65021.6%+20%

45Dodge County, GAGA19,66321.5%+24%

46Ware County, GAGA36,90621.5%+5%

47Warren County, GAGA5,26921.4%−20%

48Wayne County, GAGA32,48121.3%+28%

49Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.2%+48%

50Clay County, GAGA2,81521.0%−33%

51Marion County, GAGA7,67620.9%−7%

52Tift County, GAGA42,25420.8%+4%

53Berrien County, GAGA18,93220.6%+16%

54Montgomery County, GAGA8,63520.6%+3%

55Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66220.4%−13%

56McDuffie County, GAGA21,64020.3%+10%

57Grady County, GAGA26,59020.3%−5%

58Turner County, GAGA8,98320.3%−24%

59Seminole County, GAGA9,16220.1%−13%

60Richmond County, GAGA206,55920.0%+2%

61Franklin County, GAGA25,94819.5%+41%

62Upson County, GAGA28,50019.3%+31%

63Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.3%+22%

64Lowndes County, GAGA122,86719.2%+5%

65Evans County, GAGA11,02819.1%−29%

66Muscogee County, GAGA202,17119.0%+22%

67Spalding County, GAGA70,77518.9%+22%

68Meriwether County, GAGA21,51618.9%+6%

69Burke County, GAGA24,40818.3%−36%

70Twiggs County, GAGA7,59718.2%−8%

71Charlton County, GAGA13,12118.1%−14%

72Elbert County, GAGA20,07218.0%+4%

73Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.9%+3%

74Clayton County, GAGA297,47117.9%+78%

75Heard County, GAGA12,14917.9%+32%

76Wilkes County, GAGA9,54017.8%+2%

77Cook County, GAGA18,23217.7%−14%

78Putnam County, GAGA23,72217.6%+21%

79Long County, GAGA21,55717.3%−11%

80Peach County, GAGA29,87717.3%−14%

81Madison County, GAGA32,91917.2%+48%

82Screven County, GAGA14,40817.2%−14%

83Washington County, GAGA19,45317.2%−25%

84Brantley County, GAGA18,93617.1%+9%

85Lincoln County, GAGA8,11217.0%+11%

86Jefferson County, GAGA15,01116.9%−26%

87Troup County, GAGA72,84416.9%+14%

88Pulaski County, GAGA10,17216.5%+1%

89Polk County, GAGA45,51416.4%+6%

90Candler County, GAGA11,27516.3%−38%

91Glynn County, GAGA87,59916.1%+6%

92Floyd County, GAGA101,37816.0%+11%

93Jasper County, GAGA17,63216.0%+13%

94Gilmer County, GAGA33,89416.0%+28%

95Stephens County, GAGA27,85415.8%+4%

96Dooly County, GAGA11,15615.7%−29%

97Quitman County, GAGA2,25415.7%−28%

98Carroll County, GAGA131,03615.4%+12%

99Haralson County, GAGA33,06615.4%−1%

100Liberty County, GAGA70,31315.3%+2%

101Whitfield County, GAGA106,21214.8%+29%

102Murray County, GAGA41,60714.4%+14%

103Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.3%−8%

104Echols County, GAGA3,68514.2%−50%

105Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+7%

106Habersham County, GAGA50,41614.1%+16%

107Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46513.9%+32%

108Schley County, GAGA4,59313.9%−30%

109Pierce County, GAGA20,76413.8%−25%

110Treutlen County, GAGA6,46613.8%−48%

111Fannin County, GAGA26,11113.7%+11%

112DeKalb County, GAGA774,39413.7%+27%

113Towns County, GAGA13,28513.3%+13%

114Walker County, GAGA70,25013.3%+7%

115Rabun County, GAGA17,76413.1%+18%

116Camden County, GAGA60,14312.9%+27%

117Glascock County, GAGA3,14112.6%−27%

118White County, GAGA29,80212.4%+18%

119Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79112.3%−22%

120Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+26%

121Newton County, GAGA125,58312.3%+23%

122Jones County, GAGA29,17112.1%+18%

123Gordon County, GAGA61,70112.0%+21%

124Pickens County, GAGA37,16712.0%+31%

125Walton County, GAGA112,69611.9%+22%

126Hart County, GAGA28,63911.9%−20%

127Hall County, GAGA226,56811.8%−5%

128Crawford County, GAGA12,20611.6%−25%

129Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41511.6%−12%

130Banks County, GAGA21,27311.3%−10%

131Houston County, GAGA178,21411.1%+8%

132Union County, GAGA27,85910.9%−13%

133Douglas County, GAGA154,29310.9%+39%

134Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.8%+91%

135Rockdale County, GAGA98,41610.8%+31%

136Butts County, GAGA27,21810.4%−9%

137Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.3%+20%

138Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.9%+4%

139Greene County, GAGA21,3679.8%−56%

140Lamar County, GAGA20,9419.6%−14%

141Barrow County, GAGA99,7739.6%+15%

142Pike County, GAGA20,9329.3%−3%

143Henry County, GAGA264,9229.2%+87%

144Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+9%

145Morgan County, GAGA22,0958.8%−19%

146Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.7%+35%

147Dawson County, GAGA35,3658.5%+12%

148Dade County, GAGA16,1548.2%−16%

149Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.5%+46%

150Coweta County, GAGA160,2407.4%−5%

151Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.3%−39%

152Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.0%+31%

153Effingham County, GAGA74,3976.8%−27%

154Bryan County, GAGA52,0626.7%−43%

155Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.6%+21%

156Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−4%

157Lee County, GAGA34,1795.7%−31%

158Fayette County, GAGA125,1565.6%+112%

159Forsyth County, GAGA282,8054.3%−21%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES