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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. The median across all 159 is 17.3%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Talbot County, GA, up 92 places to #13.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01▲4Terrell County, GAGA8,65633.3%+4.7 pts
02▲4Wheeler County, GAGA7,57032.7%+7.4 pts
03▲8Taylor County, GAGA7,81832.1%+6.1 pts
04▲28Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.6%+1.2 pts
05▲4Randolph County, GAGA6,15630.0%+2.3 pts
06▲9Stewart County, GAGA4,63126.4%+4.2 pts
07▲58Baker County, GAGA2,72526.3%+2.9 pts
08▲6Lanier County, GAGA10,62326.1%+7.6 pts
09▼2Clinch County, GAGA6,84726.1%+2.7 pts
10▲9Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.0%−2.2 pts
11▲25Emanuel County, GAGA23,14725.7%−1.7 pts
12▲34Brooks County, GAGA16,10125.4%+2.0 pts
13▲92Talbot County, GAGA5,70925.2%+1.0 pts
14▼2Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09925.2%+2.9 pts
15▼2Macon County, GAGA11,75625.1%−0.7 pts
16▲2Dougherty County, GAGA82,61625.0%+0.3 pts
17▼1Atkinson County, GAGA8,45425.0%+2.0 pts
18▲8Bibb County, GAGA157,55624.7%+5.6 pts
19▲4Bacon County, GAGA11,07024.5%+0.8 pts
20▲25Johnson County, GAGA9,31024.2%+1.6 pts
21▼4Telfair County, GAGA11,19524.1%+3.0 pts
22▲59Worth County, GAGA20,05924.0%+5.5 pts
23▲48Miller County, GAGA5,81223.8%+2.6 pts
24▲10Sumter County, GAGA28,80123.7%+2.3 pts
25▼22Early County, GAGA10,45523.6%−2.1 pts
26▼5Mitchell County, GAGA20,46723.4%−3.0 pts
27▲28Tattnall County, GAGA24,37623.4%−0.5 pts
28▼20Crisp County, GAGA19,23723.3%−6.0 pts
29▲40Coffee County, GAGA44,40723.1%+4.0 pts
30▲22Bulloch County, GAGA86,94923.0%−1.5 pts
31▲81McIntosh County, GAGA11,98923.0%+4.3 pts
32▲3Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.9%+3.0 pts
33▼32Jenkins County, GAGA8,84322.9%−5.5 pts
34▼6Calhoun County, GAGA5,41322.8%−3.7 pts
35▼13Laurens County, GAGA51,04122.6%+4.2 pts
36▲28Toombs County, GAGA27,54522.5%−1.4 pts
37▲4Appling County, GAGA19,10022.5%+3.9 pts
38▲15Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.4%+4.7 pts
39▼9Webster County, GAGA2,36922.3%+3.1 pts
40▼3Decatur County, GAGA29,43222.0%−0.6 pts
41▼14Wilcox County, GAGA8,79721.9%+0.9 pts
42▲24Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21921.8%+2.4 pts
43▼5Baldwin County, GAGA44,02921.7%+4.9 pts
44▼13Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65021.6%+3.7 pts
45▲30Dodge County, GAGA19,66321.5%+4.1 pts
46▼4Ware County, GAGA36,90621.5%+1.0 pts
47▼23Warren County, GAGA5,26921.4%−5.5 pts
48▲49Wayne County, GAGA32,48121.3%+4.6 pts
49▲8Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.2%+6.9 pts
50▼48Clay County, GAGA2,81521.0%−10.3 pts
51▲68Marion County, GAGA7,67620.9%−1.5 pts
52▼2Tift County, GAGA42,25420.8%+0.9 pts
53▼5Berrien County, GAGA18,93220.6%+2.9 pts
54▲42Montgomery County, GAGA8,63520.6%+0.7 pts
55▼26Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66220.4%−3.0 pts
56▲24McDuffie County, GAGA21,64020.3%+1.9 pts
57▲30Grady County, GAGA26,59020.3%−1.0 pts
58▼48Turner County, GAGA8,98320.3%−6.5 pts
59▼39Seminole County, GAGA9,16220.1%−3.1 pts
60▼16Richmond County, GAGA206,55920.0%+0.5 pts
61▼2Franklin County, GAGA25,94819.5%+5.7 pts
62▲8Upson County, GAGA28,50019.3%+4.6 pts
63▲23Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.3%+3.4 pts
64▼17Lowndes County, GAGA122,86719.2%+0.8 pts
65▼26Evans County, GAGA11,02819.1%−7.9 pts
66▲7Muscogee County, GAGA202,17119.0%+3.4 pts
67▲24Spalding County, GAGA70,77518.9%+3.5 pts
68▼8Meriwether County, GAGA21,51618.9%+1.1 pts
69▲10Burke County, GAGA24,40818.3%−10.3 pts
70▲37Twiggs County, GAGA7,59718.2%−1.5 pts
71▼28Charlton County, GAGA13,12118.1%−2.8 pts
72▼39Elbert County, GAGA20,07218.0%+0.6 pts
73▲19Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.9%+0.6 pts
74▲20Clayton County, GAGA297,47117.9%+7.9 pts
75▲2Heard County, GAGA12,14917.9%+4.3 pts
76▼25Wilkes County, GAGA9,54017.8%+0.3 pts
77▼19Cook County, GAGA18,23217.7%−3.0 pts
78▲5Putnam County, GAGA23,72217.6%+3.1 pts
79▼16Long County, GAGA21,55717.3%−2.2 pts
80▼19Peach County, GAGA29,87717.3%−2.9 pts
81▼7Madison County, GAGA32,91917.2%+5.6 pts
82▼15Screven County, GAGA14,40817.2%−2.9 pts
83▼21Washington County, GAGA19,45317.2%−5.7 pts
84▼2Brantley County, GAGA18,93617.1%+1.4 pts
85▼13Lincoln County, GAGA8,11217.0%+1.7 pts
86▼30Jefferson County, GAGA15,01116.9%−6.1 pts
87▼9Troup County, GAGA72,84416.9%+2.1 pts
88▼20Pulaski County, GAGA10,17216.5%+0.2 pts
89▼1Polk County, GAGA45,51416.4%+0.9 pts
90▼65Candler County, GAGA11,27516.3%−9.9 pts
91▲2Glynn County, GAGA87,59916.1%+0.9 pts
92▼8Floyd County, GAGA101,37816.0%+1.6 pts
93▲13Jasper County, GAGA17,63216.0%+1.8 pts
94▲14Gilmer County, GAGA33,89416.0%+3.5 pts
95▲27Stephens County, GAGA27,85415.8%+0.6 pts
96▼47Dooly County, GAGA11,15615.7%−6.4 pts
97▲21Quitman County, GAGA2,25415.7%−6.2 pts
98Carroll County, GAGA131,03615.4%+1.7 pts
99▲29Haralson County, GAGA33,06615.4%−0.1 pts
100▲15Liberty County, GAGA70,31315.3%+0.4 pts
101▼2Whitfield County, GAGA106,21214.8%+3.4 pts
102▼1Murray County, GAGA41,60714.4%+1.7 pts
103▲13Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.3%−1.3 pts
104▼64Echols County, GAGA3,68514.2%−14.4 pts
105▲15Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+0.9 pts
106▲17Habersham County, GAGA50,41614.1%+1.9 pts
107▼17Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46513.9%+3.4 pts
108▲6Schley County, GAGA4,59313.9%−6.0 pts
109▼24Pierce County, GAGA20,76413.8%−4.6 pts
110▼106Treutlen County, GAGA6,46613.8%−12.6 pts
111▲30Fannin County, GAGA26,11113.7%+1.3 pts
112▲5DeKalb County, GAGA774,39413.7%+2.9 pts
113▲14Towns County, GAGA13,28513.3%+1.5 pts
114▼5Walker County, GAGA70,25013.3%+0.8 pts
115▼39Rabun County, GAGA17,76413.1%+2.0 pts
116▼3Camden County, GAGA60,14312.9%+2.7 pts
117▼28Glascock County, GAGA3,14112.6%−4.6 pts
118▲20White County, GAGA29,80212.4%+1.9 pts
119▲7Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79112.3%−3.4 pts
120▼16Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+2.5 pts
121▼10Newton County, GAGA125,58312.3%+2.3 pts
122▲13Jones County, GAGA29,17112.1%+1.8 pts
123▼21Gordon County, GAGA61,70112.0%+2.1 pts
124▲10Pickens County, GAGA37,16712.0%+2.8 pts
125▲6Walton County, GAGA112,69611.9%+2.2 pts
126▼2Hart County, GAGA28,63911.9%−2.9 pts
127▼6Hall County, GAGA226,56811.8%−0.6 pts
128▼33Crawford County, GAGA12,20611.6%−3.8 pts
129▲1Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41511.6%−1.6 pts
130▼5Banks County, GAGA21,27311.3%−1.3 pts
131▲5Houston County, GAGA178,21411.1%+0.9 pts
132▼29Union County, GAGA27,85910.9%−1.6 pts
133▲4Douglas County, GAGA154,29310.9%+3.1 pts
134▲8Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.8%+5.1 pts
135▼3Rockdale County, GAGA98,41610.8%+2.6 pts
136▼82Butts County, GAGA27,21810.4%−1.1 pts
137▼8Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.3%+1.7 pts
138▲10Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.9%+0.4 pts
139▼39Greene County, GAGA21,3679.8%−12.5 pts
140▼30Lamar County, GAGA20,9419.6%−1.6 pts
141▼2Barrow County, GAGA99,7739.6%+1.3 pts
142▲4Pike County, GAGA20,9329.3%−0.3 pts
143▲4Henry County, GAGA264,9229.2%+4.3 pts
144▲13Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+0.8 pts
145▲6Morgan County, GAGA22,0958.8%−2.1 pts
146▲4Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.7%+2.3 pts
147▼3Dawson County, GAGA35,3658.5%+0.9 pts
148▼8Dade County, GAGA16,1548.2%−1.6 pts
149▲6Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.5%+2.4 pts
150▼1Coweta County, GAGA160,2407.4%−0.4 pts
151▼6Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.3%−4.7 pts
152▲2Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.0%+1.7 pts
153▼1Effingham County, GAGA74,3976.8%−2.5 pts
154▼11Bryan County, GAGA52,0626.7%−5.0 pts
155▼2Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.6%+1.1 pts
156Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−0.3 pts
157▼24Lee County, GAGA34,1795.7%−2.6 pts
158▲1Fayette County, GAGA125,1565.6%+2.9 pts
159▼1Forsyth County, GAGA282,8054.3%−1.2 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES