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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%+4.7 pts

02Wheeler County, GAGA7,57032.7%+7.4 pts

03Taylor County, GAGA7,81832.1%+6.1 pts

04Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.6%+1.2 pts

05Randolph County, GAGA6,15630.0%+2.3 pts

06Stewart County, GAGA4,63126.4%+4.2 pts

07Baker County, GAGA2,72526.3%+2.9 pts

08Lanier County, GAGA10,62326.1%+7.6 pts

09Clinch County, GAGA6,84726.1%+2.7 pts

10Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.0%−2.2 pts

11Emanuel County, GAGA23,14725.7%−1.7 pts

12Brooks County, GAGA16,10125.4%+2.0 pts

13Talbot County, GAGA5,70925.2%+1.0 pts

14Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09925.2%+2.9 pts

15Macon County, GAGA11,75625.1%−0.7 pts

16Dougherty County, GAGA82,61625.0%+0.3 pts

17Atkinson County, GAGA8,45425.0%+2.0 pts

18Bibb County, GAGA157,55624.7%+5.6 pts

19Bacon County, GAGA11,07024.5%+0.8 pts

20Johnson County, GAGA9,31024.2%+1.6 pts

21Telfair County, GAGA11,19524.1%+3.0 pts

22Worth County, GAGA20,05924.0%+5.5 pts

23Miller County, GAGA5,81223.8%+2.6 pts

24Sumter County, GAGA28,80123.7%+2.3 pts

25Early County, GAGA10,45523.6%−2.1 pts

26Mitchell County, GAGA20,46723.4%−3.0 pts

27Tattnall County, GAGA24,37623.4%−0.5 pts

28Crisp County, GAGA19,23723.3%−6.0 pts

29Coffee County, GAGA44,40723.1%+4.0 pts

30Bulloch County, GAGA86,94923.0%−1.5 pts

31McIntosh County, GAGA11,98923.0%+4.3 pts

32Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.9%+3.0 pts

33Jenkins County, GAGA8,84322.9%−5.5 pts

34Calhoun County, GAGA5,41322.8%−3.7 pts

35Laurens County, GAGA51,04122.6%+4.2 pts

36Toombs County, GAGA27,54522.5%−1.4 pts

37Appling County, GAGA19,10022.5%+3.9 pts

38Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.4%+4.7 pts

39Webster County, GAGA2,36922.3%+3.1 pts

40Decatur County, GAGA29,43222.0%−0.6 pts

41Wilcox County, GAGA8,79721.9%+0.9 pts

42Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21921.8%+2.4 pts

43Baldwin County, GAGA44,02921.7%+4.9 pts

44Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65021.6%+3.7 pts

45Dodge County, GAGA19,66321.5%+4.1 pts

46Ware County, GAGA36,90621.5%+1.0 pts

47Warren County, GAGA5,26921.4%−5.5 pts

48Wayne County, GAGA32,48121.3%+4.6 pts

49Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.2%+6.9 pts

50Clay County, GAGA2,81521.0%−10.3 pts

51Marion County, GAGA7,67620.9%−1.5 pts

52Tift County, GAGA42,25420.8%+0.9 pts

53Berrien County, GAGA18,93220.6%+2.9 pts

54Montgomery County, GAGA8,63520.6%+0.7 pts

55Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66220.4%−3.0 pts

56McDuffie County, GAGA21,64020.3%+1.9 pts

57Grady County, GAGA26,59020.3%−1.0 pts

58Turner County, GAGA8,98320.3%−6.5 pts

59Seminole County, GAGA9,16220.1%−3.1 pts

60Richmond County, GAGA206,55920.0%+0.5 pts

61Franklin County, GAGA25,94819.5%+5.7 pts

62Upson County, GAGA28,50019.3%+4.6 pts

63Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.3%+3.4 pts

64Lowndes County, GAGA122,86719.2%+0.8 pts

65Evans County, GAGA11,02819.1%−7.9 pts

66Muscogee County, GAGA202,17119.0%+3.4 pts

67Spalding County, GAGA70,77518.9%+3.5 pts

68Meriwether County, GAGA21,51618.9%+1.1 pts

69Burke County, GAGA24,40818.3%−10.3 pts

70Twiggs County, GAGA7,59718.2%−1.5 pts

71Charlton County, GAGA13,12118.1%−2.8 pts

72Elbert County, GAGA20,07218.0%+0.6 pts

73Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.9%+0.6 pts

74Clayton County, GAGA297,47117.9%+7.9 pts

75Heard County, GAGA12,14917.9%+4.3 pts

76Wilkes County, GAGA9,54017.8%+0.3 pts

77Cook County, GAGA18,23217.7%−3.0 pts

78Putnam County, GAGA23,72217.6%+3.1 pts

79Long County, GAGA21,55717.3%−2.2 pts

80Peach County, GAGA29,87717.3%−2.9 pts

81Madison County, GAGA32,91917.2%+5.6 pts

82Screven County, GAGA14,40817.2%−2.9 pts

83Washington County, GAGA19,45317.2%−5.7 pts

84Brantley County, GAGA18,93617.1%+1.4 pts

85Lincoln County, GAGA8,11217.0%+1.7 pts

86Jefferson County, GAGA15,01116.9%−6.1 pts

87Troup County, GAGA72,84416.9%+2.1 pts

88Pulaski County, GAGA10,17216.5%+0.2 pts

89Polk County, GAGA45,51416.4%+0.9 pts

90Candler County, GAGA11,27516.3%−9.9 pts

91Glynn County, GAGA87,59916.1%+0.9 pts

92Floyd County, GAGA101,37816.0%+1.6 pts

93Jasper County, GAGA17,63216.0%+1.8 pts

94Gilmer County, GAGA33,89416.0%+3.5 pts

95Stephens County, GAGA27,85415.8%+0.6 pts

96Dooly County, GAGA11,15615.7%−6.4 pts

97Quitman County, GAGA2,25415.7%−6.2 pts

98Carroll County, GAGA131,03615.4%+1.7 pts

99Haralson County, GAGA33,06615.4%−0.1 pts

100Liberty County, GAGA70,31315.3%+0.4 pts

101Whitfield County, GAGA106,21214.8%+3.4 pts

102Murray County, GAGA41,60714.4%+1.7 pts

103Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.3%−1.3 pts

104Echols County, GAGA3,68514.2%−14.4 pts

105Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+0.9 pts

106Habersham County, GAGA50,41614.1%+1.9 pts

107Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46513.9%+3.4 pts

108Schley County, GAGA4,59313.9%−6.0 pts

109Pierce County, GAGA20,76413.8%−4.6 pts

110Treutlen County, GAGA6,46613.8%−12.6 pts

111Fannin County, GAGA26,11113.7%+1.3 pts

112DeKalb County, GAGA774,39413.7%+2.9 pts

113Towns County, GAGA13,28513.3%+1.5 pts

114Walker County, GAGA70,25013.3%+0.8 pts

115Rabun County, GAGA17,76413.1%+2.0 pts

116Camden County, GAGA60,14312.9%+2.7 pts

117Glascock County, GAGA3,14112.6%−4.6 pts

118White County, GAGA29,80212.4%+1.9 pts

119Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79112.3%−3.4 pts

120Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+2.5 pts

121Newton County, GAGA125,58312.3%+2.3 pts

122Jones County, GAGA29,17112.1%+1.8 pts

123Gordon County, GAGA61,70112.0%+2.1 pts

124Pickens County, GAGA37,16712.0%+2.8 pts

125Walton County, GAGA112,69611.9%+2.2 pts

126Hart County, GAGA28,63911.9%−2.9 pts

127Hall County, GAGA226,56811.8%−0.6 pts

128Crawford County, GAGA12,20611.6%−3.8 pts

129Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41511.6%−1.6 pts

130Banks County, GAGA21,27311.3%−1.3 pts

131Houston County, GAGA178,21411.1%+0.9 pts

132Union County, GAGA27,85910.9%−1.6 pts

133Douglas County, GAGA154,29310.9%+3.1 pts

134Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.8%+5.1 pts

135Rockdale County, GAGA98,41610.8%+2.6 pts

136Butts County, GAGA27,21810.4%−1.1 pts

137Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.3%+1.7 pts

138Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.9%+0.4 pts

139Greene County, GAGA21,3679.8%−12.5 pts

140Lamar County, GAGA20,9419.6%−1.6 pts

141Barrow County, GAGA99,7739.6%+1.3 pts

142Pike County, GAGA20,9329.3%−0.3 pts

143Henry County, GAGA264,9229.2%+4.3 pts

144Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+0.8 pts

145Morgan County, GAGA22,0958.8%−2.1 pts

146Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.7%+2.3 pts

147Dawson County, GAGA35,3658.5%+0.9 pts

148Dade County, GAGA16,1548.2%−1.6 pts

149Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.5%+2.4 pts

150Coweta County, GAGA160,2407.4%−0.4 pts

151Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.3%−4.7 pts

152Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.0%+1.7 pts

153Effingham County, GAGA74,3976.8%−2.5 pts

154Bryan County, GAGA52,0626.7%−5.0 pts

155Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.6%+1.1 pts

156Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−0.3 pts

157Lee County, GAGA34,1795.7%−2.6 pts

158Fayette County, GAGA125,1565.6%+2.9 pts

159Forsyth County, GAGA282,8054.3%−1.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES