RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 159 SHOWN OF 159

Highest poverty rate, Georgia counties · 1990

Georgia counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 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

01Randolph County, GAGA6,15635.9%+30%

02Clay County, GAGA2,81535.7%+14%

03Quitman County, GAGA2,25433.0%+51%

04Dooly County, GAGA11,15632.9%+49%

05Warren County, GAGA5,26932.6%+21%

06Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66231.9%+36%

07Calhoun County, GAGA5,41331.8%+20%

08Stewart County, GAGA4,63131.4%+41%

09Early County, GAGA10,45531.4%+22%

10Turner County, GAGA8,98331.3%+17%

11Jefferson County, GAGA15,01131.3%+36%

12Wheeler County, GAGA7,57030.3%+20%

13Burke County, GAGA24,40830.3%+6%

14Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.1%+2%

15Taylor County, GAGA7,81829.5%+14%

16Macon County, GAGA11,75629.2%+13%

17Terrell County, GAGA8,65629.1%+2%

18Seminole County, GAGA9,16229.1%+26%

19Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.0%−1%

20Mitchell County, GAGA20,46728.7%+9%

21Wilcox County, GAGA8,79728.6%+36%

22Marion County, GAGA7,67628.2%+26%

23Jenkins County, GAGA8,84327.8%−2%

24Bulloch County, GAGA86,94927.5%+12%

25Telfair County, GAGA11,19527.3%+29%

26Irwin County, GAGA9,02027.2%+53%

27Treutlen County, GAGA6,46627.1%+3%

28Clarke County, GAGA129,92127.0%−4%

29Clinch County, GAGA6,84726.4%+13%

30Worth County, GAGA20,05926.2%+42%

31Atkinson County, GAGA8,45426.0%+13%

32Twiggs County, GAGA7,59726.0%+32%

33Brooks County, GAGA16,10125.9%+10%

34Lanier County, GAGA10,62325.9%+40%

35Emanuel County, GAGA23,14725.7%−6%

36Evans County, GAGA11,02825.4%−6%

37Greene County, GAGA21,36725.1%+12%

38Talbot County, GAGA5,70924.9%+3%

39Sumter County, GAGA28,80124.8%+16%

40Baker County, GAGA2,72524.8%+6%

41Montgomery County, GAGA8,63524.5%+24%

42Dougherty County, GAGA82,61624.4%−1%

43Pulaski County, GAGA10,17224.3%+48%

44Candler County, GAGA11,27524.1%−8%

45Bacon County, GAGA11,07024.1%+2%

46Peach County, GAGA29,87724.0%+19%

47Toombs County, GAGA27,54524.0%+0%

48Long County, GAGA21,55723.7%+21%

49Decatur County, GAGA29,43223.3%+3%

50Tift County, GAGA42,25422.9%+15%

51Screven County, GAGA14,40822.9%+14%

52Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.8%+15%

53Thomas County, GAGA46,36822.6%+30%

54Wilkes County, GAGA9,54022.6%+30%

55Coffee County, GAGA44,40722.5%+18%

56Webster County, GAGA2,36922.5%+17%

57Cook County, GAGA18,23222.4%+8%

58Meriwether County, GAGA21,51622.4%+26%

59McIntosh County, GAGA11,98922.3%+19%

60Grady County, GAGA26,59022.3%+4%

61Johnson County, GAGA9,31022.2%−2%

62Miller County, GAGA5,81222.1%+4%

63Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09922.0%−1%

64Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.9%−8%

65Dodge County, GAGA19,66321.8%+25%

66McDuffie County, GAGA21,64021.6%+17%

67Washington County, GAGA19,45321.6%−6%

68Pierce County, GAGA20,76421.3%+16%

69Wayne County, GAGA32,48121.2%+27%

70Ware County, GAGA36,90621.1%+3%

71Laurens County, GAGA51,04120.5%+11%

72Lowndes County, GAGA122,86719.9%+8%

73Schley County, GAGA4,59319.9%+0%

74Appling County, GAGA19,10019.9%+7%

75Elbert County, GAGA20,07219.7%+14%

76Berrien County, GAGA18,93219.3%+9%

77Bibb County, GAGA157,55619.2%+1%

78Heard County, GAGA12,14919.1%+40%

79Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21918.8%−3%

80Muscogee County, GAGA202,17118.6%+19%

81Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79118.4%+17%

82Bleckley County, GAGA12,86618.3%+15%

83Charlton County, GAGA13,12118.3%−12%

84Union County, GAGA27,85918.3%+46%

85Brantley County, GAGA18,93618.2%+16%

86Richmond County, GAGA206,55918.2%−7%

87Lincoln County, GAGA8,11217.8%+16%

88Baldwin County, GAGA44,02917.5%+4%

89Jasper County, GAGA17,63217.4%+23%

90Liberty County, GAGA70,31317.2%+15%

91Fannin County, GAGA26,11117.2%+39%

92Chatham County, GAGA311,85517.2%+10%

93Stephens County, GAGA27,85417.0%+12%

94Glascock County, GAGA3,14116.8%−2%

95Gilmer County, GAGA33,89416.6%+33%

96Franklin County, GAGA25,94816.5%+19%

97Putnam County, GAGA23,72216.4%+13%

98Lamar County, GAGA20,94116.3%+46%

99Troup County, GAGA72,84416.3%+10%

100Polk County, GAGA45,51416.3%+5%

101Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41516.2%+22%

102Madison County, GAGA32,91915.7%+35%

103Spalding County, GAGA70,77515.6%+1%

104Butts County, GAGA27,21815.6%+36%

105Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65015.3%−15%

106Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17815.3%+15%

107Banks County, GAGA21,27315.1%+21%

108Morgan County, GAGA22,09515.0%+37%

109Upson County, GAGA28,50014.7%−0%

110Barrow County, GAGA99,77314.7%+77%

111Echols County, GAGA3,68514.6%−49%

112Dade County, GAGA16,15414.6%+50%

113Chattooga County, GAGA25,30014.6%+2%

114Haralson County, GAGA33,06614.4%−7%

115Carroll County, GAGA131,03614.4%+5%

116Newton County, GAGA125,58314.4%+43%

117Glynn County, GAGA87,59914.3%−6%

118Hart County, GAGA28,63914.2%−4%

119Jackson County, GAGA99,26514.1%+18%

120Towns County, GAGA13,28514.0%+19%

121Crawford County, GAGA12,20614.0%−9%

122Monroe County, GAGA32,02313.8%+41%

123Harris County, GAGA37,28013.7%+66%

124Rabun County, GAGA17,76413.6%+23%

125Floyd County, GAGA101,37813.6%−6%

126Pike County, GAGA20,93213.4%+40%

127Bryan County, GAGA52,06213.2%+13%

128Walton County, GAGA112,69613.2%+35%

129Dawson County, GAGA35,36512.8%+69%

130Walker County, GAGA70,25012.8%+2%

131Pickens County, GAGA37,16712.8%+39%

132Effingham County, GAGA74,39712.7%+37%

133Lee County, GAGA34,17912.6%+53%

134White County, GAGA29,80212.5%+19%

135Catoosa County, GAGA69,62812.0%+27%

136Habersham County, GAGA50,41611.6%−5%

137Camden County, GAGA60,14311.5%+13%

138Coweta County, GAGA160,24011.4%+46%

139Murray County, GAGA41,60711.3%−10%

140Gordon County, GAGA61,70111.1%+13%

141Whitfield County, GAGA106,21211.1%−3%

142Jones County, GAGA29,17110.8%+5%

143Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.7%+24%

144Hall County, GAGA226,56810.6%−14%

145Houston County, GAGA178,21410.6%+3%

146Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46510.4%−2%

147DeKalb County, GAGA774,3949.9%−9%

148Paulding County, GAGA190,9968.8%+59%

149Clayton County, GAGA297,4718.6%−15%

150Oconee County, GAGA44,8937.9%+22%

151Forsyth County, GAGA282,8056.8%+23%

152Douglas County, GAGA154,2936.6%−15%

153Columbia County, GAGA169,1896.6%+28%

154Rockdale County, GAGA98,4166.2%−25%

155Cherokee County, GAGA299,2736.1%+14%

156Henry County, GAGA264,9226.1%+23%

157Cobb County, GAGA793,3455.6%−13%

158Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0994.0%−30%

159Fayette County, GAGA125,1562.6%−1%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES