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Highest poverty rate, Georgia counties · 2010

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

01Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66234.4%+47%

02Clay County, GAGA2,81534.2%+9%

03Clarke County, GAGA129,92133.5%+18%

04Taylor County, GAGA7,81833.1%+28%

05Macon County, GAGA11,75633.0%+28%

06Echols County, GAGA3,68532.1%+12%

07Quitman County, GAGA2,25431.6%+44%

08Telfair County, GAGA11,19531.3%+48%

09Terrell County, GAGA8,65631.0%+9%

10Baker County, GAGA2,72530.0%+29%

11Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.1%−1%

12Dougherty County, GAGA82,61628.9%+17%

13Early County, GAGA10,45528.9%+12%

14Calhoun County, GAGA5,41328.8%+9%

15Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.4%+16%

16Randolph County, GAGA6,15628.0%+1%

17Atkinson County, GAGA8,45428.0%+22%

18Johnson County, GAGA9,31027.7%+22%

19Washington County, GAGA19,45327.6%+21%

20Dooly County, GAGA11,15627.1%+22%

21Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09926.9%+21%

22Jefferson County, GAGA15,01126.9%+17%

23Sumter County, GAGA28,80126.9%+25%

24Hancock County, GAGA8,68226.8%−9%

25Lincoln County, GAGA8,11226.3%+72%

26Grady County, GAGA26,59025.9%+21%

27Warren County, GAGA5,26925.7%−5%

28Burke County, GAGA24,40825.7%−10%

29Toombs County, GAGA27,54525.7%+8%

30Clinch County, GAGA6,84725.7%+9%

31Wilcox County, GAGA8,79725.5%+22%

32Wilkes County, GAGA9,54025.5%+46%

33Seminole County, GAGA9,16225.4%+10%

34Peach County, GAGA29,87725.4%+25%

35Turner County, GAGA8,98325.4%−5%

36Irwin County, GAGA9,02025.4%+43%

37Baldwin County, GAGA44,02925.2%+50%

38Treutlen County, GAGA6,46624.7%−6%

39Wheeler County, GAGA7,57024.3%−4%

40Stewart County, GAGA4,63124.2%+9%

41Emanuel County, GAGA23,14724.2%−12%

42Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21924.0%+24%

43Decatur County, GAGA29,43224.0%+6%

44Webster County, GAGA2,36923.6%+23%

45Greene County, GAGA21,36723.6%+5%

46Talbot County, GAGA5,70923.5%−3%

47Colquitt County, GAGA47,43823.4%+18%

48Richmond County, GAGA206,55923.3%+19%

49Cook County, GAGA18,23223.3%+12%

50Berrien County, GAGA18,93223.1%+31%

51Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65023.1%+29%

52Elbert County, GAGA20,07223.0%+33%

53Tift County, GAGA42,25422.8%+15%

54Thomas County, GAGA46,36822.8%+31%

55Hart County, GAGA28,63922.4%+52%

56Bibb County, GAGA157,55622.4%+17%

57Candler County, GAGA11,27522.3%−15%

58Appling County, GAGA19,10022.2%+19%

59Mitchell County, GAGA20,46722.2%−16%

60Marion County, GAGA7,67622.0%−2%

61Lowndes County, GAGA122,86721.6%+18%

62Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.4%−10%

63Brantley County, GAGA18,93621.4%+37%

64Coffee County, GAGA44,40721.3%+12%

65Twiggs County, GAGA7,59721.2%+8%

66Evans County, GAGA11,02821.2%−21%

67Spalding County, GAGA70,77521.2%+37%

68Laurens County, GAGA51,04121.0%+14%

69Worth County, GAGA20,05920.8%+13%

70Crawford County, GAGA12,20620.5%+33%

71Ware County, GAGA36,90620.5%−0%

72Lamar County, GAGA20,94120.4%+83%

73Haralson County, GAGA33,06620.4%+32%

74Screven County, GAGA14,40820.4%+2%

75Lanier County, GAGA10,62320.4%+10%

76Upson County, GAGA28,50020.1%+36%

77Dodge County, GAGA19,66320.0%+15%

78Troup County, GAGA72,84419.8%+34%

79Heard County, GAGA12,14919.8%+46%

80Charlton County, GAGA13,12119.8%−6%

81Habersham County, GAGA50,41619.6%+61%

82Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.5%+23%

83McDuffie County, GAGA21,64019.5%+6%

84White County, GAGA29,80219.4%+84%

85Polk County, GAGA45,51419.3%+25%

86Whitfield County, GAGA106,21219.2%+68%

87Schley County, GAGA4,59319.2%−3%

88Chattooga County, GAGA25,30019.2%+34%

89Jenkins County, GAGA8,84319.1%−33%

90Jasper County, GAGA17,63219.1%+35%

91Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41519.0%+44%

92Stephens County, GAGA27,85418.8%+24%

93Floyd County, GAGA101,37818.7%+29%

94Rabun County, GAGA17,76418.5%+66%

95Wayne County, GAGA32,48118.3%+10%

96Muscogee County, GAGA202,17118.2%+17%

97Montgomery County, GAGA8,63518.2%−8%

98Miller County, GAGA5,81218.2%−14%

99Gilmer County, GAGA33,89418.1%+45%

100Franklin County, GAGA25,94817.8%+29%

101Madison County, GAGA32,91917.8%+53%

102Liberty County, GAGA70,31317.8%+19%

103Carroll County, GAGA131,03617.3%+26%

104Gordon County, GAGA61,70117.1%+74%

105Murray County, GAGA41,60717.1%+35%

106Brooks County, GAGA16,10117.0%−28%

107Meriwether County, GAGA21,51616.8%−6%

108Clayton County, GAGA297,47116.7%+66%

109Glascock County, GAGA3,14116.6%−3%

110McIntosh County, GAGA11,98916.6%−11%

111Chatham County, GAGA311,85516.6%+6%

112Bacon County, GAGA11,07016.5%−30%

113Fannin County, GAGA26,11116.2%+31%

114DeKalb County, GAGA774,39416.1%+49%

115Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46515.9%+51%

116Banks County, GAGA21,27315.9%+27%

117Long County, GAGA21,55715.8%−19%

118Dade County, GAGA16,15415.5%+59%

119Pierce County, GAGA20,76415.4%−16%

120Morgan County, GAGA22,09515.4%+41%

121Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79115.3%−3%

122Camden County, GAGA60,14315.3%+51%

123Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17815.2%+15%

124Glynn County, GAGA87,59915.2%+0%

125Walker County, GAGA70,25015.1%+21%

126Jackson County, GAGA99,26515.1%+26%

127Hall County, GAGA226,56814.8%+19%

128Bartow County, GAGA120,80014.0%+63%

129Union County, GAGA27,85913.9%+11%

130Jones County, GAGA29,17113.1%+28%

131Houston County, GAGA178,21412.8%+25%

132Newton County, GAGA125,58312.7%+27%

133Barrow County, GAGA99,77312.6%+52%

134Walton County, GAGA112,69612.5%+29%

135Butts County, GAGA27,21812.4%+8%

136Putnam County, GAGA23,72212.3%−15%

137Rockdale County, GAGA98,41612.3%+51%

138Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+25%

139Dawson County, GAGA35,36512.0%+58%

140Pulaski County, GAGA10,17211.6%−29%

141Pickens County, GAGA37,16711.6%+26%

142Douglas County, GAGA154,29311.3%+45%

143Catoosa County, GAGA69,62811.2%+19%

144Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09911.0%+94%

145Bryan County, GAGA52,06211.0%−6%

146Cobb County, GAGA793,34510.6%+64%

147Pike County, GAGA20,93210.5%+10%

148Effingham County, GAGA74,39710.3%+11%

149Coweta County, GAGA160,24010.2%+31%

150Towns County, GAGA13,2859.3%−21%

151Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+10%

152Henry County, GAGA264,9228.3%+68%

153Paulding County, GAGA190,9968.2%+49%

154Lee County, GAGA34,1798.2%−1%

155Oconee County, GAGA44,8937.4%+15%

156Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.4%+39%

157Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.1%+39%

158Forsyth County, GAGA282,8056.0%+9%

159Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.7%+78%

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