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Highest poverty rate, Georgia counties · 2010

Georgia counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2010 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%+11.0 pts

02Clay County, GAGA2,81534.2%+2.9 pts

03Clarke County, GAGA129,92133.5%+5.2 pts

04Taylor County, GAGA7,81833.1%+7.2 pts

05Macon County, GAGA11,75633.0%+7.2 pts

06Echols County, GAGA3,68532.1%+3.4 pts

07Quitman County, GAGA2,25431.6%+9.7 pts

08Telfair County, GAGA11,19531.3%+10.2 pts

09Terrell County, GAGA8,65631.0%+2.4 pts

10Baker County, GAGA2,72530.0%+6.7 pts

11Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.1%−0.2 pts

12Dougherty County, GAGA82,61628.9%+4.1 pts

13Early County, GAGA10,45528.9%+3.2 pts

14Calhoun County, GAGA5,41328.8%+2.3 pts

15Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.4%+3.9 pts

16Randolph County, GAGA6,15628.0%+0.3 pts

17Atkinson County, GAGA8,45428.0%+5.0 pts

18Johnson County, GAGA9,31027.7%+5.0 pts

19Washington County, GAGA19,45327.6%+4.7 pts

20Dooly County, GAGA11,15627.1%+5.0 pts

21Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09926.9%+4.7 pts

22Jefferson County, GAGA15,01126.9%+3.9 pts

23Sumter County, GAGA28,80126.9%+5.4 pts

24Hancock County, GAGA8,68226.8%−2.6 pts

25Lincoln County, GAGA8,11226.3%+11.0 pts

26Grady County, GAGA26,59025.9%+4.6 pts

27Warren County, GAGA5,26925.7%−1.2 pts

28Burke County, GAGA24,40825.7%−2.9 pts

29Toombs County, GAGA27,54525.7%+1.9 pts

30Clinch County, GAGA6,84725.7%+2.2 pts

31Wilcox County, GAGA8,79725.5%+4.5 pts

32Wilkes County, GAGA9,54025.5%+8.0 pts

33Seminole County, GAGA9,16225.4%+2.3 pts

34Peach County, GAGA29,87725.4%+5.2 pts

35Turner County, GAGA8,98325.4%−1.4 pts

36Irwin County, GAGA9,02025.4%+7.6 pts

37Baldwin County, GAGA44,02925.2%+8.4 pts

38Treutlen County, GAGA6,46624.7%−1.7 pts

39Wheeler County, GAGA7,57024.3%−1.0 pts

40Stewart County, GAGA4,63124.2%+2.0 pts

41Emanuel County, GAGA23,14724.2%−3.2 pts

42Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21924.0%+4.6 pts

43Decatur County, GAGA29,43224.0%+1.3 pts

44Webster County, GAGA2,36923.6%+4.4 pts

45Greene County, GAGA21,36723.6%+1.2 pts

46Talbot County, GAGA5,70923.5%−0.8 pts

47Colquitt County, GAGA47,43823.4%+3.5 pts

48Richmond County, GAGA206,55923.3%+3.8 pts

49Cook County, GAGA18,23223.3%+2.6 pts

50Berrien County, GAGA18,93223.1%+5.4 pts

51Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65023.1%+5.1 pts

52Elbert County, GAGA20,07223.0%+5.7 pts

53Tift County, GAGA42,25422.8%+2.9 pts

54Thomas County, GAGA46,36822.8%+5.4 pts

55Hart County, GAGA28,63922.4%+7.7 pts

56Bibb County, GAGA157,55622.4%+3.3 pts

57Candler County, GAGA11,27522.3%−3.9 pts

58Appling County, GAGA19,10022.2%+3.6 pts

59Mitchell County, GAGA20,46722.2%−4.2 pts

60Marion County, GAGA7,67622.0%−0.5 pts

61Lowndes County, GAGA122,86721.6%+3.3 pts

62Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.4%−2.4 pts

63Brantley County, GAGA18,93621.4%+5.8 pts

64Coffee County, GAGA44,40721.3%+2.2 pts

65Twiggs County, GAGA7,59721.2%+1.5 pts

66Evans County, GAGA11,02821.2%−5.8 pts

67Spalding County, GAGA70,77521.2%+5.7 pts

68Laurens County, GAGA51,04121.0%+2.5 pts

69Worth County, GAGA20,05920.8%+2.3 pts

70Crawford County, GAGA12,20620.5%+5.1 pts

71Ware County, GAGA36,90620.5%−0.1 pts

72Lamar County, GAGA20,94120.4%+9.3 pts

73Haralson County, GAGA33,06620.4%+4.9 pts

74Screven County, GAGA14,40820.4%+0.3 pts

75Lanier County, GAGA10,62320.4%+1.9 pts

76Upson County, GAGA28,50020.1%+5.4 pts

77Dodge County, GAGA19,66320.0%+2.6 pts

78Troup County, GAGA72,84419.8%+5.0 pts

79Heard County, GAGA12,14919.8%+6.2 pts

80Charlton County, GAGA13,12119.8%−1.2 pts

81Habersham County, GAGA50,41619.6%+7.4 pts

82Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.5%+3.6 pts

83McDuffie County, GAGA21,64019.5%+1.0 pts

84White County, GAGA29,80219.4%+8.9 pts

85Polk County, GAGA45,51419.3%+3.8 pts

86Whitfield County, GAGA106,21219.2%+7.8 pts

87Schley County, GAGA4,59319.2%−0.6 pts

88Chattooga County, GAGA25,30019.2%+4.9 pts

89Jenkins County, GAGA8,84319.1%−9.3 pts

90Jasper County, GAGA17,63219.1%+4.9 pts

91Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41519.0%+5.8 pts

92Stephens County, GAGA27,85418.8%+3.7 pts

93Floyd County, GAGA101,37818.7%+4.2 pts

94Rabun County, GAGA17,76418.5%+7.4 pts

95Wayne County, GAGA32,48118.3%+1.7 pts

96Muscogee County, GAGA202,17118.2%+2.6 pts

97Montgomery County, GAGA8,63518.2%−1.6 pts

98Miller County, GAGA5,81218.2%−3.0 pts

99Gilmer County, GAGA33,89418.1%+5.7 pts

100Franklin County, GAGA25,94817.8%+4.0 pts

101Madison County, GAGA32,91917.8%+6.1 pts

102Liberty County, GAGA70,31317.8%+2.8 pts

103Carroll County, GAGA131,03617.3%+3.6 pts

104Gordon County, GAGA61,70117.1%+7.3 pts

105Murray County, GAGA41,60717.1%+4.4 pts

106Brooks County, GAGA16,10117.0%−6.5 pts

107Meriwether County, GAGA21,51616.8%−1.0 pts

108Clayton County, GAGA297,47116.7%+6.6 pts

109Glascock County, GAGA3,14116.6%−0.5 pts

110McIntosh County, GAGA11,98916.6%−2.1 pts

111Chatham County, GAGA311,85516.6%+0.9 pts

112Bacon County, GAGA11,07016.5%−7.2 pts

113Fannin County, GAGA26,11116.2%+3.8 pts

114DeKalb County, GAGA774,39416.1%+5.3 pts

115Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46515.9%+5.4 pts

116Banks County, GAGA21,27315.9%+3.3 pts

117Long County, GAGA21,55715.8%−3.7 pts

118Dade County, GAGA16,15415.5%+5.8 pts

119Pierce County, GAGA20,76415.4%−3.0 pts

120Morgan County, GAGA22,09515.4%+4.5 pts

121Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79115.3%−0.4 pts

122Camden County, GAGA60,14315.3%+5.1 pts

123Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17815.2%+2.0 pts

124Glynn County, GAGA87,59915.2%+0.0 pts

125Walker County, GAGA70,25015.1%+2.7 pts

126Jackson County, GAGA99,26515.1%+3.1 pts

127Hall County, GAGA226,56814.8%+2.3 pts

128Bartow County, GAGA120,80014.0%+5.4 pts

129Union County, GAGA27,85913.9%+1.4 pts

130Jones County, GAGA29,17113.1%+2.8 pts

131Houston County, GAGA178,21412.8%+2.6 pts

132Newton County, GAGA125,58312.7%+2.7 pts

133Barrow County, GAGA99,77312.6%+4.3 pts

134Walton County, GAGA112,69612.5%+2.8 pts

135Butts County, GAGA27,21812.4%+0.9 pts

136Putnam County, GAGA23,72212.3%−2.2 pts

137Rockdale County, GAGA98,41612.3%+4.1 pts

138Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+2.5 pts

139Dawson County, GAGA35,36512.0%+4.4 pts

140Pulaski County, GAGA10,17211.6%−4.7 pts

141Pickens County, GAGA37,16711.6%+2.4 pts

142Douglas County, GAGA154,29311.3%+3.5 pts

143Catoosa County, GAGA69,62811.2%+1.7 pts

144Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09911.0%+5.4 pts

145Bryan County, GAGA52,06211.0%−0.7 pts

146Cobb County, GAGA793,34510.6%+4.1 pts

147Pike County, GAGA20,93210.5%+0.9 pts

148Effingham County, GAGA74,39710.3%+1.0 pts

149Coweta County, GAGA160,24010.2%+2.4 pts

150Towns County, GAGA13,2859.3%−2.5 pts

151Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+0.8 pts

152Henry County, GAGA264,9228.3%+3.4 pts

153Paulding County, GAGA190,9968.2%+2.7 pts

154Lee County, GAGA34,1798.2%−0.1 pts

155Oconee County, GAGA44,8937.4%+1.0 pts

156Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.4%+2.1 pts

157Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.1%+2.0 pts

158Forsyth County, GAGA282,8056.0%+0.5 pts

159Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.7%+2.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS