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Highest poverty rate, Georgia counties · 2020

Georgia counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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

01Jenkins County, GAGA8,84334.5%+6.1 pts

02Clay County, GAGA2,81532.7%+1.4 pts

03Early County, GAGA10,45531.4%+5.7 pts

04Treutlen County, GAGA6,46631.3%+4.9 pts

05Terrell County, GAGA8,65631.2%+2.6 pts

06Wheeler County, GAGA7,57030.0%+4.7 pts

07Clinch County, GAGA6,84729.8%+6.3 pts

08Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.7%+0.4 pts

09Randolph County, GAGA6,15629.7%+2.0 pts

10Turner County, GAGA8,98329.5%+2.8 pts

11Taylor County, GAGA7,81829.4%+3.5 pts

12Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09929.1%+6.8 pts

13Macon County, GAGA11,75628.6%+2.8 pts

14Lanier County, GAGA10,62328.6%+10.1 pts

15Stewart County, GAGA4,63128.2%+6.0 pts

16Atkinson County, GAGA8,45428.2%+5.2 pts

17Telfair County, GAGA11,19527.4%+6.3 pts

18Dougherty County, GAGA82,61627.3%+2.6 pts

19Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.5%−1.7 pts

20Seminole County, GAGA9,16226.4%+3.2 pts

21Mitchell County, GAGA20,46726.3%−0.1 pts

22Laurens County, GAGA51,04126.3%+7.8 pts

23Bacon County, GAGA11,07026.1%+2.5 pts

24Warren County, GAGA5,26925.7%−1.3 pts

25Candler County, GAGA11,27525.1%−1.0 pts

26Bibb County, GAGA157,55625.0%+5.9 pts

27Wilcox County, GAGA8,79725.0%+4.0 pts

28Calhoun County, GAGA5,41324.9%−1.6 pts

29Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66224.7%+1.3 pts

30Webster County, GAGA2,36924.7%+5.4 pts

31Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65024.7%+6.7 pts

32Hancock County, GAGA8,68224.6%−4.8 pts

33Elbert County, GAGA20,07224.5%+7.2 pts

34Sumter County, GAGA28,80124.3%+2.9 pts

35Colquitt County, GAGA47,43824.2%+4.4 pts

36Emanuel County, GAGA23,14724.0%−3.4 pts

37Decatur County, GAGA29,43223.8%+1.2 pts

38Baldwin County, GAGA44,02923.7%+7.0 pts

39Evans County, GAGA11,02823.5%−3.5 pts

40Echols County, GAGA3,68523.5%−5.2 pts

41Appling County, GAGA19,10023.4%+4.8 pts

42Ware County, GAGA36,90623.3%+2.7 pts

43Charlton County, GAGA13,12123.2%+2.3 pts

44Richmond County, GAGA206,55923.2%+3.6 pts

45Johnson County, GAGA9,31023.0%+0.4 pts

46Brooks County, GAGA16,10122.9%−0.6 pts

47Lowndes County, GAGA122,86722.7%+4.3 pts

48Berrien County, GAGA18,93222.6%+4.9 pts

49Dooly County, GAGA11,15622.5%+0.4 pts

50Tift County, GAGA42,25422.5%+2.6 pts

51Wilkes County, GAGA9,54022.4%+5.0 pts

52Bulloch County, GAGA86,94922.3%−2.2 pts

53Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.1%+4.4 pts

54Butts County, GAGA27,21821.7%+10.3 pts

55Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.7%−2.2 pts

56Jefferson County, GAGA15,01121.1%−1.9 pts

57Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.1%+6.8 pts

58Cook County, GAGA18,23221.0%+0.3 pts

59Franklin County, GAGA25,94821.0%+7.1 pts

60Meriwether County, GAGA21,51620.9%+3.1 pts

61Peach County, GAGA29,87720.9%+0.6 pts

62Washington County, GAGA19,45320.8%−2.1 pts

63Long County, GAGA21,55720.8%+1.3 pts

64Toombs County, GAGA27,54520.7%−3.1 pts

65Baker County, GAGA2,72520.6%−2.7 pts

66Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21920.4%+1.0 pts

67Screven County, GAGA14,40820.4%+0.4 pts

68Pulaski County, GAGA10,17220.4%+4.0 pts

69Coffee County, GAGA44,40720.4%+1.3 pts

70Upson County, GAGA28,50020.4%+5.6 pts

71Miller County, GAGA5,81220.3%−0.9 pts

72Lincoln County, GAGA8,11220.1%+4.7 pts

73Muscogee County, GAGA202,17120.0%+4.4 pts

74Madison County, GAGA32,91919.9%+8.3 pts

75Dodge County, GAGA19,66319.9%+2.5 pts

76Rabun County, GAGA17,76419.9%+8.8 pts

77Heard County, GAGA12,14919.7%+6.1 pts

78Troup County, GAGA72,84419.6%+4.8 pts

79Burke County, GAGA24,40819.0%−9.7 pts

80McDuffie County, GAGA21,64019.0%+0.5 pts

81Worth County, GAGA20,05918.9%+0.4 pts

82Brantley County, GAGA18,93618.8%+3.2 pts

83Putnam County, GAGA23,72218.7%+4.2 pts

84Floyd County, GAGA101,37818.6%+4.1 pts

85Pierce County, GAGA20,76418.5%+0.1 pts

86Bleckley County, GAGA12,86618.4%+2.5 pts

87Grady County, GAGA26,59018.3%−3.1 pts

88Polk County, GAGA45,51418.3%+2.8 pts

89Glascock County, GAGA3,14118.1%+0.9 pts

90Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46518.1%+7.5 pts

91Spalding County, GAGA70,77517.5%+2.1 pts

92Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.5%+0.1 pts

93Glynn County, GAGA87,59917.1%+1.9 pts

94Clayton County, GAGA297,47116.6%+6.5 pts

95Crawford County, GAGA12,20616.6%+1.1 pts

96Montgomery County, GAGA8,63516.5%−3.4 pts

97Wayne County, GAGA32,48116.4%−0.3 pts

98Carroll County, GAGA131,03616.3%+2.5 pts

99Whitfield County, GAGA106,21216.2%+4.8 pts

100Greene County, GAGA21,36716.2%−6.1 pts

101Murray County, GAGA41,60716.0%+3.4 pts

102Gordon County, GAGA61,70115.9%+6.0 pts

103Union County, GAGA27,85915.8%+3.3 pts

104Monroe County, GAGA32,02315.5%+5.7 pts

105Talbot County, GAGA5,70915.4%−8.8 pts

106Jasper County, GAGA17,63215.3%+1.1 pts

107Twiggs County, GAGA7,59715.2%−4.5 pts

108Gilmer County, GAGA33,89415.2%+2.8 pts

109Walker County, GAGA70,25015.1%+2.6 pts

110Lamar County, GAGA20,94115.1%+3.9 pts

111Newton County, GAGA125,58315.0%+4.9 pts

112McIntosh County, GAGA11,98915.0%−3.7 pts

113Camden County, GAGA60,14314.9%+4.8 pts

114Schley County, GAGA4,59314.7%−5.1 pts

115Liberty County, GAGA70,31314.6%−0.4 pts

116Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.4%−1.2 pts

117DeKalb County, GAGA774,39414.4%+3.6 pts

118Quitman County, GAGA2,25414.3%−7.6 pts

119Marion County, GAGA7,67614.2%−8.2 pts

120Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+0.8 pts

121Hall County, GAGA226,56814.0%+1.6 pts

122Stephens County, GAGA27,85413.9%−1.2 pts

123Habersham County, GAGA50,41613.6%+1.4 pts

124Hart County, GAGA28,63913.6%−1.2 pts

125Banks County, GAGA21,27313.6%+1.0 pts

126Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79113.4%−2.4 pts

127Towns County, GAGA13,28512.8%+1.0 pts

128Haralson County, GAGA33,06612.6%−2.9 pts

129Bartow County, GAGA120,80012.6%+4.0 pts

130Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41512.3%−1.0 pts

131Walton County, GAGA112,69612.3%+2.5 pts

132Rockdale County, GAGA98,41612.2%+4.0 pts

133Lee County, GAGA34,17912.1%+3.9 pts

134Pickens County, GAGA37,16711.7%+2.5 pts

135Jones County, GAGA29,17111.6%+1.4 pts

136Houston County, GAGA178,21411.6%+1.4 pts

137Douglas County, GAGA154,29311.5%+3.7 pts

138White County, GAGA29,80211.3%+0.8 pts

139Barrow County, GAGA99,77311.2%+2.9 pts

140Dade County, GAGA16,15411.1%+1.3 pts

141Fannin County, GAGA26,11110.6%−1.8 pts

142Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.5%+4.8 pts

143Bryan County, GAGA52,06210.3%−1.4 pts

144Dawson County, GAGA35,3659.5%+1.9 pts

145Jackson County, GAGA99,2659.3%−2.6 pts

146Pike County, GAGA20,9329.2%−0.3 pts

147Henry County, GAGA264,9229.1%+4.2 pts

148Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.0%−0.5 pts

149Coweta County, GAGA160,2408.8%+1.0 pts

150Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.6%+2.1 pts

151Morgan County, GAGA22,0957.7%−3.3 pts

152Effingham County, GAGA74,3977.4%−2.0 pts

153Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.9%+1.4 pts

154Cherokee County, GAGA299,2736.9%+1.6 pts

155Columbia County, GAGA169,1896.6%+1.4 pts

156Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−0.3 pts

157Harris County, GAGA37,2805.8%−2.5 pts

158Forsyth County, GAGA282,8055.2%−0.3 pts

159Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.7%+2.0 pts

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