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Highest poverty rate, Georgia counties · 2020

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

01Jenkins County, GAGA8,84334.5%+22%

02Clay County, GAGA2,81532.7%+5%

03Early County, GAGA10,45531.4%+22%

04Treutlen County, GAGA6,46631.3%+19%

05Terrell County, GAGA8,65631.2%+9%

06Wheeler County, GAGA7,57030.0%+19%

07Clinch County, GAGA6,84729.8%+27%

08Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.7%+1%

09Randolph County, GAGA6,15629.7%+7%

10Turner County, GAGA8,98329.5%+11%

11Taylor County, GAGA7,81829.4%+13%

12Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09929.1%+31%

13Macon County, GAGA11,75628.6%+11%

14Lanier County, GAGA10,62328.6%+54%

15Stewart County, GAGA4,63128.2%+27%

16Atkinson County, GAGA8,45428.2%+22%

17Telfair County, GAGA11,19527.4%+30%

18Dougherty County, GAGA82,61627.3%+10%

19Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.5%−6%

20Seminole County, GAGA9,16226.4%+14%

21Mitchell County, GAGA20,46726.3%−0%

22Laurens County, GAGA51,04126.3%+43%

23Bacon County, GAGA11,07026.1%+10%

24Warren County, GAGA5,26925.7%−5%

25Candler County, GAGA11,27525.1%−4%

26Bibb County, GAGA157,55625.0%+31%

27Wilcox County, GAGA8,79725.0%+19%

28Calhoun County, GAGA5,41324.9%−6%

29Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66224.7%+5%

30Webster County, GAGA2,36924.7%+28%

31Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65024.7%+37%

32Hancock County, GAGA8,68224.6%−16%

33Elbert County, GAGA20,07224.5%+42%

34Sumter County, GAGA28,80124.3%+14%

35Colquitt County, GAGA47,43824.2%+22%

36Emanuel County, GAGA23,14724.0%−12%

37Decatur County, GAGA29,43223.8%+5%

38Baldwin County, GAGA44,02923.7%+41%

39Evans County, GAGA11,02823.5%−13%

40Echols County, GAGA3,68523.5%−18%

41Appling County, GAGA19,10023.4%+26%

42Ware County, GAGA36,90623.3%+13%

43Charlton County, GAGA13,12123.2%+11%

44Richmond County, GAGA206,55923.2%+19%

45Johnson County, GAGA9,31023.0%+2%

46Brooks County, GAGA16,10122.9%−2%

47Lowndes County, GAGA122,86722.7%+23%

48Berrien County, GAGA18,93222.6%+28%

49Dooly County, GAGA11,15622.5%+2%

50Tift County, GAGA42,25422.5%+13%

51Wilkes County, GAGA9,54022.4%+28%

52Bulloch County, GAGA86,94922.3%−9%

53Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.1%+25%

54Butts County, GAGA27,21821.7%+89%

55Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.7%−9%

56Jefferson County, GAGA15,01121.1%−8%

57Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.1%+48%

58Cook County, GAGA18,23221.0%+1%

59Franklin County, GAGA25,94821.0%+51%

60Meriwether County, GAGA21,51620.9%+17%

61Peach County, GAGA29,87720.9%+3%

62Washington County, GAGA19,45320.8%−9%

63Long County, GAGA21,55720.8%+6%

64Toombs County, GAGA27,54520.7%−13%

65Baker County, GAGA2,72520.6%−12%

66Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21920.4%+5%

67Screven County, GAGA14,40820.4%+2%

68Pulaski County, GAGA10,17220.4%+25%

69Coffee County, GAGA44,40720.4%+7%

70Upson County, GAGA28,50020.4%+38%

71Miller County, GAGA5,81220.3%−4%

72Lincoln County, GAGA8,11220.1%+31%

73Muscogee County, GAGA202,17120.0%+28%

74Madison County, GAGA32,91919.9%+71%

75Dodge County, GAGA19,66319.9%+14%

76Rabun County, GAGA17,76419.9%+79%

77Heard County, GAGA12,14919.7%+45%

78Troup County, GAGA72,84419.6%+32%

79Burke County, GAGA24,40819.0%−34%

80McDuffie County, GAGA21,64019.0%+3%

81Worth County, GAGA20,05918.9%+2%

82Brantley County, GAGA18,93618.8%+20%

83Putnam County, GAGA23,72218.7%+29%

84Floyd County, GAGA101,37818.6%+28%

85Pierce County, GAGA20,76418.5%+0%

86Bleckley County, GAGA12,86618.4%+16%

87Grady County, GAGA26,59018.3%−14%

88Polk County, GAGA45,51418.3%+18%

89Glascock County, GAGA3,14118.1%+5%

90Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46518.1%+71%

91Spalding County, GAGA70,77517.5%+13%

92Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.5%+1%

93Glynn County, GAGA87,59917.1%+13%

94Clayton County, GAGA297,47116.6%+65%

95Crawford County, GAGA12,20616.6%+7%

96Montgomery County, GAGA8,63516.5%−17%

97Wayne County, GAGA32,48116.4%−2%

98Carroll County, GAGA131,03616.3%+19%

99Whitfield County, GAGA106,21216.2%+42%

100Greene County, GAGA21,36716.2%−27%

101Murray County, GAGA41,60716.0%+27%

102Gordon County, GAGA61,70115.9%+61%

103Union County, GAGA27,85915.8%+26%

104Monroe County, GAGA32,02315.5%+58%

105Talbot County, GAGA5,70915.4%−36%

106Jasper County, GAGA17,63215.3%+8%

107Twiggs County, GAGA7,59715.2%−23%

108Gilmer County, GAGA33,89415.2%+22%

109Walker County, GAGA70,25015.1%+21%

110Lamar County, GAGA20,94115.1%+35%

111Newton County, GAGA125,58315.0%+49%

112McIntosh County, GAGA11,98915.0%−20%

113Camden County, GAGA60,14314.9%+47%

114Schley County, GAGA4,59314.7%−26%

115Liberty County, GAGA70,31314.6%−2%

116Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.4%−8%

117DeKalb County, GAGA774,39414.4%+33%

118Quitman County, GAGA2,25414.3%−35%

119Marion County, GAGA7,67614.2%−37%

120Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+6%

121Hall County, GAGA226,56814.0%+13%

122Stephens County, GAGA27,85413.9%−8%

123Habersham County, GAGA50,41613.6%+12%

124Hart County, GAGA28,63913.6%−8%

125Banks County, GAGA21,27313.6%+8%

126Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79113.4%−15%

127Towns County, GAGA13,28512.8%+8%

128Haralson County, GAGA33,06612.6%−18%

129Bartow County, GAGA120,80012.6%+46%

130Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41512.3%−7%

131Walton County, GAGA112,69612.3%+26%

132Rockdale County, GAGA98,41612.2%+49%

133Lee County, GAGA34,17912.1%+47%

134Pickens County, GAGA37,16711.7%+28%

135Jones County, GAGA29,17111.6%+14%

136Houston County, GAGA178,21411.6%+13%

137Douglas County, GAGA154,29311.5%+47%

138White County, GAGA29,80211.3%+8%

139Barrow County, GAGA99,77311.2%+35%

140Dade County, GAGA16,15411.1%+14%

141Fannin County, GAGA26,11110.6%−14%

142Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.5%+85%

143Bryan County, GAGA52,06210.3%−12%

144Dawson County, GAGA35,3659.5%+25%

145Jackson County, GAGA99,2659.3%−22%

146Pike County, GAGA20,9329.2%−3%

147Henry County, GAGA264,9229.1%+86%

148Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.0%−5%

149Coweta County, GAGA160,2408.8%+12%

150Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.6%+33%

151Morgan County, GAGA22,0957.7%−30%

152Effingham County, GAGA74,3977.4%−21%

153Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.9%+26%

154Cherokee County, GAGA299,2736.9%+30%

155Columbia County, GAGA169,1896.6%+28%

156Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−4%

157Harris County, GAGA37,2805.8%−30%

158Forsyth County, GAGA282,8055.2%−5%

159Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.7%+77%

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