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Lowest poverty rate, Georgia counties

Georgia counties with the lowest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 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

01Forsyth County, GAGA282,8054.3%−1.2 pts

02Fayette County, GAGA125,1565.6%+2.9 pts

03Lee County, GAGA34,1795.7%−2.6 pts

04Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−0.3 pts

05Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.6%+1.1 pts

06Bryan County, GAGA52,0626.7%−5.0 pts

07Effingham County, GAGA74,3976.8%−2.5 pts

08Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.0%+1.7 pts

09Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.3%−4.7 pts

10Coweta County, GAGA160,2407.4%−0.4 pts

11Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.5%+2.4 pts

12Dade County, GAGA16,1548.2%−1.6 pts

13Dawson County, GAGA35,3658.5%+0.9 pts

14Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.7%+2.3 pts

15Morgan County, GAGA22,0958.8%−2.1 pts

16Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+0.8 pts

17Henry County, GAGA264,9229.2%+4.3 pts

18Pike County, GAGA20,9329.3%−0.3 pts

19Barrow County, GAGA99,7739.6%+1.3 pts

20Lamar County, GAGA20,9419.6%−1.6 pts

21Greene County, GAGA21,3679.8%−12.5 pts

22Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.9%+0.4 pts

23Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.3%+1.7 pts

24Butts County, GAGA27,21810.4%−1.1 pts

25Rockdale County, GAGA98,41610.8%+2.6 pts

26Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.8%+5.1 pts

27Douglas County, GAGA154,29310.9%+3.1 pts

28Union County, GAGA27,85910.9%−1.6 pts

29Houston County, GAGA178,21411.1%+0.9 pts

30Banks County, GAGA21,27311.3%−1.3 pts

31Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41511.6%−1.6 pts

32Crawford County, GAGA12,20611.6%−3.8 pts

33Hall County, GAGA226,56811.8%−0.6 pts

34Hart County, GAGA28,63911.9%−2.9 pts

35Walton County, GAGA112,69611.9%+2.2 pts

36Pickens County, GAGA37,16712.0%+2.8 pts

37Gordon County, GAGA61,70112.0%+2.1 pts

38Jones County, GAGA29,17112.1%+1.8 pts

39Newton County, GAGA125,58312.3%+2.3 pts

40Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+2.5 pts

41Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79112.3%−3.4 pts

42White County, GAGA29,80212.4%+1.9 pts

43Glascock County, GAGA3,14112.6%−4.6 pts

44Camden County, GAGA60,14312.9%+2.7 pts

45Rabun County, GAGA17,76413.1%+2.0 pts

46Walker County, GAGA70,25013.3%+0.8 pts

47Towns County, GAGA13,28513.3%+1.5 pts

48DeKalb County, GAGA774,39413.7%+2.9 pts

49Fannin County, GAGA26,11113.7%+1.3 pts

50Treutlen County, GAGA6,46613.8%−12.6 pts

51Pierce County, GAGA20,76413.8%−4.6 pts

52Schley County, GAGA4,59313.9%−6.0 pts

53Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46513.9%+3.4 pts

54Habersham County, GAGA50,41614.1%+1.9 pts

55Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+0.9 pts

56Echols County, GAGA3,68514.2%−14.4 pts

57Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.3%−1.3 pts

58Murray County, GAGA41,60714.4%+1.7 pts

59Whitfield County, GAGA106,21214.8%+3.4 pts

60Liberty County, GAGA70,31315.3%+0.4 pts

61Haralson County, GAGA33,06615.4%−0.1 pts

62Carroll County, GAGA131,03615.4%+1.7 pts

63Quitman County, GAGA2,25415.7%−6.2 pts

64Dooly County, GAGA11,15615.7%−6.4 pts

65Stephens County, GAGA27,85415.8%+0.6 pts

66Gilmer County, GAGA33,89416.0%+3.5 pts

67Jasper County, GAGA17,63216.0%+1.8 pts

68Floyd County, GAGA101,37816.0%+1.6 pts

69Glynn County, GAGA87,59916.1%+0.9 pts

70Candler County, GAGA11,27516.3%−9.9 pts

71Polk County, GAGA45,51416.4%+0.9 pts

72Pulaski County, GAGA10,17216.5%+0.2 pts

73Troup County, GAGA72,84416.9%+2.1 pts

74Jefferson County, GAGA15,01116.9%−6.1 pts

75Lincoln County, GAGA8,11217.0%+1.7 pts

76Brantley County, GAGA18,93617.1%+1.4 pts

77Washington County, GAGA19,45317.2%−5.7 pts

78Screven County, GAGA14,40817.2%−2.9 pts

79Madison County, GAGA32,91917.2%+5.6 pts

80Peach County, GAGA29,87717.3%−2.9 pts

81Long County, GAGA21,55717.3%−2.2 pts

82Putnam County, GAGA23,72217.6%+3.1 pts

83Cook County, GAGA18,23217.7%−3.0 pts

84Wilkes County, GAGA9,54017.8%+0.3 pts

85Heard County, GAGA12,14917.9%+4.3 pts

86Clayton County, GAGA297,47117.9%+7.9 pts

87Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.9%+0.6 pts

88Elbert County, GAGA20,07218.0%+0.6 pts

89Charlton County, GAGA13,12118.1%−2.8 pts

90Twiggs County, GAGA7,59718.2%−1.5 pts

91Burke County, GAGA24,40818.3%−10.3 pts

92Meriwether County, GAGA21,51618.9%+1.1 pts

93Spalding County, GAGA70,77518.9%+3.5 pts

94Muscogee County, GAGA202,17119.0%+3.4 pts

95Evans County, GAGA11,02819.1%−7.9 pts

96Lowndes County, GAGA122,86719.2%+0.8 pts

97Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.3%+3.4 pts

98Upson County, GAGA28,50019.3%+4.6 pts

99Franklin County, GAGA25,94819.5%+5.7 pts

100Richmond County, GAGA206,55920.0%+0.5 pts

101Seminole County, GAGA9,16220.1%−3.1 pts

102Turner County, GAGA8,98320.3%−6.5 pts

103Grady County, GAGA26,59020.3%−1.0 pts

104McDuffie County, GAGA21,64020.3%+1.9 pts

105Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66220.4%−3.0 pts

106Montgomery County, GAGA8,63520.6%+0.7 pts

107Berrien County, GAGA18,93220.6%+2.9 pts

108Tift County, GAGA42,25420.8%+0.9 pts

109Marion County, GAGA7,67620.9%−1.5 pts

110Clay County, GAGA2,81521.0%−10.3 pts

111Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.2%+6.9 pts

112Wayne County, GAGA32,48121.3%+4.6 pts

113Warren County, GAGA5,26921.4%−5.5 pts

114Ware County, GAGA36,90621.5%+1.0 pts

115Dodge County, GAGA19,66321.5%+4.1 pts

116Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65021.6%+3.7 pts

117Baldwin County, GAGA44,02921.7%+4.9 pts

118Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21921.8%+2.4 pts

119Wilcox County, GAGA8,79721.9%+0.9 pts

120Decatur County, GAGA29,43222.0%−0.6 pts

121Webster County, GAGA2,36922.3%+3.1 pts

122Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.4%+4.7 pts

123Appling County, GAGA19,10022.5%+3.9 pts

124Toombs County, GAGA27,54522.5%−1.4 pts

125Laurens County, GAGA51,04122.6%+4.2 pts

126Calhoun County, GAGA5,41322.8%−3.7 pts

127Jenkins County, GAGA8,84322.9%−5.5 pts

128Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.9%+3.0 pts

129McIntosh County, GAGA11,98923.0%+4.3 pts

130Bulloch County, GAGA86,94923.0%−1.5 pts

131Coffee County, GAGA44,40723.1%+4.0 pts

132Crisp County, GAGA19,23723.3%−6.0 pts

133Tattnall County, GAGA24,37623.4%−0.5 pts

134Mitchell County, GAGA20,46723.4%−3.0 pts

135Early County, GAGA10,45523.6%−2.1 pts

136Sumter County, GAGA28,80123.7%+2.3 pts

137Miller County, GAGA5,81223.8%+2.6 pts

138Worth County, GAGA20,05924.0%+5.5 pts

139Telfair County, GAGA11,19524.1%+3.0 pts

140Johnson County, GAGA9,31024.2%+1.6 pts

141Bacon County, GAGA11,07024.5%+0.8 pts

142Bibb County, GAGA157,55624.7%+5.6 pts

143Atkinson County, GAGA8,45425.0%+2.0 pts

144Dougherty County, GAGA82,61625.0%+0.3 pts

145Macon County, GAGA11,75625.1%−0.7 pts

146Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09925.2%+2.9 pts

147Talbot County, GAGA5,70925.2%+1.0 pts

148Brooks County, GAGA16,10125.4%+2.0 pts

149Emanuel County, GAGA23,14725.7%−1.7 pts

150Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.0%−2.2 pts

151Clinch County, GAGA6,84726.1%+2.7 pts

152Lanier County, GAGA10,62326.1%+7.6 pts

153Baker County, GAGA2,72526.3%+2.9 pts

154Stewart County, GAGA4,63126.4%+4.2 pts

155Randolph County, GAGA6,15630.0%+2.3 pts

156Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.6%+1.2 pts

157Taylor County, GAGA7,81832.1%+6.1 pts

158Wheeler County, GAGA7,57032.7%+7.4 pts

159Terrell County, GAGA8,65633.3%+4.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES