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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. The median across all 159 is 17.3%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Treutlen County, GA, up 106 places to #50.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000
01▲1Forsyth County, GAGA282,8054.3%−1.2 pts
02▼1Fayette County, GAGA125,1565.6%+2.9 pts
03▲24Lee County, GAGA34,1795.7%−2.6 pts
04Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−0.3 pts
05▲2Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.6%+1.1 pts
06▲11Bryan County, GAGA52,0626.7%−5.0 pts
07▲1Effingham County, GAGA74,3976.8%−2.5 pts
08▼2Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.0%+1.7 pts
09▲6Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.3%−4.7 pts
10▲1Coweta County, GAGA160,2407.4%−0.4 pts
11▼6Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.5%+2.4 pts
12▲8Dade County, GAGA16,1548.2%−1.6 pts
13▲3Dawson County, GAGA35,3658.5%+0.9 pts
14▼4Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.7%+2.3 pts
15▼6Morgan County, GAGA22,0958.8%−2.1 pts
16▼13Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+0.8 pts
17▼4Henry County, GAGA264,9229.2%+4.3 pts
18▼4Pike County, GAGA20,9329.3%−0.3 pts
19▲2Barrow County, GAGA99,7739.6%+1.3 pts
20▲30Lamar County, GAGA20,9419.6%−1.6 pts
21▲39Greene County, GAGA21,3679.8%−12.5 pts
22▼10Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.9%+0.4 pts
23▲8Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.3%+1.7 pts
24▲82Butts County, GAGA27,21810.4%−1.1 pts
25▲3Rockdale County, GAGA98,41610.8%+2.6 pts
26▼8Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.8%+5.1 pts
27▼4Douglas County, GAGA154,29310.9%+3.1 pts
28▲29Union County, GAGA27,85910.9%−1.6 pts
29▼5Houston County, GAGA178,21411.1%+0.9 pts
30▲5Banks County, GAGA21,27311.3%−1.3 pts
31▼1Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41511.6%−1.6 pts
32▲33Crawford County, GAGA12,20611.6%−3.8 pts
33▲6Hall County, GAGA226,56811.8%−0.6 pts
34▲2Hart County, GAGA28,63911.9%−2.9 pts
35▼6Walton County, GAGA112,69611.9%+2.2 pts
36▼10Pickens County, GAGA37,16712.0%+2.8 pts
37▲21Gordon County, GAGA61,70112.0%+2.1 pts
38▼13Jones County, GAGA29,17112.1%+1.8 pts
39▲10Newton County, GAGA125,58312.3%+2.3 pts
40▲16Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+2.5 pts
41▼7Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79112.3%−3.4 pts
42▼20White County, GAGA29,80212.4%+1.9 pts
43▲28Glascock County, GAGA3,14112.6%−4.6 pts
44▲3Camden County, GAGA60,14312.9%+2.7 pts
45▲39Rabun County, GAGA17,76413.1%+2.0 pts
46▲5Walker County, GAGA70,25013.3%+0.8 pts
47▼14Towns County, GAGA13,28513.3%+1.5 pts
48▼5DeKalb County, GAGA774,39413.7%+2.9 pts
49▼30Fannin County, GAGA26,11113.7%+1.3 pts
50▲106Treutlen County, GAGA6,46613.8%−12.6 pts
51▲24Pierce County, GAGA20,76413.8%−4.6 pts
52▼6Schley County, GAGA4,59313.9%−6.0 pts
53▲17Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46513.9%+3.4 pts
54▼17Habersham County, GAGA50,41614.1%+1.9 pts
55▼15Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+0.9 pts
56▲64Echols County, GAGA3,68514.2%−14.4 pts
57▼13Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.3%−1.3 pts
58▲1Murray County, GAGA41,60714.4%+1.7 pts
59▲2Whitfield County, GAGA106,21214.8%+3.4 pts
60▼15Liberty County, GAGA70,31315.3%+0.4 pts
61▼29Haralson County, GAGA33,06615.4%−0.1 pts
62Carroll County, GAGA131,03615.4%+1.7 pts
63▼21Quitman County, GAGA2,25415.7%−6.2 pts
64▲47Dooly County, GAGA11,15615.7%−6.4 pts
65▼27Stephens County, GAGA27,85415.8%+0.6 pts
66▼14Gilmer County, GAGA33,89416.0%+3.5 pts
67▼13Jasper County, GAGA17,63216.0%+1.8 pts
68▲8Floyd County, GAGA101,37816.0%+1.6 pts
69▼2Glynn County, GAGA87,59916.1%+0.9 pts
70▲65Candler County, GAGA11,27516.3%−9.9 pts
71▲1Polk County, GAGA45,51416.4%+0.9 pts
72▲20Pulaski County, GAGA10,17216.5%+0.2 pts
73▲9Troup County, GAGA72,84416.9%+2.1 pts
74▲30Jefferson County, GAGA15,01116.9%−6.1 pts
75▲13Lincoln County, GAGA8,11217.0%+1.7 pts
76▲2Brantley County, GAGA18,93617.1%+1.4 pts
77▲21Washington County, GAGA19,45317.2%−5.7 pts
78▲15Screven County, GAGA14,40817.2%−2.9 pts
79▲7Madison County, GAGA32,91917.2%+5.6 pts
80▲19Peach County, GAGA29,87717.3%−2.9 pts
81▲16Long County, GAGA21,55717.3%−2.2 pts
82▼5Putnam County, GAGA23,72217.6%+3.1 pts
83▲19Cook County, GAGA18,23217.7%−3.0 pts
84▲25Wilkes County, GAGA9,54017.8%+0.3 pts
85▼2Heard County, GAGA12,14917.9%+4.3 pts
86▼20Clayton County, GAGA297,47117.9%+7.9 pts
87▼19Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.9%+0.6 pts
88▲39Elbert County, GAGA20,07218.0%+0.6 pts
89▲28Charlton County, GAGA13,12118.1%−2.8 pts
90▼37Twiggs County, GAGA7,59718.2%−1.5 pts
91▼10Burke County, GAGA24,40818.3%−10.3 pts
92▲8Meriwether County, GAGA21,51618.9%+1.1 pts
93▼24Spalding County, GAGA70,77518.9%+3.5 pts
94▼7Muscogee County, GAGA202,17119.0%+3.4 pts
95▲26Evans County, GAGA11,02819.1%−7.9 pts
96▲17Lowndes County, GAGA122,86719.2%+0.8 pts
97▼23Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.3%+3.4 pts
98▼8Upson County, GAGA28,50019.3%+4.6 pts
99▲2Franklin County, GAGA25,94819.5%+5.7 pts
100▲16Richmond County, GAGA206,55920.0%+0.5 pts
101▲39Seminole County, GAGA9,16220.1%−3.1 pts
102▲48Turner County, GAGA8,98320.3%−6.5 pts
103▼30Grady County, GAGA26,59020.3%−1.0 pts
104▼24McDuffie County, GAGA21,64020.3%+1.9 pts
105▲26Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66220.4%−3.0 pts
106▼42Montgomery County, GAGA8,63520.6%+0.7 pts
107▲5Berrien County, GAGA18,93220.6%+2.9 pts
108▲2Tift County, GAGA42,25420.8%+0.9 pts
109▼68Marion County, GAGA7,67620.9%−1.5 pts
110▲48Clay County, GAGA2,81521.0%−10.3 pts
111▼8Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.2%+6.9 pts
112▼49Wayne County, GAGA32,48121.3%+4.6 pts
113▲23Warren County, GAGA5,26921.4%−5.5 pts
114▲4Ware County, GAGA36,90621.5%+1.0 pts
115▼30Dodge County, GAGA19,66321.5%+4.1 pts
116▲13Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65021.6%+3.7 pts
117▲5Baldwin County, GAGA44,02921.7%+4.9 pts
118▼24Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21921.8%+2.4 pts
119▲14Wilcox County, GAGA8,79721.9%+0.9 pts
120▲3Decatur County, GAGA29,43222.0%−0.6 pts
121▲9Webster County, GAGA2,36922.3%+3.1 pts
122▼15Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.4%+4.7 pts
123▼4Appling County, GAGA19,10022.5%+3.9 pts
124▼28Toombs County, GAGA27,54522.5%−1.4 pts
125▲13Laurens County, GAGA51,04122.6%+4.2 pts
126▲6Calhoun County, GAGA5,41322.8%−3.7 pts
127▲32Jenkins County, GAGA8,84322.9%−5.5 pts
128▼3Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.9%+3.0 pts
129▼81McIntosh County, GAGA11,98923.0%+4.3 pts
130▼22Bulloch County, GAGA86,94923.0%−1.5 pts
131▼40Coffee County, GAGA44,40723.1%+4.0 pts
132▲20Crisp County, GAGA19,23723.3%−6.0 pts
133▼28Tattnall County, GAGA24,37623.4%−0.5 pts
134▲5Mitchell County, GAGA20,46723.4%−3.0 pts
135▲22Early County, GAGA10,45523.6%−2.1 pts
136▼10Sumter County, GAGA28,80123.7%+2.3 pts
137▼48Miller County, GAGA5,81223.8%+2.6 pts
138▼59Worth County, GAGA20,05924.0%+5.5 pts
139▲4Telfair County, GAGA11,19524.1%+3.0 pts
140▼25Johnson County, GAGA9,31024.2%+1.6 pts
141▼4Bacon County, GAGA11,07024.5%+0.8 pts
142▼8Bibb County, GAGA157,55624.7%+5.6 pts
143▲1Atkinson County, GAGA8,45425.0%+2.0 pts
144▼2Dougherty County, GAGA82,61625.0%+0.3 pts
145▲2Macon County, GAGA11,75625.1%−0.7 pts
146▲2Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09925.2%+2.9 pts
147▼92Talbot County, GAGA5,70925.2%+1.0 pts
148▼34Brooks County, GAGA16,10125.4%+2.0 pts
149▼25Emanuel County, GAGA23,14725.7%−1.7 pts
150▼9Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.0%−2.2 pts
151▲2Clinch County, GAGA6,84726.1%+2.7 pts
152▼6Lanier County, GAGA10,62326.1%+7.6 pts
153▼58Baker County, GAGA2,72526.3%+2.9 pts
154▼9Stewart County, GAGA4,63126.4%+4.2 pts
155▼4Randolph County, GAGA6,15630.0%+2.3 pts
156▼28Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.6%+1.2 pts
157▼8Taylor County, GAGA7,81832.1%+6.1 pts
158▼4Wheeler County, GAGA7,57032.7%+7.4 pts
159▼4Terrell County, GAGA8,65633.3%+4.7 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES