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Lowest poverty rate, Georgia counties · 2010

Georgia counties with the lowest 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

01Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.7%+2.1 pts

02Forsyth County, GAGA282,8056.0%+0.5 pts

03Columbia County, GAGA169,1897.1%+2.0 pts

04Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.4%+2.1 pts

05Oconee County, GAGA44,8937.4%+1.0 pts

06Lee County, GAGA34,1798.2%−0.1 pts

07Paulding County, GAGA190,9968.2%+2.7 pts

08Henry County, GAGA264,9228.3%+3.4 pts

09Harris County, GAGA37,2809.0%+0.8 pts

10Towns County, GAGA13,2859.3%−2.5 pts

11Coweta County, GAGA160,24010.2%+2.4 pts

12Effingham County, GAGA74,39710.3%+1.0 pts

13Pike County, GAGA20,93210.5%+0.9 pts

14Cobb County, GAGA793,34510.6%+4.1 pts

15Bryan County, GAGA52,06211.0%−0.7 pts

16Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09911.0%+5.4 pts

17Catoosa County, GAGA69,62811.2%+1.7 pts

18Douglas County, GAGA154,29311.3%+3.5 pts

19Pickens County, GAGA37,16711.6%+2.4 pts

20Pulaski County, GAGA10,17211.6%−4.7 pts

21Dawson County, GAGA35,36512.0%+4.4 pts

22Monroe County, GAGA32,02312.3%+2.5 pts

23Rockdale County, GAGA98,41612.3%+4.1 pts

24Putnam County, GAGA23,72212.3%−2.2 pts

25Butts County, GAGA27,21812.4%+0.9 pts

26Walton County, GAGA112,69612.5%+2.8 pts

27Barrow County, GAGA99,77312.6%+4.3 pts

28Newton County, GAGA125,58312.7%+2.7 pts

29Houston County, GAGA178,21412.8%+2.6 pts

30Jones County, GAGA29,17113.1%+2.8 pts

31Union County, GAGA27,85913.9%+1.4 pts

32Bartow County, GAGA120,80014.0%+5.4 pts

33Hall County, GAGA226,56814.8%+2.3 pts

34Jackson County, GAGA99,26515.1%+3.1 pts

35Walker County, GAGA70,25015.1%+2.7 pts

36Glynn County, GAGA87,59915.2%+0.0 pts

37Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17815.2%+2.0 pts

38Camden County, GAGA60,14315.3%+5.1 pts

39Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79115.3%−0.4 pts

40Morgan County, GAGA22,09515.4%+4.5 pts

41Pierce County, GAGA20,76415.4%−3.0 pts

42Dade County, GAGA16,15415.5%+5.8 pts

43Long County, GAGA21,55715.8%−3.7 pts

44Banks County, GAGA21,27315.9%+3.3 pts

45Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46515.9%+5.4 pts

46DeKalb County, GAGA774,39416.1%+5.3 pts

47Fannin County, GAGA26,11116.2%+3.8 pts

48Bacon County, GAGA11,07016.5%−7.2 pts

49Chatham County, GAGA311,85516.6%+0.9 pts

50McIntosh County, GAGA11,98916.6%−2.1 pts

51Glascock County, GAGA3,14116.6%−0.5 pts

52Clayton County, GAGA297,47116.7%+6.6 pts

53Meriwether County, GAGA21,51616.8%−1.0 pts

54Brooks County, GAGA16,10117.0%−6.5 pts

55Murray County, GAGA41,60717.1%+4.4 pts

56Gordon County, GAGA61,70117.1%+7.3 pts

57Carroll County, GAGA131,03617.3%+3.6 pts

58Liberty County, GAGA70,31317.8%+2.8 pts

59Madison County, GAGA32,91917.8%+6.1 pts

60Franklin County, GAGA25,94817.8%+4.0 pts

61Gilmer County, GAGA33,89418.1%+5.7 pts

62Miller County, GAGA5,81218.2%−3.0 pts

63Montgomery County, GAGA8,63518.2%−1.6 pts

64Muscogee County, GAGA202,17118.2%+2.6 pts

65Wayne County, GAGA32,48118.3%+1.7 pts

66Rabun County, GAGA17,76418.5%+7.4 pts

67Floyd County, GAGA101,37818.7%+4.2 pts

68Stephens County, GAGA27,85418.8%+3.7 pts

69Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41519.0%+5.8 pts

70Jasper County, GAGA17,63219.1%+4.9 pts

71Jenkins County, GAGA8,84319.1%−9.3 pts

72Chattooga County, GAGA25,30019.2%+4.9 pts

73Schley County, GAGA4,59319.2%−0.6 pts

74Whitfield County, GAGA106,21219.2%+7.8 pts

75Polk County, GAGA45,51419.3%+3.8 pts

76White County, GAGA29,80219.4%+8.9 pts

77McDuffie County, GAGA21,64019.5%+1.0 pts

78Bleckley County, GAGA12,86619.5%+3.6 pts

79Habersham County, GAGA50,41619.6%+7.4 pts

80Charlton County, GAGA13,12119.8%−1.2 pts

81Heard County, GAGA12,14919.8%+6.2 pts

82Troup County, GAGA72,84419.8%+5.0 pts

83Dodge County, GAGA19,66320.0%+2.6 pts

84Upson County, GAGA28,50020.1%+5.4 pts

85Lanier County, GAGA10,62320.4%+1.9 pts

86Screven County, GAGA14,40820.4%+0.3 pts

87Haralson County, GAGA33,06620.4%+4.9 pts

88Lamar County, GAGA20,94120.4%+9.3 pts

89Ware County, GAGA36,90620.5%−0.1 pts

90Crawford County, GAGA12,20620.5%+5.1 pts

91Worth County, GAGA20,05920.8%+2.3 pts

92Laurens County, GAGA51,04121.0%+2.5 pts

93Spalding County, GAGA70,77521.2%+5.7 pts

94Evans County, GAGA11,02821.2%−5.8 pts

95Twiggs County, GAGA7,59721.2%+1.5 pts

96Coffee County, GAGA44,40721.3%+2.2 pts

97Brantley County, GAGA18,93621.4%+5.8 pts

98Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.4%−2.4 pts

99Lowndes County, GAGA122,86721.6%+3.3 pts

100Marion County, GAGA7,67622.0%−0.5 pts

101Mitchell County, GAGA20,46722.2%−4.2 pts

102Appling County, GAGA19,10022.2%+3.6 pts

103Candler County, GAGA11,27522.3%−3.9 pts

104Bibb County, GAGA157,55622.4%+3.3 pts

105Hart County, GAGA28,63922.4%+7.7 pts

106Thomas County, GAGA46,36822.8%+5.4 pts

107Tift County, GAGA42,25422.8%+2.9 pts

108Elbert County, GAGA20,07223.0%+5.7 pts

109Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65023.1%+5.1 pts

110Berrien County, GAGA18,93223.1%+5.4 pts

111Cook County, GAGA18,23223.3%+2.6 pts

112Richmond County, GAGA206,55923.3%+3.8 pts

113Colquitt County, GAGA47,43823.4%+3.5 pts

114Talbot County, GAGA5,70923.5%−0.8 pts

115Greene County, GAGA21,36723.6%+1.2 pts

116Webster County, GAGA2,36923.6%+4.4 pts

117Decatur County, GAGA29,43224.0%+1.3 pts

118Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21924.0%+4.6 pts

119Emanuel County, GAGA23,14724.2%−3.2 pts

120Stewart County, GAGA4,63124.2%+2.0 pts

121Wheeler County, GAGA7,57024.3%−1.0 pts

122Treutlen County, GAGA6,46624.7%−1.7 pts

123Baldwin County, GAGA44,02925.2%+8.4 pts

124Irwin County, GAGA9,02025.4%+7.6 pts

125Turner County, GAGA8,98325.4%−1.4 pts

126Peach County, GAGA29,87725.4%+5.2 pts

127Seminole County, GAGA9,16225.4%+2.3 pts

128Wilkes County, GAGA9,54025.5%+8.0 pts

129Wilcox County, GAGA8,79725.5%+4.5 pts

130Clinch County, GAGA6,84725.7%+2.2 pts

131Toombs County, GAGA27,54525.7%+1.9 pts

132Burke County, GAGA24,40825.7%−2.9 pts

133Warren County, GAGA5,26925.7%−1.2 pts

134Grady County, GAGA26,59025.9%+4.6 pts

135Lincoln County, GAGA8,11226.3%+11.0 pts

136Hancock County, GAGA8,68226.8%−2.6 pts

137Sumter County, GAGA28,80126.9%+5.4 pts

138Jefferson County, GAGA15,01126.9%+3.9 pts

139Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09926.9%+4.7 pts

140Dooly County, GAGA11,15627.1%+5.0 pts

141Washington County, GAGA19,45327.6%+4.7 pts

142Johnson County, GAGA9,31027.7%+5.0 pts

143Atkinson County, GAGA8,45428.0%+5.0 pts

144Randolph County, GAGA6,15628.0%+0.3 pts

145Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.4%+3.9 pts

146Calhoun County, GAGA5,41328.8%+2.3 pts

147Early County, GAGA10,45528.9%+3.2 pts

148Dougherty County, GAGA82,61628.9%+4.1 pts

149Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.1%−0.2 pts

150Baker County, GAGA2,72530.0%+6.7 pts

151Terrell County, GAGA8,65631.0%+2.4 pts

152Telfair County, GAGA11,19531.3%+10.2 pts

153Quitman County, GAGA2,25431.6%+9.7 pts

154Echols County, GAGA3,68532.1%+3.4 pts

155Macon County, GAGA11,75633.0%+7.2 pts

156Taylor County, GAGA7,81833.1%+7.2 pts

157Clarke County, GAGA129,92133.5%+5.2 pts

158Clay County, GAGA2,81534.2%+2.9 pts

159Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66234.4%+11.0 pts

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