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Lowest poverty rate, Georgia counties · 2020

Georgia counties with the lowest 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

01Fayette County, GAGA125,1564.7%+2.0 pts

02Forsyth County, GAGA282,8055.2%−0.3 pts

03Harris County, GAGA37,2805.8%−2.5 pts

04Oconee County, GAGA44,8936.2%−0.3 pts

05Columbia County, GAGA169,1896.6%+1.4 pts

06Cherokee County, GAGA299,2736.9%+1.6 pts

07Paulding County, GAGA190,9966.9%+1.4 pts

08Effingham County, GAGA74,3977.4%−2.0 pts

09Morgan County, GAGA22,0957.7%−3.3 pts

10Cobb County, GAGA793,3458.6%+2.1 pts

11Coweta County, GAGA160,2408.8%+1.0 pts

12Catoosa County, GAGA69,6289.0%−0.5 pts

13Henry County, GAGA264,9229.1%+4.2 pts

14Pike County, GAGA20,9329.2%−0.3 pts

15Jackson County, GAGA99,2659.3%−2.6 pts

16Dawson County, GAGA35,3659.5%+1.9 pts

17Bryan County, GAGA52,06210.3%−1.4 pts

18Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09910.5%+4.8 pts

19Fannin County, GAGA26,11110.6%−1.8 pts

20Dade County, GAGA16,15411.1%+1.3 pts

21Barrow County, GAGA99,77311.2%+2.9 pts

22White County, GAGA29,80211.3%+0.8 pts

23Douglas County, GAGA154,29311.5%+3.7 pts

24Houston County, GAGA178,21411.6%+1.4 pts

25Jones County, GAGA29,17111.6%+1.4 pts

26Pickens County, GAGA37,16711.7%+2.5 pts

27Lee County, GAGA34,17912.1%+3.9 pts

28Rockdale County, GAGA98,41612.2%+4.0 pts

29Walton County, GAGA112,69612.3%+2.5 pts

30Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41512.3%−1.0 pts

31Bartow County, GAGA120,80012.6%+4.0 pts

32Haralson County, GAGA33,06612.6%−2.9 pts

33Towns County, GAGA13,28512.8%+1.0 pts

34Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79113.4%−2.4 pts

35Banks County, GAGA21,27313.6%+1.0 pts

36Hart County, GAGA28,63913.6%−1.2 pts

37Habersham County, GAGA50,41613.6%+1.4 pts

38Stephens County, GAGA27,85413.9%−1.2 pts

39Hall County, GAGA226,56814.0%+1.6 pts

40Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17814.1%+0.8 pts

41Marion County, GAGA7,67614.2%−8.2 pts

42Quitman County, GAGA2,25414.3%−7.6 pts

43DeKalb County, GAGA774,39414.4%+3.6 pts

44Chatham County, GAGA311,85514.4%−1.2 pts

45Liberty County, GAGA70,31314.6%−0.4 pts

46Schley County, GAGA4,59314.7%−5.1 pts

47Camden County, GAGA60,14314.9%+4.8 pts

48McIntosh County, GAGA11,98915.0%−3.7 pts

49Newton County, GAGA125,58315.0%+4.9 pts

50Lamar County, GAGA20,94115.1%+3.9 pts

51Walker County, GAGA70,25015.1%+2.6 pts

52Gilmer County, GAGA33,89415.2%+2.8 pts

53Twiggs County, GAGA7,59715.2%−4.5 pts

54Jasper County, GAGA17,63215.3%+1.1 pts

55Talbot County, GAGA5,70915.4%−8.8 pts

56Monroe County, GAGA32,02315.5%+5.7 pts

57Union County, GAGA27,85915.8%+3.3 pts

58Gordon County, GAGA61,70115.9%+6.0 pts

59Murray County, GAGA41,60716.0%+3.4 pts

60Greene County, GAGA21,36716.2%−6.1 pts

61Whitfield County, GAGA106,21216.2%+4.8 pts

62Carroll County, GAGA131,03616.3%+2.5 pts

63Wayne County, GAGA32,48116.4%−0.3 pts

64Montgomery County, GAGA8,63516.5%−3.4 pts

65Crawford County, GAGA12,20616.6%+1.1 pts

66Clayton County, GAGA297,47116.6%+6.5 pts

67Glynn County, GAGA87,59917.1%+1.9 pts

68Thomas County, GAGA46,36817.5%+0.1 pts

69Spalding County, GAGA70,77517.5%+2.1 pts

70Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46518.1%+7.5 pts

71Glascock County, GAGA3,14118.1%+0.9 pts

72Polk County, GAGA45,51418.3%+2.8 pts

73Grady County, GAGA26,59018.3%−3.1 pts

74Bleckley County, GAGA12,86618.4%+2.5 pts

75Pierce County, GAGA20,76418.5%+0.1 pts

76Floyd County, GAGA101,37818.6%+4.1 pts

77Putnam County, GAGA23,72218.7%+4.2 pts

78Brantley County, GAGA18,93618.8%+3.2 pts

79Worth County, GAGA20,05918.9%+0.4 pts

80McDuffie County, GAGA21,64019.0%+0.5 pts

81Burke County, GAGA24,40819.0%−9.7 pts

82Troup County, GAGA72,84419.6%+4.8 pts

83Heard County, GAGA12,14919.7%+6.1 pts

84Rabun County, GAGA17,76419.9%+8.8 pts

85Dodge County, GAGA19,66319.9%+2.5 pts

86Madison County, GAGA32,91919.9%+8.3 pts

87Muscogee County, GAGA202,17120.0%+4.4 pts

88Lincoln County, GAGA8,11220.1%+4.7 pts

89Miller County, GAGA5,81220.3%−0.9 pts

90Upson County, GAGA28,50020.4%+5.6 pts

91Coffee County, GAGA44,40720.4%+1.3 pts

92Pulaski County, GAGA10,17220.4%+4.0 pts

93Screven County, GAGA14,40820.4%+0.4 pts

94Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21920.4%+1.0 pts

95Baker County, GAGA2,72520.6%−2.7 pts

96Toombs County, GAGA27,54520.7%−3.1 pts

97Long County, GAGA21,55720.8%+1.3 pts

98Washington County, GAGA19,45320.8%−2.1 pts

99Peach County, GAGA29,87720.9%+0.6 pts

100Meriwether County, GAGA21,51620.9%+3.1 pts

101Franklin County, GAGA25,94821.0%+7.1 pts

102Cook County, GAGA18,23221.0%+0.3 pts

103Chattooga County, GAGA25,30021.1%+6.8 pts

104Jefferson County, GAGA15,01121.1%−1.9 pts

105Tattnall County, GAGA24,37621.7%−2.2 pts

106Butts County, GAGA27,21821.7%+10.3 pts

107Irwin County, GAGA9,02022.1%+4.4 pts

108Bulloch County, GAGA86,94922.3%−2.2 pts

109Wilkes County, GAGA9,54022.4%+5.0 pts

110Tift County, GAGA42,25422.5%+2.6 pts

111Dooly County, GAGA11,15622.5%+0.4 pts

112Berrien County, GAGA18,93222.6%+4.9 pts

113Lowndes County, GAGA122,86722.7%+4.3 pts

114Brooks County, GAGA16,10122.9%−0.6 pts

115Johnson County, GAGA9,31023.0%+0.4 pts

116Richmond County, GAGA206,55923.2%+3.6 pts

117Charlton County, GAGA13,12123.2%+2.3 pts

118Ware County, GAGA36,90623.3%+2.7 pts

119Appling County, GAGA19,10023.4%+4.8 pts

120Echols County, GAGA3,68523.5%−5.2 pts

121Evans County, GAGA11,02823.5%−3.5 pts

122Baldwin County, GAGA44,02923.7%+7.0 pts

123Decatur County, GAGA29,43223.8%+1.2 pts

124Emanuel County, GAGA23,14724.0%−3.4 pts

125Colquitt County, GAGA47,43824.2%+4.4 pts

126Sumter County, GAGA28,80124.3%+2.9 pts

127Elbert County, GAGA20,07224.5%+7.2 pts

128Hancock County, GAGA8,68224.6%−4.8 pts

129Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65024.7%+6.7 pts

130Webster County, GAGA2,36924.7%+5.4 pts

131Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66224.7%+1.3 pts

132Calhoun County, GAGA5,41324.9%−1.6 pts

133Wilcox County, GAGA8,79725.0%+4.0 pts

134Bibb County, GAGA157,55625.0%+5.9 pts

135Candler County, GAGA11,27525.1%−1.0 pts

136Warren County, GAGA5,26925.7%−1.3 pts

137Bacon County, GAGA11,07026.1%+2.5 pts

138Laurens County, GAGA51,04126.3%+7.8 pts

139Mitchell County, GAGA20,46726.3%−0.1 pts

140Seminole County, GAGA9,16226.4%+3.2 pts

141Clarke County, GAGA129,92126.5%−1.7 pts

142Dougherty County, GAGA82,61627.3%+2.6 pts

143Telfair County, GAGA11,19527.4%+6.3 pts

144Atkinson County, GAGA8,45428.2%+5.2 pts

145Stewart County, GAGA4,63128.2%+6.0 pts

146Lanier County, GAGA10,62328.6%+10.1 pts

147Macon County, GAGA11,75628.6%+2.8 pts

148Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09929.1%+6.8 pts

149Taylor County, GAGA7,81829.4%+3.5 pts

150Turner County, GAGA8,98329.5%+2.8 pts

151Randolph County, GAGA6,15629.7%+2.0 pts

152Crisp County, GAGA19,23729.7%+0.4 pts

153Clinch County, GAGA6,84729.8%+6.3 pts

154Wheeler County, GAGA7,57030.0%+4.7 pts

155Terrell County, GAGA8,65631.2%+2.6 pts

156Treutlen County, GAGA6,46631.3%+4.9 pts

157Early County, GAGA10,45531.4%+5.7 pts

158Clay County, GAGA2,81532.7%+1.4 pts

159Jenkins County, GAGA8,84334.5%+6.1 pts

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