Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Georgia by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
Families (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | N/A | 9.9 | 266,110 | 39 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 8.8 | 7,273,175 | N/A |
| Terrell County | Urban | 25.6 | 581 | 3,094 |
| Atkinson County | Rural | 23.2 | 519 | 3,070 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 23.2 | 333 | 3,070 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 22.3 | 237 | 3,055 |
| Miller County | Rural | 21.8 | 361 | 3,046 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 21.7 | 404 | 3,040 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 21.7 | 426 | 3,040 |
| Macon County | Rural | 21.5 | 526 | 3,034 |
| Telfair County | Rural | 21.2 | 487 | 3,026 |
| Emanuel County | Rural | 21.1 | 1,165 | 3,023 |
| Lanier County | Urban | 21.0 | 570 | 3,020 |
| Talbot County | Urban | 20.8 | 332 | 3,016 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 20.5 | 2,110 | 3,009 |
| Taliaferro County | Rural | 20.4 | 82 | 3,006 |
| Tattnall County | Rural | 20.3 | 984 | 3,002 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 20.2 | 403 | 2,996 |
| Irwin County | Rural | 19.9 | 498 | 2,987 |
| Ben Hill County | Rural | 19.7 | 904 | 2,985 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 19.6 | 1,298 | 2,979 |
| Bibb County | Urban | 19.5 | 6,940 | 2,972 |
| Early County | Rural | 19.5 | 546 | 2,972 |
| Warren County | Rural | 19.5 | 259 | 2,972 |
| Dougherty County | Urban | 19.2 | 3,874 | 2,962 |
| Laurens County | Rural | 19.2 | 2,416 | 2,962 |
| Colquitt County | Rural | 19.0 | 2,136 | 2,953 |
| Jenkins County | Rural | 18.9 | 388 | 2,947 |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | 18.9 | 399 | 2,947 |
| Burke County | Urban | 18.6 | 1,143 | 2,934 |
| Appling County | Rural | 18.5 | 900 | 2,927 |
| Crisp County | Rural | 18.5 | 985 | 2,927 |
| Sumter County | Rural | 18.5 | 1,257 | 2,927 |
| Clinch County | Rural | 18.4 | 294 | 2,920 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 18.2 | 647 | 2,906 |
| Charlton County | Rural | 18.1 | 476 | 2,900 |
| McDuffie County | Urban | 18.1 | 1,021 | 2,900 |
| Worth County | Urban | 18.0 | 940 | 2,896 |
| Clay County | Rural | 17.8 | 125 | 2,883 |
| Brooks County | Urban | 17.7 | 629 | 2,879 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 17.7 | 860 | 2,879 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 17.7 | 1,336 | 2,879 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 17.6 | 181 | 2,876 |
| Webster County | Rural | 17.6 | 85 | 2,876 |
| Bacon County | Rural | 17.5 | 491 | 2,870 |
| Berrien County | Rural | 17.4 | 854 | 2,861 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 17.3 | 1,087 | 2,853 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 17.3 | 394 | 2,853 |
| Richmond County | Urban | 17.0 | 7,557 | 2,835 |
| Ware County | Rural | 17.0 | 1,336 | 2,835 |
| Stewart County | Urban | 16.9 | 150 | 2,831 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 16.7 | 369 | 2,815 |
| Toombs County | Rural | 16.0 | 1,102 | 2,771 |
| Marion County | Urban | 15.9 | 340 | 2,765 |
| Tift County | Rural | 15.9 | 1,627 | 2,765 |
| Evans County | Rural | 15.7 | 418 | 2,746 |
| Turner County | Rural | 15.6 | 298 | 2,736 |
| Bleckley County | Rural | 15.5 | 506 | 2,726 |
| McIntosh County | Urban | 15.5 | 531 | 2,726 |
| Twiggs County | Urban | 15.4 | 291 | 2,719 |
| Chattooga County | Rural | 15.1 | 874 | 2,691 |
| Wilcox County | Rural | 15.1 | 266 | 2,691 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 14.9 | 368 | 2,661 |
| Muscogee County | Urban | 14.8 | 7,101 | 2,651 |
| Baldwin County | Rural | 14.7 | 1,453 | 2,633 |
| Clayton County | Urban | 14.7 | 10,096 | 2,633 |
| Heard County | Urban | 14.6 | 430 | 2,622 |
| Long County | Urban | 14.5 | 672 | 2,609 |
| Grady County | Rural | 14.3 | 976 | 2,585 |
| Lowndes County | Urban | 14.3 | 4,071 | 2,585 |
| Baker County | Rural | 14.0 | 100 | 2,552 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 13.9 | 573 | 2,537 |
| Upson County | Rural | 13.9 | 909 | 2,537 |
| Polk County | Rural | 13.8 | 1,546 | 2,523 |
| Spalding County | Urban | 13.6 | 2,380 | 2,494 |
| Chattahoochee County | Urban | 13.5 | 192 | 2,473 |
| Cook County | Rural | 13.5 | 586 | 2,473 |
| Dodge County | Rural | 13.5 | 621 | 2,473 |
| Echols County | Urban | 13.4 | 125 | 2,455 |
| Seminole County | Rural | 13.4 | 345 | 2,455 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 13.0 | 2,101 | 2,402 |
| Meriwether County | Urban | 13.0 | 763 | 2,402 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 12.8 | 879 | 2,372 |
| Clarke County | Urban | 12.7 | 3,168 | 2,353 |
| Thomas County | Rural | 12.7 | 1,491 | 2,353 |
| Troup County | Rural | 12.7 | 2,305 | 2,353 |
| Carroll County | Urban | 12.6 | 4,010 | 2,341 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 12.5 | 284 | 2,328 |
| Bulloch County | Rural | 12.3 | 2,150 | 2,294 |
| Madison County | Urban | 12.3 | 974 | 2,294 |
| Floyd County | Urban | 12.2 | 3,082 | 2,278 |
| Murray County | Urban | 12.0 | 1,412 | 2,240 |
| Gilmer County | Rural | 11.8 | 1,111 | 2,207 |
| Peach County | Urban | 11.7 | 835 | 2,184 |
| Washington County | Rural | 11.6 | 555 | 2,161 |
| Glynn County | Urban | 11.5 | 2,640 | 2,134 |
| Schley County | Rural | 11.5 | 137 | 2,134 |
| Brantley County | Urban | 11.3 | 493 | 2,093 |
| Screven County | Rural | 11.3 | 383 | 2,093 |
| Whitfield County | Urban | 11.1 | 2,945 | 2,049 |
| Dooly County | Rural | 11.0 | 299 | 2,027 |
| Banks County | Rural | 10.6 | 539 | 1,936 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 10.5 | 706 | 1,910 |
| Candler County | Rural | 10.2 | 275 | 1,843 |
| Elbert County | Rural | 10.2 | 546 | 1,843 |
| Haralson County | Urban | 10.2 | 882 | 1,843 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 10.1 | 819 | 1,815 |
| Jasper County | Urban | 9.9 | 414 | 1,758 |
| Camden County | Rural | 9.7 | 1,495 | 1,714 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 9.7 | 15,953 | 1,714 |
| Oglethorpe County | Urban | 9.7 | 377 | 1,714 |
| Quitman County | Rural | 9.7 | 60 | 1,714 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 9.5 | 6,770 | 1,661 |
| Walker County | Urban | 9.4 | 1,715 | 1,642 |
| Habersham County | Rural | 9.2 | 1,097 | 1,590 |
| Houston County | Urban | 9.1 | 4,097 | 1,567 |
| Hall County | Urban | 8.9 | 4,807 | 1,501 |
| Newton County | Urban | 8.9 | 2,730 | 1,501 |
| Rockdale County | Urban | 8.9 | 2,152 | 1,501 |
| Douglas County | Urban | 8.7 | 3,272 | 1,451 |
| Hart County | Rural | 8.7 | 634 | 1,451 |
| Gwinnett County | Urban | 8.5 | 20,583 | 1,385 |
| Towns County | Rural | 8.5 | 330 | 1,385 |
| Fulton County | Urban | 8.4 | 20,344 | 1,363 |
| Walton County | Urban | 8.4 | 2,250 | 1,363 |
| Gordon County | Rural | 8.3 | 1,277 | 1,332 |
| Lumpkin County | Urban | 8.3 | 666 | 1,332 |
| Rabun County | Rural | 8.3 | 414 | 1,332 |
| Union County | Rural | 8.3 | 661 | 1,332 |
| White County | Rural | 8.3 | 639 | 1,332 |
| Monroe County | Urban | 8.2 | 621 | 1,294 |
| Pierce County | Rural | 8.0 | 434 | 1,239 |
| Barrow County | Urban | 7.9 | 1,827 | 1,213 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 7.9 | 467 | 1,213 |
| Pickens County | Urban | 7.9 | 798 | 1,213 |
| Harris County | Urban | 7.8 | 795 | 1,185 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 7.7 | 236 | 1,149 |
| Glascock County | Rural | 7.7 | 55 | 1,149 |
| Greene County | Rural | 7.7 | 445 | 1,149 |
| Bartow County | Urban | 7.6 | 2,260 | 1,114 |
| Catoosa County | Urban | 7.6 | 1,461 | 1,114 |
| Henry County | Urban | 7.5 | 4,741 | 1,081 |
| Dawson County | Urban | 7.4 | 625 | 1,052 |
| Jones County | Urban | 7.4 | 572 | 1,052 |
| Butts County | Urban | 7.1 | 487 | 951 |
| Pike County | Urban | 7.1 | 365 | 951 |
| Dade County | Urban | 6.0 | 256 | 621 |
| Columbia County | Urban | 5.9 | 2,403 | 596 |
| Bryan County | Urban | 5.8 | 772 | 576 |
| Treutlen County | Rural | 5.8 | 90 | 576 |
| Cobb County | Urban | 5.7 | 11,260 | 552 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 5.7 | 261 | 552 |
| Cherokee County | Urban | 5.5 | 4,174 | 485 |
| Coweta County | Urban | 5.4 | 2,298 | 462 |
| Paulding County | Urban | 5.1 | 2,451 | 389 |
| Effingham County | Urban | 5.0 | 898 | 363 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 4.6 | 1,037 | 283 |
| Oconee County | Urban | 4.3 | 529 | 224 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 3.9 | 1,361 | 159 |
| Lee County | Urban | 3.8 | 360 | 147 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 3.0 | 2,158 | 60 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2026 4:14 pm.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
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Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.