Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Georgia by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | N/A | 13.4 | 1,430,012 | 38 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,735,661 | N/A |
| Terrell County | Urban | 33.3 | 2,846 | 3,115 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 32.7 | 2,001 | 3,108 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 32.1 | 2,449 | 3,099 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 30.6 | 2,076 | 3,083 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 30.0 | 1,802 | 3,077 |
| Stewart County | Urban | 26.4 | 1,029 | 3,026 |
| Baker County | Rural | 26.3 | 733 | 3,021 |
| Clinch County | Rural | 26.1 | 1,741 | 3,019 |
| Lanier County | Urban | 26.1 | 2,611 | 3,019 |
| Clarke County | Urban | 26.0 | 31,084 | 3,018 |
| Emanuel County | Rural | 25.7 | 5,631 | 3,010 |
| Brooks County | Urban | 25.4 | 4,056 | 3,001 |
| Ben Hill County | Rural | 25.2 | 4,207 | 2,994 |
| Talbot County | Urban | 25.2 | 1,437 | 2,994 |
| Macon County | Rural | 25.1 | 2,478 | 2,992 |
| Atkinson County | Rural | 25.0 | 2,076 | 2,986 |
| Dougherty County | Urban | 25.0 | 19,933 | 2,986 |
| Bibb County | Urban | 24.7 | 37,172 | 2,974 |
| Bacon County | Rural | 24.5 | 2,622 | 2,966 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 24.2 | 1,866 | 2,950 |
| Telfair County | Rural | 24.1 | 2,306 | 2,945 |
| Worth County | Urban | 24.0 | 4,869 | 2,941 |
| Miller County | Rural | 23.8 | 1,354 | 2,935 |
| Sumter County | Rural | 23.7 | 6,504 | 2,930 |
| Early County | Rural | 23.6 | 2,476 | 2,928 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 23.4 | 4,587 | 2,923 |
| Tattnall County | Rural | 23.4 | 4,657 | 2,923 |
| Crisp County | Rural | 23.3 | 4,500 | 2,917 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 23.1 | 9,172 | 2,904 |
| Bulloch County | Rural | 23.0 | 17,415 | 2,897 |
| McIntosh County | Urban | 23.0 | 2,571 | 2,897 |
| Colquitt County | Rural | 22.9 | 10,439 | 2,890 |
| Jenkins County | Rural | 22.9 | 1,669 | 2,890 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 22.8 | 864 | 2,883 |
| Laurens County | Rural | 22.6 | 11,078 | 2,872 |
| Appling County | Rural | 22.5 | 4,084 | 2,864 |
| Toombs County | Rural | 22.5 | 6,006 | 2,864 |
| Irwin County | Rural | 22.4 | 2,029 | 2,856 |
| Webster County | Rural | 22.3 | 531 | 2,852 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 22.0 | 6,190 | 2,836 |
| Wilcox County | Rural | 21.9 | 1,531 | 2,830 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 21.8 | 3,235 | 2,817 |
| Baldwin County | Rural | 21.7 | 8,309 | 2,808 |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | 21.6 | 1,863 | 2,802 |
| Dodge County | Rural | 21.5 | 3,896 | 2,790 |
| Ware County | Rural | 21.5 | 7,265 | 2,790 |
| Warren County | Rural | 21.4 | 1,095 | 2,782 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 21.3 | 6,192 | 2,777 |
| Chattooga County | Rural | 21.2 | 4,968 | 2,772 |
| Clay County | Rural | 21.0 | 586 | 2,754 |
| Marion County | Urban | 20.9 | 1,549 | 2,747 |
| Tift County | Rural | 20.8 | 8,201 | 2,739 |
| Berrien County | Rural | 20.6 | 3,740 | 2,717 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 20.6 | 1,599 | 2,717 |
| Taliaferro County | Rural | 20.4 | 315 | 2,700 |
| Grady County | Rural | 20.3 | 5,246 | 2,693 |
| McDuffie County | Urban | 20.3 | 4,325 | 2,693 |
| Turner County | Rural | 20.3 | 1,743 | 2,693 |
| Seminole County | Rural | 20.1 | 1,815 | 2,674 |
| Richmond County | Urban | 20.0 | 39,412 | 2,667 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 19.5 | 4,564 | 2,616 |
| Bleckley County | Rural | 19.3 | 2,160 | 2,599 |
| Upson County | Rural | 19.3 | 5,269 | 2,599 |
| Lowndes County | Urban | 19.2 | 22,134 | 2,586 |
| Evans County | Rural | 19.1 | 1,943 | 2,573 |
| Muscogee County | Urban | 19.0 | 37,734 | 2,561 |
| Meriwether County | Urban | 18.9 | 3,933 | 2,550 |
| Spalding County | Urban | 18.9 | 12,858 | 2,550 |
| Burke County | Urban | 18.3 | 4,411 | 2,482 |
| Twiggs County | Urban | 18.2 | 1,398 | 2,466 |
| Charlton County | Rural | 18.1 | 2,202 | 2,460 |
| Elbert County | Rural | 18.0 | 3,497 | 2,442 |
| Clayton County | Urban | 17.9 | 52,887 | 2,423 |
| Heard County | Urban | 17.9 | 2,082 | 2,423 |
| Thomas County | Rural | 17.9 | 8,131 | 2,423 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 17.8 | 1,681 | 2,413 |
| Cook County | Rural | 17.7 | 3,065 | 2,401 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 17.6 | 3,975 | 2,388 |
| Long County | Urban | 17.3 | 3,142 | 2,339 |
| Peach County | Urban | 17.3 | 4,691 | 2,339 |
| Madison County | Urban | 17.2 | 5,367 | 2,322 |
| Screven County | Rural | 17.2 | 2,383 | 2,322 |
| Washington County | Rural | 17.2 | 3,106 | 2,322 |
| Brantley County | Urban | 17.1 | 3,111 | 2,302 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 17.0 | 1,329 | 2,286 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 16.9 | 2,515 | 2,273 |
| Troup County | Rural | 16.9 | 11,605 | 2,273 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 16.5 | 1,436 | 2,201 |
| Polk County | Rural | 16.4 | 7,049 | 2,187 |
| Candler County | Rural | 16.3 | 1,748 | 2,168 |
| Glynn County | Urban | 16.1 | 13,507 | 2,131 |
| Floyd County | Urban | 16.0 | 15,318 | 2,110 |
| Gilmer County | Rural | 16.0 | 5,141 | 2,110 |
| Jasper County | Urban | 16.0 | 2,523 | 2,110 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 15.8 | 4,079 | 2,078 |
| Dooly County | Rural | 15.7 | 1,346 | 2,064 |
| Quitman County | Rural | 15.7 | 355 | 2,064 |
| Carroll County | Urban | 15.4 | 18,573 | 2,011 |
| Haralson County | Urban | 15.4 | 4,763 | 2,011 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 15.3 | 9,899 | 1,987 |
| Whitfield County | Urban | 14.8 | 15,209 | 1,905 |
| Murray County | Urban | 14.4 | 5,783 | 1,824 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 14.3 | 41,287 | 1,806 |
| Echols County | Urban | 14.2 | 527 | 1,789 |
| Habersham County | Rural | 14.1 | 6,388 | 1,768 |
| Lumpkin County | Urban | 14.1 | 4,435 | 1,768 |
| Chattahoochee County | Urban | 13.9 | 607 | 1,716 |
| Schley County | Rural | 13.9 | 627 | 1,716 |
| Pierce County | Rural | 13.8 | 2,762 | 1,695 |
| Treutlen County | Rural | 13.8 | 835 | 1,695 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 13.7 | 103,129 | 1,671 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 13.7 | 3,506 | 1,671 |
| Towns County | Rural | 13.3 | 1,606 | 1,589 |
| Walker County | Urban | 13.3 | 8,906 | 1,589 |
| Rabun County | Rural | 13.1 | 2,243 | 1,534 |
| Camden County | Rural | 12.9 | 7,052 | 1,481 |
| Glascock County | Rural | 12.6 | 359 | 1,405 |
| White County | Rural | 12.4 | 3,470 | 1,365 |
| Fulton County | Urban | 12.3 | 129,199 | 1,339 |
| Monroe County | Urban | 12.3 | 3,489 | 1,339 |
| Newton County | Urban | 12.3 | 14,299 | 1,339 |
| Jones County | Urban | 12.1 | 3,419 | 1,287 |
| Gordon County | Rural | 12.0 | 6,992 | 1,261 |
| Pickens County | Urban | 12.0 | 4,134 | 1,261 |
| Hart County | Rural | 11.9 | 3,107 | 1,238 |
| Walton County | Urban | 11.9 | 12,167 | 1,238 |
| Hall County | Urban | 11.8 | 24,796 | 1,206 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 11.6 | 1,394 | 1,145 |
| Oglethorpe County | Urban | 11.6 | 1,770 | 1,145 |
| Banks County | Rural | 11.3 | 2,161 | 1,078 |
| Houston County | Urban | 11.1 | 18,521 | 1,017 |
| Douglas County | Urban | 10.9 | 15,895 | 981 |
| Union County | Rural | 10.9 | 2,805 | 981 |
| Gwinnett County | Urban | 10.8 | 105,229 | 958 |
| Rockdale County | Urban | 10.8 | 10,165 | 958 |
| Butts County | Urban | 10.4 | 2,495 | 871 |
| Bartow County | Urban | 10.3 | 11,554 | 849 |
| Catoosa County | Urban | 9.9 | 6,698 | 763 |
| Greene County | Rural | 9.8 | 1,954 | 735 |
| Barrow County | Urban | 9.6 | 8,532 | 692 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 9.6 | 1,782 | 692 |
| Pike County | Urban | 9.3 | 1,796 | 629 |
| Henry County | Urban | 9.2 | 22,880 | 601 |
| Harris County | Urban | 9.0 | 3,200 | 563 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 8.8 | 1,846 | 518 |
| Cobb County | Urban | 8.7 | 66,802 | 495 |
| Dawson County | Urban | 8.5 | 2,569 | 452 |
| Dade County | Urban | 8.2 | 1,234 | 388 |
| Columbia County | Urban | 7.5 | 12,038 | 271 |
| Coweta County | Urban | 7.4 | 11,259 | 258 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 7.3 | 6,132 | 246 |
| Cherokee County | Urban | 7.0 | 19,439 | 203 |
| Effingham County | Urban | 6.8 | 4,696 | 182 |
| Bryan County | Urban | 6.7 | 3,216 | 169 |
| Paulding County | Urban | 6.6 | 11,822 | 159 |
| Oconee County | Urban | 6.2 | 2,687 | 119 |
| Lee County | Urban | 5.7 | 1,834 | 90 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 5.6 | 6,772 | 79 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 4.3 | 11,556 | 13 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2026 9:11 am.
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.