Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Georgia by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Count
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
Families (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 8.7 | 7,176,933 | N/A |
| Georgia | N/A | 9.9 | 263,089 | 39 of 52 |
| Fulton County | Urban | 9.0 | 21,381 | 1,551 |
| Gwinnett County | Urban | 8.4 | 20,066 | 1,362 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 9.5 | 15,542 | 1,694 |
| Cobb County | Urban | 5.5 | 10,678 | 501 |
| Clayton County | Urban | 13.3 | 9,269 | 2,455 |
| Richmond County | Urban | 17.5 | 7,683 | 2,882 |
| Muscogee County | Urban | 15.0 | 7,315 | 2,650 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 9.8 | 7,048 | 1,777 |
| Bibb County | Urban | 18.9 | 6,789 | 2,945 |
| Hall County | Urban | 9.2 | 4,834 | 1,613 |
| Henry County | Urban | 7.6 | 4,697 | 1,110 |
| Dougherty County | Urban | 21.4 | 4,296 | 3,028 |
| Lowndes County | Urban | 15.2 | 4,287 | 2,664 |
| Carroll County | Urban | 12.4 | 3,847 | 2,298 |
| Cherokee County | Urban | 4.8 | 3,590 | 332 |
| Houston County | Urban | 8.0 | 3,516 | 1,231 |
| Douglas County | Urban | 9.0 | 3,321 | 1,551 |
| Floyd County | Urban | 12.9 | 3,267 | 2,386 |
| Clarke County | Urban | 12.4 | 3,122 | 2,298 |
| Newton County | Urban | 9.5 | 2,870 | 1,694 |
| Glynn County | Urban | 11.7 | 2,675 | 2,189 |
| Whitfield County | Urban | 9.9 | 2,597 | 1,792 |
| Troup County | Rural | 14.1 | 2,472 | 2,551 |
| Laurens County | Rural | 19.2 | 2,394 | 2,961 |
| Spalding County | Urban | 13.4 | 2,326 | 2,470 |
| Coweta County | Urban | 5.5 | 2,257 | 501 |
| Walton County | Urban | 8.3 | 2,199 | 1,320 |
| Paulding County | Urban | 4.7 | 2,198 | 309 |
| Colquitt County | Rural | 18.8 | 2,147 | 2,941 |
| Bartow County | Urban | 7.4 | 2,135 | 1,055 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 3.0 | 2,104 | 61 |
| Columbia County | Urban | 5.3 | 2,040 | 458 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 12.6 | 2,010 | 2,341 |
| Bulloch County | Rural | 11.5 | 1,966 | 2,148 |
| Polk County | Rural | 17.6 | 1,957 | 2,888 |
| Barrow County | Urban | 8.6 | 1,923 | 1,424 |
| Rockdale County | Urban | 8.1 | 1,914 | 1,265 |
| Camden County | Rural | 12.4 | 1,859 | 2,298 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 17.0 | 1,770 | 2,836 |
| Walker County | Urban | 9.7 | 1,734 | 1,757 |
| Tift County | Rural | 16.3 | 1,681 | 2,775 |
| Thomas County | Rural | 13.8 | 1,619 | 2,525 |
| Baldwin County | Rural | 16.0 | 1,555 | 2,750 |
| Ware County | Rural | 18.9 | 1,458 | 2,945 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 20.8 | 1,421 | 3,008 |
| Gordon County | Rural | 9.0 | 1,358 | 1,551 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 17.7 | 1,344 | 2,892 |
| Catoosa County | Urban | 7.1 | 1,333 | 964 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 3.7 | 1,265 | 133 |
| Murray County | Urban | 10.2 | 1,183 | 1,851 |
| Burke County | Urban | 20.0 | 1,169 | 2,990 |
| Sumter County | Rural | 17.8 | 1,160 | 2,897 |
| Madison County | Urban | 14.6 | 1,152 | 2,598 |
| Emanuel County | Rural | 20.8 | 1,149 | 3,008 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 5.3 | 1,125 | 458 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 21.3 | 1,078 | 3,025 |
| Upson County | Rural | 16.3 | 1,076 | 2,775 |
| Habersham County | Rural | 9.4 | 1,060 | 1,665 |
| Crisp County | Rural | 19.7 | 1,049 | 2,979 |
| Appling County | Rural | 20.2 | 1,011 | 2,997 |
| Toombs County | Rural | 15.5 | 994 | 2,700 |
| Effingham County | Urban | 5.4 | 979 | 476 |
| Grady County | Rural | 14.0 | 962 | 2,544 |
| Gilmer County | Rural | 10.6 | 958 | 1,933 |
| Chattooga County | Rural | 15.8 | 949 | 2,725 |
| Ben Hill County | Rural | 20.1 | 944 | 2,993 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 15.4 | 929 | 2,688 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 13.6 | 889 | 2,494 |
| Peach County | Urban | 13.0 | 876 | 2,410 |
| McDuffie County | Urban | 15.3 | 875 | 2,678 |
| Pickens County | Urban | 9.1 | 872 | 1,580 |
| Berrien County | Rural | 17.9 | 868 | 2,904 |
| Tattnall County | Rural | 16.7 | 816 | 2,811 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 23.3 | 811 | 3,073 |
| Meriwether County | Urban | 13.7 | 778 | 2,510 |
| Haralson County | Urban | 9.5 | 777 | 1,694 |
| Worth County | Urban | 14.7 | 773 | 2,607 |
| Bryan County | Urban | 6.1 | 765 | 666 |
| Cook County | Rural | 17.0 | 749 | 2,836 |
| Brooks County | Urban | 19.6 | 724 | 2,974 |
| Jones County | Urban | 9.5 | 710 | 1,694 |
| Elbert County | Rural | 13.4 | 694 | 2,470 |
| Lumpkin County | Urban | 8.9 | 693 | 1,520 |
| White County | Rural | 8.9 | 682 | 1,520 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 8.4 | 650 | 1,362 |
| Hart County | Rural | 9.0 | 640 | 1,551 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 15.6 | 640 | 2,710 |
| Dawson County | Urban | 7.8 | 624 | 1,175 |
| Harris County | Urban | 6.2 | 610 | 691 |
| Dodge County | Rural | 13.2 | 603 | 2,441 |
| Banks County | Rural | 12.2 | 600 | 2,277 |
| Terrell County | Urban | 25.7 | 585 | 3,101 |
| Washington County | Rural | 11.9 | 582 | 2,216 |
| Lanier County | Urban | 21.9 | 565 | 3,043 |
| Union County | Rural | 7.3 | 557 | 1,022 |
| Bleckley County | Rural | 17.4 | 545 | 2,871 |
| Macon County | Rural | 23.1 | 540 | 3,067 |
| Monroe County | Urban | 7.2 | 540 | 988 |
| Butts County | Urban | 8.1 | 538 | 1,265 |
| Atkinson County | Rural | 22.4 | 530 | 3,056 |
| Charlton County | Rural | 19.8 | 528 | 2,985 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 7.5 | 514 | 1,082 |
| Oconee County | Urban | 4.1 | 497 | 191 |
| Brantley County | Urban | 11.1 | 473 | 2,047 |
| Long County | Urban | 10.8 | 459 | 1,985 |
| Bacon County | Rural | 17.3 | 458 | 2,862 |
| Heard County | Urban | 14.8 | 447 | 2,624 |
| McIntosh County | Urban | 13.7 | 444 | 2,510 |
| Early County | Rural | 16.2 | 443 | 2,767 |
| Irwin County | Rural | 16.8 | 443 | 2,820 |
| Jasper County | Urban | 9.9 | 425 | 1,792 |
| Lee County | Urban | 4.6 | 425 | 292 |
| Pierce County | Rural | 8.0 | 422 | 1,231 |
| Telfair County | Rural | 19.0 | 414 | 2,952 |
| Jenkins County | Rural | 20.7 | 401 | 3,005 |
| Rabun County | Rural | 8.3 | 397 | 1,320 |
| Evans County | Rural | 14.7 | 386 | 2,607 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 21.7 | 383 | 3,037 |
| Candler County | Rural | 13.4 | 371 | 2,470 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 18.8 | 367 | 2,941 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 6.2 | 366 | 691 |
| Dooly County | Rural | 13.7 | 361 | 2,510 |
| Pike County | Urban | 7.2 | 357 | 988 |
| Greene County | Rural | 6.3 | 348 | 721 |
| Miller County | Rural | 21.5 | 346 | 3,029 |
| Turner County | Rural | 16.6 | 345 | 2,803 |
| Screven County | Rural | 10.5 | 344 | 1,912 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 16.7 | 343 | 2,811 |
| Towns County | Rural | 8.6 | 334 | 1,424 |
| Seminole County | Rural | 12.9 | 320 | 2,386 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 13.1 | 317 | 2,423 |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | 15.4 | 314 | 2,688 |
| Oglethorpe County | Urban | 8.0 | 301 | 1,231 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 19.4 | 300 | 2,971 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 14.8 | 298 | 2,624 |
| Dade County | Urban | 6.7 | 294 | 833 |
| Wilcox County | Rural | 17.1 | 285 | 2,852 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 6.2 | 279 | 691 |
| Twiggs County | Urban | 14.2 | 273 | 2,563 |
| Talbot County | Urban | 17.3 | 272 | 2,862 |
| Warren County | Rural | 20.4 | 267 | 3,000 |
| Clinch County | Rural | 15.1 | 265 | 2,660 |
| Marion County | Urban | 12.5 | 264 | 2,318 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 11.9 | 259 | 2,216 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 12.0 | 251 | 2,237 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 8.0 | 243 | 1,231 |
| Stewart County | Urban | 22.2 | 233 | 3,050 |
| Treutlen County | Rural | 14.5 | 211 | 2,592 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 17.7 | 178 | 2,892 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 17.0 | 164 | 2,836 |
| Chattahoochee County | Urban | 11.2 | 162 | 2,077 |
| Baker County | Rural | 17.4 | 125 | 2,871 |
| Schley County | Rural | 10.0 | 119 | 1,819 |
| Webster County | Rural | 23.2 | 118 | 3,069 |
| Clay County | Rural | 15.7 | 110 | 2,719 |
| Taliaferro County | Rural | 22.0 | 97 | 3,045 |
| Echols County | Urban | 8.7 | 82 | 1,453 |
| Glascock County | Rural | 6.5 | 46 | 777 |
| Quitman County | Rural | 8.9 | 44 | 1,520 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 9:22 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 9:22 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.