Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Georgia by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 12.4 | 40,390,045 | N/A |
| Georgia | N/A | 13.5 | 1,423,159 | 38 of 52 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 4.5 | 11,712 | 23 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 5.5 | 6,603 | 75 |
| Oconee County | Urban | 6.1 | 2,586 | 101 |
| Paulding County | Urban | 6.1 | 10,525 | 101 |
| Cherokee County | Urban | 6.5 | 17,693 | 142 |
| Columbia County | Urban | 6.8 | 10,805 | 178 |
| Lee County | Urban | 7.0 | 2,256 | 202 |
| Bryan County | Urban | 7.2 | 3,357 | 237 |
| Effingham County | Urban | 7.4 | 4,946 | 259 |
| Harris County | Urban | 7.4 | 2,586 | 259 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 7.4 | 1,522 | 259 |
| Coweta County | Urban | 8.2 | 12,222 | 391 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 8.3 | 6,613 | 413 |
| Cobb County | Urban | 8.5 | 64,760 | 458 |
| Dade County | Urban | 8.5 | 1,280 | 458 |
| Catoosa County | Urban | 8.7 | 5,898 | 501 |
| Greene County | Rural | 8.8 | 1,705 | 530 |
| Dawson County | Urban | 9.2 | 2,634 | 602 |
| Henry County | Urban | 9.4 | 22,940 | 645 |
| Pike County | Urban | 9.6 | 1,830 | 692 |
| Bartow County | Urban | 10.1 | 11,092 | 807 |
| Houston County | Urban | 10.1 | 16,644 | 807 |
| Barrow County | Urban | 10.2 | 8,797 | 830 |
| Union County | Rural | 10.4 | 2,598 | 869 |
| Gwinnett County | Urban | 10.5 | 100,570 | 896 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 10.5 | 1,895 | 896 |
| Rockdale County | Urban | 10.7 | 10,026 | 937 |
| Oglethorpe County | Urban | 11.2 | 1,676 | 1,065 |
| Douglas County | Urban | 11.3 | 16,295 | 1,088 |
| Monroe County | Urban | 11.4 | 3,162 | 1,109 |
| Hart County | Rural | 11.5 | 2,940 | 1,138 |
| White County | Rural | 11.7 | 3,261 | 1,180 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 12.0 | 3,059 | 1,249 |
| Glascock County | Rural | 12.2 | 347 | 1,290 |
| Walton County | Urban | 12.2 | 12,060 | 1,290 |
| Newton County | Urban | 12.3 | 13,984 | 1,323 |
| Echols County | Urban | 12.4 | 458 | 1,348 |
| Hall County | Urban | 12.7 | 26,231 | 1,435 |
| Banks County | Rural | 12.8 | 2,396 | 1,452 |
| Butts County | Urban | 12.9 | 3,032 | 1,487 |
| Fulton County | Urban | 12.9 | 133,805 | 1,487 |
| Gordon County | Rural | 12.9 | 7,438 | 1,487 |
| Towns County | Rural | 12.9 | 1,529 | 1,487 |
| Murray County | Urban | 13.0 | 5,198 | 1,503 |
| Pierce County | Rural | 13.2 | 2,605 | 1,552 |
| Schley County | Rural | 13.2 | 601 | 1,552 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 13.3 | 1,593 | 1,574 |
| Pickens County | Urban | 13.3 | 4,502 | 1,574 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 13.5 | 101,298 | 1,622 |
| Jones County | Urban | 13.5 | 3,800 | 1,622 |
| Habersham County | Rural | 13.6 | 6,064 | 1,641 |
| Whitfield County | Urban | 13.7 | 13,995 | 1,663 |
| Walker County | Urban | 13.8 | 9,223 | 1,681 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 13.9 | 3,587 | 1,708 |
| Jasper County | Urban | 14.0 | 2,125 | 1,728 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 14.3 | 41,100 | 1,803 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 14.5 | 9,289 | 1,844 |
| Gilmer County | Rural | 14.7 | 4,667 | 1,887 |
| Rabun County | Rural | 14.8 | 2,497 | 1,910 |
| Twiggs County | Urban | 14.9 | 1,160 | 1,928 |
| Camden County | Rural | 15.0 | 8,095 | 1,944 |
| Haralson County | Urban | 15.1 | 4,596 | 1,963 |
| Quitman County | Rural | 15.5 | 324 | 2,037 |
| Washington County | Rural | 15.5 | 2,807 | 2,037 |
| Carroll County | Urban | 15.6 | 18,511 | 2,050 |
| Lumpkin County | Urban | 15.7 | 4,893 | 2,066 |
| Long County | Urban | 16.0 | 2,746 | 2,114 |
| Chattahoochee County | Urban | 16.2 | 772 | 2,140 |
| Glynn County | Urban | 16.3 | 13,668 | 2,150 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 16.4 | 1,279 | 2,175 |
| Clayton County | Urban | 16.8 | 49,531 | 2,236 |
| Floyd County | Urban | 16.8 | 15,943 | 2,236 |
| Brantley County | Urban | 16.9 | 3,054 | 2,255 |
| Marion County | Urban | 16.9 | 1,247 | 2,255 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 17.0 | 1,603 | 2,275 |
| Candler County | Rural | 17.5 | 1,870 | 2,356 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 17.5 | 1,351 | 2,356 |
| Peach County | Urban | 17.7 | 4,730 | 2,385 |
| Thomas County | Rural | 17.9 | 8,069 | 2,418 |
| Irwin County | Rural | 18.1 | 1,657 | 2,452 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 18.1 | 1,393 | 2,452 |
| Screven County | Rural | 18.1 | 2,472 | 2,452 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 18.3 | 1,577 | 2,472 |
| Evans County | Rural | 18.4 | 1,870 | 2,485 |
| Troup County | Rural | 18.5 | 12,589 | 2,500 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 18.6 | 4,121 | 2,511 |
| Heard County | Urban | 18.7 | 2,136 | 2,520 |
| Spalding County | Urban | 18.7 | 12,519 | 2,520 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 18.8 | 2,810 | 2,536 |
| Muscogee County | Urban | 18.8 | 37,491 | 2,536 |
| Madison County | Urban | 18.9 | 5,772 | 2,552 |
| McDuffie County | Urban | 19.0 | 4,052 | 2,568 |
| Seminole County | Rural | 19.0 | 1,700 | 2,568 |
| Burke County | Urban | 19.2 | 4,611 | 2,584 |
| Polk County | Rural | 19.4 | 8,302 | 2,608 |
| Dooly County | Rural | 19.7 | 1,777 | 2,634 |
| Meriwether County | Urban | 19.7 | 4,052 | 2,634 |
| Toombs County | Rural | 19.7 | 5,252 | 2,634 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 19.8 | 7,799 | 2,642 |
| Chattooga County | Rural | 20.1 | 4,696 | 2,660 |
| Worth County | Urban | 20.2 | 4,096 | 2,669 |
| Lowndes County | Urban | 20.3 | 23,253 | 2,678 |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | 20.3 | 1,761 | 2,678 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 20.4 | 4,685 | 2,690 |
| Bleckley County | Rural | 20.5 | 2,289 | 2,697 |
| Cook County | Rural | 20.5 | 3,494 | 2,697 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 20.5 | 5,874 | 2,697 |
| Elbert County | Rural | 20.6 | 3,989 | 2,709 |
| Grady County | Rural | 20.6 | 5,318 | 2,709 |
| Bacon County | Rural | 20.9 | 2,223 | 2,734 |
| Tift County | Rural | 20.9 | 8,266 | 2,734 |
| Early County | Rural | 21.1 | 2,216 | 2,753 |
| Richmond County | Urban | 21.1 | 41,459 | 2,753 |
| Upson County | Rural | 21.3 | 5,749 | 2,774 |
| Taliaferro County | Rural | 21.4 | 370 | 2,782 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 21.5 | 1,406 | 2,789 |
| Talbot County | Urban | 21.6 | 1,232 | 2,793 |
| Turner County | Rural | 21.6 | 1,869 | 2,793 |
| Warren County | Rural | 21.8 | 1,112 | 2,809 |
| Baldwin County | Rural | 22.0 | 8,518 | 2,821 |
| Berrien County | Rural | 22.1 | 3,979 | 2,833 |
| Dodge County | Rural | 22.2 | 4,040 | 2,841 |
| Laurens County | Rural | 22.4 | 10,944 | 2,855 |
| McIntosh County | Urban | 22.4 | 2,475 | 2,855 |
| Bulloch County | Rural | 22.5 | 16,801 | 2,864 |
| Charlton County | Rural | 22.5 | 2,697 | 2,864 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 22.7 | 866 | 2,877 |
| Sumter County | Rural | 22.7 | 6,209 | 2,877 |
| Tattnall County | Rural | 22.7 | 4,463 | 2,877 |
| Ware County | Rural | 22.8 | 7,690 | 2,886 |
| Clinch County | Rural | 22.9 | 1,517 | 2,893 |
| Clay County | Rural | 23.0 | 644 | 2,898 |
| Wilcox County | Rural | 23.1 | 1,620 | 2,904 |
| Jenkins County | Rural | 23.6 | 1,769 | 2,919 |
| Appling County | Rural | 23.8 | 4,310 | 2,928 |
| Colquitt County | Rural | 23.9 | 10,835 | 2,933 |
| Crisp County | Rural | 24.1 | 4,695 | 2,944 |
| Miller County | Rural | 24.1 | 1,377 | 2,944 |
| Emanuel County | Rural | 24.7 | 5,410 | 2,965 |
| Bibb County | Urban | 24.8 | 37,337 | 2,969 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 24.8 | 6,976 | 2,969 |
| Atkinson County | Rural | 25.0 | 2,062 | 2,976 |
| Treutlen County | Rural | 25.0 | 1,511 | 2,976 |
| Brooks County | Urban | 25.4 | 4,056 | 2,991 |
| Macon County | Rural | 25.5 | 2,537 | 2,994 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 25.5 | 5,042 | 2,994 |
| Ben Hill County | Rural | 25.7 | 4,308 | 3,003 |
| Clarke County | Urban | 25.9 | 30,727 | 3,009 |
| Dougherty County | Urban | 26.4 | 21,255 | 3,015 |
| Webster County | Rural | 26.4 | 620 | 3,015 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 26.6 | 3,935 | 3,020 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 26.8 | 1,628 | 3,023 |
| Lanier County | Urban | 27.7 | 2,726 | 3,049 |
| Stewart County | Urban | 27.8 | 1,018 | 3,052 |
| Baker County | Rural | 29.4 | 832 | 3,077 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 29.4 | 2,242 | 3,077 |
| Telfair County | Rural | 31.0 | 3,026 | 3,092 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 31.5 | 2,154 | 3,099 |
| Terrell County | Urban | 33.0 | 2,838 | 3,112 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 6:57 pm.
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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 6:57 pm.
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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.