Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Georgia by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,521,584 | N/A |
| Georgia | N/A | 13.5 | 1,415,573 | 38 of 52 |
| Oconee County | Urban | 4.5 | 1,862 | 25 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 4.6 | 11,591 | 32 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 5.3 | 6,226 | 68 |
| Dade County | Urban | 6.5 | 985 | 153 |
| Effingham County | Urban | 6.6 | 4,290 | 166 |
| Cherokee County | Urban | 6.6 | 17,662 | 169 |
| Paulding County | Urban | 6.7 | 11,309 | 183 |
| Bryan County | Urban | 7.2 | 3,200 | 243 |
| Columbia County | Urban | 7.2 | 11,234 | 248 |
| Harris County | Urban | 7.5 | 2,588 | 302 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 8.1 | 6,198 | 399 |
| Pike County | Urban | 8.1 | 1,531 | 401 |
| Cobb County | Urban | 8.3 | 62,536 | 427 |
| Coweta County | Urban | 8.3 | 12,209 | 434 |
| Henry County | Urban | 8.4 | 20,180 | 455 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 8.6 | 1,715 | 483 |
| Lee County | Urban | 8.8 | 2,802 | 534 |
| Catoosa County | Urban | 8.9 | 6,012 | 550 |
| Barrow County | Urban | 9.6 | 8,009 | 677 |
| Dawson County | Urban | 9.6 | 2,623 | 700 |
| Houston County | Urban | 9.7 | 15,791 | 725 |
| Gwinnett County | Urban | 10.1 | 96,291 | 800 |
| Bartow County | Urban | 10.8 | 11,700 | 938 |
| Hart County | Rural | 10.8 | 2,742 | 946 |
| Oglethorpe County | Urban | 11.1 | 1,646 | 1,024 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 11.2 | 1,967 | 1,048 |
| Rockdale County | Urban | 11.4 | 10,539 | 1,081 |
| Douglas County | Urban | 11.6 | 16,579 | 1,136 |
| Union County | Rural | 11.7 | 2,845 | 1,170 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 11.8 | 2,973 | 1,183 |
| Marion County | Urban | 12.4 | 916 | 1,342 |
| Fulton County | Urban | 12.5 | 128,777 | 1,372 |
| Haralson County | Urban | 12.5 | 3,737 | 1,378 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 12.8 | 3,289 | 1,425 |
| Greene County | Rural | 12.9 | 2,434 | 1,455 |
| White County | Rural | 13.0 | 3,561 | 1,469 |
| Murray County | Urban | 13.1 | 5,165 | 1,492 |
| Walton County | Urban | 13.1 | 12,597 | 1,493 |
| Banks County | Rural | 13.2 | 2,411 | 1,516 |
| Jasper County | Urban | 13.3 | 1,963 | 1,557 |
| Newton County | Urban | 13.4 | 14,935 | 1,569 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 13.4 | 100,326 | 1,572 |
| Whitfield County | Urban | 13.5 | 13,695 | 1,586 |
| Pickens County | Urban | 13.5 | 4,469 | 1,594 |
| Hall County | Urban | 13.5 | 27,392 | 1,603 |
| Habersham County | Rural | 13.6 | 5,942 | 1,617 |
| Monroe County | Urban | 13.7 | 3,708 | 1,648 |
| Walker County | Urban | 13.7 | 9,114 | 1,652 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 14.0 | 39,871 | 1,705 |
| Gordon County | Rural | 14.0 | 8,014 | 1,713 |
| Jones County | Urban | 14.3 | 4,016 | 1,776 |
| Rabun County | Rural | 14.5 | 2,397 | 1,805 |
| Lumpkin County | Urban | 14.5 | 4,556 | 1,819 |
| Gilmer County | Rural | 14.8 | 4,634 | 1,875 |
| Echols County | Urban | 15.0 | 555 | 1,906 |
| Pierce County | Rural | 15.3 | 2,992 | 1,960 |
| Quitman County | Rural | 15.3 | 333 | 1,961 |
| Towns County | Rural | 15.3 | 1,786 | 1,967 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 15.4 | 9,676 | 1,979 |
| Glascock County | Rural | 15.5 | 438 | 2,000 |
| Twiggs County | Urban | 15.7 | 1,232 | 2,021 |
| Butts County | Urban | 15.8 | 3,612 | 2,049 |
| Long County | Urban | 15.8 | 2,594 | 2,050 |
| Schley County | Rural | 15.9 | 727 | 2,083 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 16.0 | 3,528 | 2,099 |
| McDuffie County | Urban | 16.1 | 3,430 | 2,124 |
| Brantley County | Urban | 16.3 | 2,933 | 2,149 |
| Camden County | Rural | 16.4 | 8,638 | 2,162 |
| Glynn County | Urban | 16.4 | 13,638 | 2,167 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 16.6 | 1,987 | 2,211 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 16.6 | 1,312 | 2,220 |
| Heard County | Urban | 16.7 | 1,887 | 2,233 |
| Washington County | Rural | 16.8 | 3,045 | 2,248 |
| Chattahoochee County | Urban | 16.9 | 908 | 2,262 |
| Carroll County | Urban | 16.9 | 19,641 | 2,266 |
| Clayton County | Urban | 16.9 | 49,313 | 2,275 |
| Bleckley County | Rural | 17.1 | 1,906 | 2,307 |
| Polk County | Rural | 17.2 | 7,337 | 2,325 |
| Burke County | Urban | 17.3 | 4,150 | 2,338 |
| Floyd County | Urban | 17.5 | 16,534 | 2,361 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 17.8 | 1,694 | 2,401 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 18.1 | 1,388 | 2,436 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 18.2 | 5,150 | 2,445 |
| Candler County | Rural | 18.3 | 1,947 | 2,461 |
| Talbot County | Urban | 18.4 | 1,057 | 2,475 |
| Screven County | Rural | 18.4 | 2,511 | 2,476 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 18.4 | 4,162 | 2,478 |
| Thomas County | Rural | 18.7 | 8,420 | 2,501 |
| Muscogee County | Urban | 18.7 | 37,204 | 2,503 |
| Spalding County | Urban | 18.8 | 12,412 | 2,517 |
| Taliaferro County | Rural | 18.9 | 308 | 2,526 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 18.9 | 1,627 | 2,532 |
| Elbert County | Rural | 19.0 | 3,653 | 2,537 |
| Troup County | Rural | 19.2 | 13,008 | 2,559 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 19.4 | 2,925 | 2,583 |
| Worth County | Urban | 19.6 | 3,982 | 2,603 |
| Grady County | Rural | 19.8 | 5,121 | 2,621 |
| Chattooga County | Rural | 19.9 | 4,593 | 2,629 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 20.0 | 8,063 | 2,639 |
| Tattnall County | Rural | 20.1 | 3,864 | 2,640 |
| McIntosh County | Urban | 20.3 | 2,240 | 2,670 |
| Charlton County | Rural | 20.5 | 2,381 | 2,683 |
| Madison County | Urban | 20.6 | 6,203 | 2,690 |
| Lowndes County | Urban | 20.6 | 23,507 | 2,700 |
| Richmond County | Urban | 20.7 | 40,606 | 2,707 |
| Peach County | Urban | 20.7 | 5,463 | 2,708 |
| Tift County | Rural | 21.0 | 8,245 | 2,724 |
| Dooly County | Rural | 21.0 | 1,942 | 2,725 |
| Seminole County | Rural | 21.0 | 1,890 | 2,732 |
| Evans County | Rural | 21.2 | 2,177 | 2,753 |
| Emanuel County | Rural | 21.4 | 4,674 | 2,759 |
| Bacon County | Rural | 21.6 | 2,278 | 2,777 |
| Toombs County | Rural | 21.7 | 5,760 | 2,781 |
| Cook County | Rural | 21.8 | 3,694 | 2,785 |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | 21.8 | 1,896 | 2,788 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 21.9 | 1,762 | 2,792 |
| Stewart County | Urban | 21.9 | 746 | 2,800 |
| Irwin County | Rural | 22.0 | 2,028 | 2,805 |
| Meriwether County | Urban | 22.1 | 4,540 | 2,816 |
| Early County | Rural | 22.2 | 2,356 | 2,823 |
| Dodge County | Rural | 22.3 | 4,090 | 2,833 |
| Turner County | Rural | 22.4 | 1,928 | 2,839 |
| Upson County | Rural | 22.4 | 6,007 | 2,841 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 22.6 | 3,326 | 2,852 |
| Baldwin County | Rural | 22.7 | 8,864 | 2,857 |
| Bulloch County | Rural | 22.8 | 16,576 | 2,864 |
| Warren County | Rural | 22.9 | 1,175 | 2,876 |
| Wilcox County | Rural | 23.0 | 1,608 | 2,886 |
| Baker County | Rural | 23.1 | 666 | 2,890 |
| Berrien County | Rural | 23.2 | 4,167 | 2,894 |
| Crisp County | Rural | 23.6 | 4,648 | 2,910 |
| Ware County | Rural | 23.7 | 7,920 | 2,921 |
| Sumter County | Rural | 24.2 | 6,666 | 2,943 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 24.3 | 6,805 | 2,947 |
| Colquitt County | Rural | 24.4 | 11,024 | 2,949 |
| Laurens County | Rural | 24.4 | 11,823 | 2,950 |
| Miller County | Rural | 24.5 | 1,411 | 2,954 |
| Bibb County | Urban | 25.1 | 37,641 | 2,975 |
| Appling County | Rural | 25.3 | 4,577 | 2,983 |
| Clay County | Rural | 25.7 | 720 | 2,992 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 25.8 | 1,007 | 2,994 |
| Macon County | Rural | 26.2 | 2,651 | 3,005 |
| Dougherty County | Urban | 26.4 | 21,493 | 3,008 |
| Ben Hill County | Rural | 26.5 | 4,442 | 3,011 |
| Brooks County | Urban | 26.5 | 4,277 | 3,012 |
| Clarke County | Urban | 26.6 | 31,528 | 3,015 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 26.7 | 1,856 | 3,019 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 27.5 | 1,932 | 3,041 |
| Atkinson County | Rural | 27.5 | 2,266 | 3,042 |
| Webster County | Rural | 27.9 | 655 | 3,052 |
| Jenkins County | Rural | 27.9 | 2,163 | 3,053 |
| Randolph County | Rural | 28.1 | 1,739 | 3,060 |
| Treutlen County | Rural | 28.1 | 1,700 | 3,061 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 28.7 | 5,658 | 3,068 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 29.0 | 2,211 | 3,071 |
| Terrell County | Urban | 29.8 | 2,589 | 3,083 |
| Telfair County | Rural | 31.3 | 3,138 | 3,099 |
| Lanier County | Urban | 32.1 | 3,114 | 3,107 |
| Clinch County | Rural | 32.5 | 2,149 | 3,110 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 7:59 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 7:59 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.