Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for Georgia by County
Poverty: Persons below 150% of poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (<150% Of Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | N/A | 22.1 | 2,337,691 | 40 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 20.2 | 65,652,285 | N/A |
| Randolph County | Rural | 51.4 | 3,120 | 3,125 |
| Telfair County | Rural | 46.2 | 4,509 | 3,098 |
| Baker County | Rural | 45.0 | 1,274 | 3,092 |
| Taylor County | Rural | 43.6 | 3,327 | 3,080 |
| Macon County | Rural | 43.5 | 4,332 | 3,079 |
| Atkinson County | Rural | 43.3 | 3,563 | 3,075 |
| Treutlen County | Rural | 41.9 | 2,532 | 3,060 |
| Stewart County | Urban | 41.7 | 1,528 | 3,057 |
| Ben Hill County | Rural | 40.6 | 6,798 | 3,037 |
| Crisp County | Rural | 40.6 | 7,910 | 3,037 |
| Jenkins County | Rural | 40.6 | 3,045 | 3,037 |
| Brooks County | Urban | 39.9 | 6,383 | 3,027 |
| Terrell County | Urban | 39.9 | 3,433 | 3,027 |
| Turner County | Rural | 39.5 | 3,416 | 3,013 |
| Dougherty County | Urban | 39.4 | 31,707 | 3,009 |
| Hancock County | Rural | 39.4 | 2,694 | 3,009 |
| Lanier County | Urban | 39.4 | 3,875 | 3,009 |
| Clinch County | Rural | 39.1 | 2,596 | 3,002 |
| Appling County | Rural | 38.0 | 6,874 | 2,975 |
| Clay County | Rural | 37.8 | 1,057 | 2,967 |
| Coffee County | Rural | 37.6 | 14,837 | 2,959 |
| McIntosh County | Urban | 37.5 | 4,139 | 2,956 |
| Jeff Davis County | Rural | 37.0 | 5,465 | 2,937 |
| Cook County | Rural | 36.9 | 6,276 | 2,933 |
| Wayne County | Rural | 36.9 | 10,558 | 2,933 |
| Webster County | Rural | 36.8 | 862 | 2,929 |
| Tattnall County | Rural | 36.7 | 7,198 | 2,925 |
| Quitman County | Rural | 36.5 | 764 | 2,917 |
| Berrien County | Rural | 36.3 | 6,542 | 2,912 |
| Clarke County | Urban | 36.3 | 43,197 | 2,912 |
| Ware County | Rural | 35.9 | 12,089 | 2,893 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 35.7 | 7,052 | 2,882 |
| Colquitt County | Rural | 35.5 | 16,114 | 2,875 |
| Decatur County | Rural | 35.5 | 9,982 | 2,875 |
| Bibb County | Urban | 35.3 | 53,093 | 2,867 |
| Chattooga County | Rural | 35.0 | 8,171 | 2,860 |
| Miller County | Rural | 35.0 | 2,000 | 2,860 |
| Washington County | Rural | 34.9 | 6,298 | 2,856 |
| Wilcox County | Rural | 34.9 | 2,441 | 2,856 |
| Calhoun County | Rural | 34.6 | 1,321 | 2,835 |
| Charlton County | Rural | 34.6 | 4,140 | 2,835 |
| Emanuel County | Rural | 34.5 | 7,561 | 2,827 |
| Burke County | Urban | 34.4 | 8,276 | 2,819 |
| Talbot County | Urban | 34.3 | 1,953 | 2,815 |
| Wheeler County | Rural | 33.9 | 2,217 | 2,783 |
| Evans County | Rural | 33.7 | 3,424 | 2,764 |
| Johnson County | Rural | 33.6 | 2,586 | 2,752 |
| Tift County | Rural | 33.4 | 13,210 | 2,737 |
| Sumter County | Rural | 33.2 | 9,092 | 2,723 |
| Early County | Rural | 33.1 | 3,483 | 2,712 |
| Dodge County | Rural | 32.8 | 5,971 | 2,698 |
| Jefferson County | Rural | 32.8 | 4,909 | 2,698 |
| Chattahoochee County | Urban | 32.6 | 1,555 | 2,686 |
| Laurens County | Rural | 32.6 | 15,930 | 2,686 |
| Candler County | Rural | 32.3 | 3,447 | 2,663 |
| Bulloch County | Rural | 32.2 | 24,039 | 2,657 |
| Toombs County | Rural | 32.2 | 8,574 | 2,657 |
| Baldwin County | Rural | 32.0 | 12,380 | 2,646 |
| Irwin County | Rural | 31.6 | 2,891 | 2,612 |
| Pulaski County | Rural | 31.5 | 2,711 | 2,602 |
| Richmond County | Urban | 31.3 | 61,335 | 2,593 |
| Franklin County | Rural | 31.2 | 7,176 | 2,590 |
| Grady County | Rural | 31.0 | 8,012 | 2,572 |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | 31.0 | 2,699 | 2,572 |
| Worth County | Urban | 30.9 | 6,272 | 2,566 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 30.7 | 2,356 | 2,552 |
| Bacon County | Rural | 30.6 | 3,257 | 2,548 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 30.5 | 2,387 | 2,541 |
| Clayton County | Urban | 30.3 | 89,275 | 2,527 |
| Lowndes County | Urban | 30.3 | 34,736 | 2,527 |
| Warren County | Rural | 30.2 | 1,540 | 2,512 |
| Screven County | Rural | 30.1 | 4,105 | 2,503 |
| Upson County | Rural | 30.1 | 8,128 | 2,503 |
| Taliaferro County | Rural | 30.0 | 520 | 2,496 |
| Seminole County | Rural | 29.8 | 2,675 | 2,477 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 29.8 | 2,812 | 2,477 |
| Marion County | Urban | 29.7 | 2,190 | 2,470 |
| Madison County | Urban | 29.6 | 9,034 | 2,459 |
| Bleckley County | Rural | 29.5 | 3,282 | 2,447 |
| Pierce County | Rural | 29.4 | 5,824 | 2,435 |
| McDuffie County | Urban | 29.3 | 6,229 | 2,426 |
| Meriwether County | Urban | 29.3 | 6,041 | 2,426 |
| Dooly County | Rural | 29.2 | 2,624 | 2,415 |
| Troup County | Rural | 29.2 | 19,852 | 2,415 |
| Muscogee County | Urban | 29.1 | 57,944 | 2,409 |
| Putnam County | Rural | 28.7 | 6,349 | 2,373 |
| Elbert County | Rural | 28.6 | 5,526 | 2,357 |
| Brantley County | Urban | 28.5 | 5,134 | 2,347 |
| Polk County | Rural | 27.9 | 11,949 | 2,273 |
| Floyd County | Urban | 27.8 | 26,362 | 2,263 |
| Spalding County | Urban | 27.7 | 18,531 | 2,252 |
| Stephens County | Rural | 27.5 | 7,088 | 2,226 |
| Thomas County | Rural | 27.3 | 12,346 | 2,196 |
| Fannin County | Rural | 26.5 | 6,760 | 2,099 |
| Jasper County | Urban | 26.1 | 3,962 | 2,051 |
| Glascock County | Rural | 26.0 | 737 | 2,040 |
| Gordon County | Rural | 26.0 | 14,988 | 2,040 |
| Rabun County | Rural | 26.0 | 4,380 | 2,040 |
| Heard County | Urban | 25.9 | 2,957 | 2,030 |
| Rockdale County | Urban | 24.7 | 23,062 | 1,877 |
| Glynn County | Urban | 24.4 | 20,374 | 1,831 |
| Lumpkin County | Urban | 24.3 | 7,599 | 1,812 |
| Towns County | Rural | 24.3 | 2,885 | 1,812 |
| Twiggs County | Urban | 24.3 | 1,889 | 1,812 |
| Whitfield County | Urban | 24.3 | 24,726 | 1,812 |
| Banks County | Rural | 24.2 | 4,518 | 1,792 |
| Liberty County | Urban | 24.2 | 15,543 | 1,792 |
| Peach County | Urban | 24.1 | 6,417 | 1,777 |
| Walker County | Urban | 24.1 | 16,055 | 1,777 |
| Carroll County | Urban | 23.9 | 28,263 | 1,753 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 23.6 | 67,466 | 1,710 |
| Hart County | Rural | 23.5 | 6,035 | 1,696 |
| Camden County | Rural | 23.4 | 12,614 | 1,672 |
| Schley County | Rural | 23.3 | 1,058 | 1,659 |
| Butts County | Urban | 22.9 | 5,376 | 1,586 |
| Lamar County | Rural | 22.9 | 4,121 | 1,586 |
| Long County | Urban | 22.8 | 3,903 | 1,569 |
| Jones County | Urban | 22.7 | 6,415 | 1,554 |
| Gilmer County | Rural | 22.4 | 7,107 | 1,497 |
| DeKalb County | Urban | 22.0 | 165,220 | 1,435 |
| Habersham County | Rural | 22.0 | 9,786 | 1,435 |
| Crawford County | Urban | 21.8 | 2,621 | 1,399 |
| Murray County | Urban | 21.7 | 8,633 | 1,383 |
| Haralson County | Urban | 21.6 | 6,586 | 1,372 |
| Echols County | Urban | 21.2 | 784 | 1,307 |
| Newton County | Urban | 21.2 | 24,144 | 1,307 |
| Pickens County | Urban | 21.2 | 7,164 | 1,307 |
| Union County | Rural | 21.0 | 5,267 | 1,268 |
| Hall County | Urban | 20.8 | 42,828 | 1,242 |
| Oglethorpe County | Urban | 20.8 | 3,118 | 1,242 |
| Walton County | Urban | 20.6 | 20,386 | 1,214 |
| Barrow County | Urban | 19.7 | 16,991 | 1,073 |
| Fulton County | Urban | 19.7 | 204,000 | 1,073 |
| Douglas County | Urban | 19.5 | 28,141 | 1,053 |
| Dade County | Urban | 19.1 | 2,875 | 989 |
| Gwinnett County | Urban | 18.8 | 179,989 | 938 |
| Bartow County | Urban | 18.7 | 20,559 | 927 |
| Monroe County | Urban | 18.5 | 5,102 | 895 |
| White County | Rural | 18.3 | 5,091 | 862 |
| Catoosa County | Urban | 18.2 | 12,335 | 848 |
| Houston County | Urban | 18.1 | 29,864 | 834 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 17.1 | 13,645 | 696 |
| Greene County | Rural | 16.6 | 3,224 | 615 |
| Dawson County | Urban | 16.5 | 4,697 | 603 |
| Pike County | Urban | 16.2 | 3,106 | 565 |
| Henry County | Urban | 16.1 | 39,364 | 551 |
| Effingham County | Urban | 15.8 | 10,557 | 508 |
| Lee County | Urban | 15.5 | 4,974 | 475 |
| Cobb County | Urban | 14.7 | 111,087 | 373 |
| Coweta County | Urban | 14.1 | 21,025 | 313 |
| Columbia County | Urban | 13.3 | 21,073 | 255 |
| Harris County | Urban | 12.6 | 4,396 | 199 |
| Cherokee County | Urban | 12.1 | 32,945 | 167 |
| Morgan County | Urban | 12.0 | 2,445 | 162 |
| Paulding County | Urban | 11.8 | 20,454 | 148 |
| Bryan County | Urban | 11.5 | 5,319 | 128 |
| Fayette County | Urban | 9.9 | 11,822 | 70 |
| Oconee County | Urban | 7.7 | 3,282 | 19 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 7.4 | 19,271 | 14 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 9:42 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 9:42 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.