# Counties in Georgia by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 159 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Atkinson County | 51.4 |
| 2 | Sumter County | 45.7 |
| 3 | Terrell County | 43 |
| 4 | Early County | 41.9 |
| 5 | Hancock County | 41.6 |
| 6 | Quitman County | 38.2 |
| 6 | Turner County | 38.2 |
| 8 | Warren County | 38 |
| 9 | Randolph County | 37.7 |
| 9 | Worth County | 37.7 |
| 11 | Macon County | 37.6 |
| 12 | Clay County | 37.5 |
| 13 | Calhoun County | 37.3 |
| 14 | Taliaferro County | 37 |
| 15 | Baker County | 36.7 |
| 16 | Dougherty County | 35.2 |
| 17 | Toombs County | 35 |
| 18 | Jenkins County | 34.8 |
| 19 | Seminole County | 34.7 |
| 20 | Crisp County | 34.2 |
| 21 | Ware County | 34 |
| 22 | Mitchell County | 33.9 |
| 23 | Dooly County | 33.3 |
| 24 | Echols County | 33.1 |
| 24 | Evans County | 33.1 |
| 26 | Burke County | 32.9 |
| 26 | Marion County | 32.9 |
| 28 | Wilkinson County | 32.8 |
| 29 | Ben Hill County | 32.7 |
| 29 | Johnson County | 32.7 |
| 29 | Wilcox County | 32.7 |
| 32 | Wheeler County | 32.5 |
| 33 | Talbot County | 32.3 |
| 34 | Wilkes County | 32 |
| 35 | Clinch County | 31.9 |
| 35 | Washington County | 31.9 |
| 37 | Brooks County | 31.6 |
| 38 | Telfair County | 31.4 |
| 39 | Emanuel County | 31 |
| 39 | Treutlen County | 31 |
| 41 | Decatur County | 30.9 |
| 42 | Taylor County | 30.6 |
| 43 | Candler County | 30.4 |
| 44 | Tattnall County | 30.2 |
| 45 | Twiggs County | 30 |
| 46 | Laurens County | 29.7 |
| 47 | Miller County | 29.5 |
| 47 | Stewart County | 29.5 |
| 49 | Bacon County | 29.4 |
| 50 | Bibb County | 29.3 |
| 50 | McDuffie County | 29.3 |
| 52 | Screven County | 28.8 |
| 53 | Jefferson County | 28.6 |
| 54 | Coffee County | 28.2 |
| 55 | Richmond County | 28 |
| 56 | Irwin County | 27.9 |
| 57 | Baldwin County | 27.8 |
| 57 | Colquitt County | 27.8 |
| 57 | Montgomery County | 27.8 |
| 60 | Jeff Davis County | 27.6 |
| 60 | McIntosh County | 27.6 |
| 62 | Tift County | 27.5 |
| 63 | Cook County | 27.4 |
| 64 | Peach County | 27.2 |
| 65 | Pulaski County | 26.9 |
| 66 | Webster County | 26.8 |
| 67 | Berrien County | 26.5 |
| 68 | Grady County | 26.2 |
| 68 | Meriwether County | 26.2 |
| 70 | Upson County | 26.1 |
| 71 | Appling County | 26 |
| 72 | Elbert County | 25.7 |
| 73 | Spalding County | 25.6 |
| 74 | Wayne County | 25 |
| 75 | Lanier County | 24.9 |
| 76 | Clayton County | 24.8 |
| 77 | Thomas County | 24.6 |
| 78 | Dodge County | 24.2 |
| 79 | Charlton County | 24 |
| 80 | Clarke County | 23.9 |
| 81 | Putnam County | 23.6 |
| 82 | Bleckley County | 23.3 |
| 82 | Liberty County | 23.3 |
| 84 | Stephens County | 23.2 |
| 85 | Gilmer County | 23 |
| 86 | Troup County | 22.9 |
| 87 | Greene County | 22.7 |
| 88 | Chattooga County | 22.6 |
| 89 | Crawford County | 22.5 |
| 90 | Bulloch County | 22.3 |
| 91 | Lincoln County | 22.2 |
| 91 | Pierce County | 22.2 |
| 93 | Glynn County | 21.6 |
| 93 | Polk County | 21.6 |
| 95 | Lowndes County | 21.5 |
| 96 | Fannin County | 21.4 |
| 97 | Brantley County | 20.8 |
| 98 | Muscogee County | 20.1 |
| 99 | Butts County | 20 |
| 99 | Whitfield County | 20 |
| 101 | Glascock County | 19.8 |
| 101 | Murray County | 19.8 |
| 103 | Floyd County | 19.7 |
| 103 | Schley County | 19.7 |
| 105 | Rockdale County | 19.1 |
| 106 | Chatham County | 19 |
| 106 | Franklin County | 19 |
| 106 | Jasper County | 19 |
| 106 | Newton County | 19 |
| 110 | Heard County | 18.9 |
| 111 | Hart County | 18.6 |
| 112 | Chattahoochee County | 18.4 |
| 113 | Long County | 18.3 |
| 114 | Towns County | 17.9 |
| 115 | Rabun County | 17.8 |
| 116 | Oglethorpe County | 17.7 |
| 117 | Lamar County | 17.6 |
| 118 | Habersham County | 17 |
| 118 | Walker County | 17 |
| 120 | DeKalb County | 16.6 |
| 121 | Gordon County | 16.3 |
| 121 | Madison County | 16.3 |
| 123 | Carroll County | 16.1 |
| 123 | Douglas County | 16.1 |
| 123 | Haralson County | 16.1 |
| 126 | Jones County | 15.9 |
| 126 | White County | 15.9 |
| 128 | Houston County | 15.8 |
| 129 | Union County | 15.7 |
| 130 | Morgan County | 15.4 |
| 131 | Camden County | 15 |
| 132 | Banks County | 14.4 |
| 133 | Dade County | 14.2 |
| 134 | Gwinnett County | 14.1 |
| 135 | Monroe County | 14 |
| 136 | Catoosa County | 13.9 |
| 137 | Bartow County | 13.7 |
| 138 | Hall County | 13.3 |
| 138 | Lee County | 13.3 |
| 138 | Lumpkin County | 13.3 |
| 141 | Pickens County | 13.2 |
| 141 | Walton County | 13.2 |
| 143 | Fulton County | 12.8 |
| 144 | Henry County | 12.5 |
| 145 | Barrow County | 12 |
| 146 | Dawson County | 10.9 |
| 147 | Harris County | 10.3 |
| 148 | Pike County | 10.2 |
| 149 | Coweta County | 9.9 |
| 149 | Jackson County | 9.9 |
| 151 | Cobb County | 9.8 |
| 152 | Effingham County | 9.7 |
| 153 | Paulding County | 9.1 |
| 154 | Bryan County | 8.7 |
| 155 | Columbia County | 8.2 |
| 156 | Cherokee County | 7.1 |
| 156 | Fayette County | 7.1 |
| 158 | Oconee County | 5.1 |
| 159 | Forsyth County | 4.2 |