Counties in Georgia by death rate (July to June)
Taliaferro County had the highest death rate (July to June) of 159 counties in 2022, at 24.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Chattahoochee County had the lowest, at 4.96 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 14.59 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Georgia was 10.18 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taliaferro County Estimated | 24.6 | +8.61 pts |
| 2 | Quitman County Estimated | 23.2 | +5.71 pts |
| 3 | Treutlen County Estimated | 20.25 | +1.78 pts |
| 4 | Towns County Estimated | 20.15 | +1.59 pts |
| 5 | Fannin County Estimated | 19.35 | +2.78 pts |
| 6 | Stewart County Estimated | 19.25 | +4.96 pts |
| 7 | Glascock County Estimated | 19.23 | +0.6 pts |
| 8 | Wilkinson County Estimated | 19.09 | -1.11 pts |
| 9 | Wilcox County Estimated | 18.86 | +1.64 pts |
| 10 | Miller County Estimated | 18.75 | -4.21 pts |
| 11 | Seminole County Estimated | 18.69 | +2.95 pts |
| 12 | McIntosh County Estimated | 18.33 | -0.27 pts |
| 13 | Stephens County Estimated | 18.32 | +2.44 pts |
| 14 | Twiggs County Estimated | 18.3 | -3.63 pts |
| 15 | Upson County Estimated | 18.25 | -0.04 pts |
| 16 | Candler County Estimated | 18.13 | -3.88 pts |
| 17 | Early County Estimated | 17.93 | +0.29 pts |
| 18 | Elbert County Estimated | 17.89 | +0.06 pts |
| 19 | Jefferson County Estimated | 17.85 | -2.56 pts |
| 20 | Clay County Estimated | 17.8 | +3.77 pts |
| 21 | Chattooga County Estimated | 17.8 | +2.05 pts |
| 22 | Ware County Estimated | 17.74 | +0.59 pts |
| 23 | Wilkes County Estimated | 17.71 | -2.76 pts |
| 24 | Baker County Estimated | 17.51 | +4.45 pts |
| 25 | Emanuel County Estimated | 17.42 | +0.33 pts |
| 26 | Union County Estimated | 17.41 | +0.08 pts |
| 27 | Screven County Estimated | 17.19 | +0.63 pts |
| 28 | Meriwether County Estimated | 17.14 | -2.03 pts |
| 29 | Irwin County Estimated | 16.99 | +0.46 pts |
| 30 | Terrell County Estimated | 16.82 | +2.65 pts |
| 31 | Bleckley County Estimated | 16.77 | +1.45 pts |
| 32 | Taylor County Estimated | 16.75 | +0.45 pts |
| 33 | Hart County Estimated | 16.68 | +1.04 pts |
| 34 | Pierce County Estimated | 16.68 | +0.47 pts |
| 35 | Jenkins County Estimated | 16.49 | +1.47 pts |
| 36 | Brantley County Estimated | 16.42 | +1.77 pts |
| 37 | Ben Hill County Estimated | 16.32 | -2.75 pts |
| 38 | Franklin County Estimated | 16.32 | +0.06 pts |
| 39 | Laurens County Estimated | 16.09 | +0.12 pts |
| 40 | Putnam County Estimated | 16.03 | +0.13 pts |
| 41 | Spalding County Estimated | 16.01 | +0.6 pts |
| 42 | Marion County Estimated | 15.99 | -0.32 pts |
| 43 | Pulaski County Estimated | 15.99 | -0.37 pts |
| 44 | Talbot County Estimated | 15.97 | -0.4 pts |
| 45 | Rabun County Estimated | 15.96 | -0.18 pts |
| 46 | Warren County Estimated | 15.83 | -5.1 pts |
| 47 | Wayne County Estimated | 15.81 | +0.44 pts |
| 48 | Atkinson County Estimated | 15.81 | +0.92 pts |
| 49 | White County Estimated | 15.78 | +0.41 pts |
| 50 | Bacon County Estimated | 15.76 | -0.66 pts |
| 51 | Crawford County Estimated | 15.76 | +1.05 pts |
| 52 | Toombs County Estimated | 15.75 | -1.24 pts |
| 53 | Dodge County Estimated | 15.7 | -1.68 pts |
| 54 | Turner County Estimated | 15.65 | -0.09 pts |
| 55 | Worth County Estimated | 15.55 | +1.88 pts |
| 56 | Cook County Estimated | 15.47 | +1.32 pts |
| 57 | Pickens County Estimated | 15.28 | +3.05 pts |
| 58 | Gilmer County Estimated | 15.23 | +0.68 pts |
| 59 | Walker County Estimated | 15.21 | +0.95 pts |
| 60 | Hancock County Estimated | 15.17 | -5.75 pts |
| 61 | Haralson County Estimated | 15.14 | -0.12 pts |
| 62 | Randolph County Estimated | 15.13 | -2.76 pts |
| 63 | Heard County Estimated | 15.08 | +1.14 pts |
| 64 | Berrien County Estimated | 15 | -0.93 pts |
| 65 | Crisp County Estimated | 14.99 | -5.07 pts |
| 66 | Lamar County Estimated | 14.99 | -0.8 pts |
| 67 | Peach County Estimated | 14.94 | +1.21 pts |
| 68 | Macon County Estimated | 14.82 | +0.83 pts |
| 69 | Montgomery County Estimated | 14.81 | -1.81 pts |
| 70 | Dooly County Estimated | 14.81 | -2.71 pts |
| 71 | Thomas County Estimated | 14.74 | +0.25 pts |
| 72 | Pike County Estimated | 14.72 | +2.21 pts |
| 73 | Floyd County Estimated | 14.7 | -0.07 pts |
| 74 | Polk County Estimated | 14.7 | +0.02 pts |
| 75 | Appling County Estimated | 14.69 | +0.45 pts |
| 76 | Bibb County Estimated | 14.64 | +0.09 pts |
| 77 | Jeff Davis County Estimated | 14.64 | +0.89 pts |
| 78 | Brooks County Estimated | 14.63 | -0.31 pts |
| 79 | Clinch County Estimated | 14.62 | -2.64 pts |
| 80 | Dougherty County Estimated | 14.59 | +0.81 pts |
| 81 | Sumter County Estimated | 14.34 | -0.02 pts |
| 82 | Mitchell County Estimated | 14.3 | -0.07 pts |
| 83 | Lincoln County Estimated | 14.21 | -2.1 pts |
| 84 | Washington County Estimated | 14.17 | -2.86 pts |
| 85 | Butts County Estimated | 14.09 | +1.18 pts |
| 86 | Charlton County Estimated | 14.02 | +0.3 pts |
| 87 | McDuffie County Estimated | 13.98 | -0.45 pts |
| 88 | Jasper County Estimated | 13.95 | -0.08 pts |
| 89 | Calhoun County Estimated | 13.92 | +2.07 pts |
| 90 | Decatur County Estimated | 13.91 | -0.17 pts |
| 91 | Glynn County Estimated | 13.91 | +0.67 pts |
| 92 | Dade County Estimated | 13.87 | -2.23 pts |
| 93 | Banks County Estimated | 13.83 | +0.88 pts |
| 94 | Colquitt County Estimated | 13.76 | -0.2 pts |
| 95 | Evans County Estimated | 13.74 | -2.63 pts |
| 96 | Greene County Estimated | 13.56 | -1 pts |
| 97 | Murray County Estimated | 13.52 | +0.21 pts |
| 98 | Madison County Estimated | 13.48 | +1.15 pts |
| 99 | Tattnall County Estimated | 13.44 | -0.13 pts |
| 100 | Tift County Estimated | 13.41 | -0.58 pts |
| 101 | Baldwin County Estimated | 13.35 | -0.46 pts |
| 102 | Telfair County Estimated | 13.33 | -5.16 pts |
| 103 | Monroe County Estimated | 13.3 | +0.24 pts |
| 104 | Gordon County Estimated | 13.25 | +0.28 pts |
| 105 | Oglethorpe County Estimated | 13.23 | +1.85 pts |
| 106 | Troup County Estimated | 13.18 | -0.23 pts |
| 107 | Habersham County Estimated | 13.17 | +0.82 pts |
| 108 | Johnson County Estimated | 13.16 | -5.55 pts |
| 109 | Grady County Estimated | 13.15 | -0.72 pts |
| 110 | Jones County Estimated | 13.13 | +0.65 pts |
| 111 | Coffee County Estimated | 13.07 | -0.06 pts |
| 112 | Morgan County Estimated | 12.99 | -0.56 pts |
| 113 | Catoosa County Estimated | 12.73 | +0.23 pts |
| 114 | Richmond County Estimated | 12.58 | -0.37 pts |
| 115 | Carroll County Estimated | 12.35 | +0.4 pts |
| 116 | Burke County Estimated | 12.19 | +0.39 pts |
| 117 | Lanier County Estimated | 12.1 | +1.37 pts |
| 118 | Muscogee County Estimated | 12.06 | -0.25 pts |
| 119 | Webster County Estimated | 11.9 | +0.87 pts |
| 120 | Lumpkin County Estimated | 11.9 | -0.73 pts |
| 121 | Walton County Estimated | 11.71 | -0.36 pts |
| 122 | Bartow County Estimated | 11.62 | -0.02 pts |
| 123 | Dawson County Estimated | 11.5 | +0.67 pts |
| 124 | Schley County Estimated | 11.12 | -0.41 pts |
| 125 | Whitfield County Estimated | 11.06 | +0.08 pts |
| 126 | Chatham County Estimated | 10.9 | +0.59 pts |
| 127 | Lowndes County Estimated | 10.89 | +0.5 pts |
| 128 | Jackson County Estimated | 10.63 | +0.23 pts |
| 129 | Wheeler County Estimated | 10.23 | -1.35 pts |
| 130 | Newton County Estimated | 10.19 | -0.97 pts |
| 131 | Coweta County Estimated | 10.08 | +0.27 pts |
| 132 | Effingham County Estimated | 10.03 | +0.92 pts |
| 133 | Rockdale County Estimated | 10.03 | -0.67 pts |
| 134 | Fayette County Estimated | 10.02 | +0.92 pts |
| 135 | Barrow County Estimated | 9.94 | +0.32 pts |
| 136 | Houston County Estimated | 9.9 | -0.14 pts |
| 137 | Lee County Estimated | 9.88 | +1.08 pts |
| 138 | Bulloch County Estimated | 9.42 | +0.73 pts |
| 139 | Hall County Estimated | 9.41 | -0.67 pts |
| 140 | Camden County Estimated | 9.23 | +0.89 pts |
| 141 | Harris County Estimated | 9.23 | -0.78 pts |
| 142 | Henry County Estimated | 8.99 | -0.02 pts |
| 143 | Douglas County Estimated | 8.63 | -0.22 pts |
| 144 | Clayton County Estimated | 8.54 | +0.4 pts |
| 145 | Oconee County Estimated | 8.31 | +0.15 pts |
| 146 | Liberty County Estimated | 8.27 | -0.04 pts |
| 147 | Columbia County Estimated | 8.24 | -0.01 pts |
| 148 | Cherokee County Estimated | 8.19 | +0.16 pts |
| 149 | Long County Estimated | 7.96 | -0.26 pts |
| 150 | Bryan County Estimated | 7.87 | +0.04 pts |
| 151 | Fulton County Estimated | 7.82 | -0.17 pts |
| 152 | Paulding County Estimated | 7.73 | +0.33 pts |
| 153 | DeKalb County Estimated | 7.62 | -0.14 pts |
| 154 | Echols County Estimated | 7.6 | -7.26 pts |
| 155 | Clarke County Estimated | 7.48 | +0.48 pts |
| 156 | Cobb County Estimated | 7.4 | +0.15 pts |
| 157 | Forsyth County Estimated | 6.27 | +0.03 pts |
| 158 | Gwinnett County Estimated | 5.92 | -0.36 pts |
| 159 | Chattahoochee County Estimated | 4.96 | +1.39 pts |
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About this ranking
Estimated deaths from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year per 1,000 residents, using the average of the population estimates at the two July 1 endpoints.
Published Census population estimates rate. The year identifies the end of the July-to-June period. These estimates can be revised and differ from calendar-year death rates.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: death rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Questions
Which county has the highest death rate (July to June)?
Taliaferro County, with 24.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest death rate (July to June)?
Chattahoochee County, with 4.96 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: death rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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