Counties in Georgia by death rate (July to June)
Taliaferro County had the highest death rate (July to June) of 159 counties in 2023, at 22.46 per 1,000 inhabitants. Chattahoochee County had the lowest, at 4.87 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 12.48 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Georgia was 8.95 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taliaferro County Estimated | 22.46 | -2.13 pts |
| 2 | Twiggs County Estimated | 20.49 | +2.2 pts |
| 3 | Baker County Estimated | 19.63 | +2.12 pts |
| 4 | Talbot County Estimated | 19 | +3.03 pts |
| 5 | Fannin County Estimated | 17.29 | -2.06 pts |
| 6 | Wilkes County Estimated | 16.82 | -0.89 pts |
| 7 | Towns County Estimated | 16.73 | -3.41 pts |
| 8 | Chattooga County Estimated | 16.37 | -1.43 pts |
| 9 | Jefferson County Estimated | 16.01 | -1.83 pts |
| 10 | Terrell County Estimated | 15.97 | -0.84 pts |
| 11 | Wilkinson County Estimated | 15.92 | -3.17 pts |
| 12 | Stewart County Estimated | 15.9 | -3.34 pts |
| 13 | Warren County Estimated | 15.77 | -0.06 pts |
| 14 | Pulaski County Estimated | 15.74 | -0.26 pts |
| 15 | Macon County Estimated | 15.67 | +0.86 pts |
| 16 | McIntosh County Estimated | 15.64 | -2.69 pts |
| 17 | Randolph County Estimated | 15.55 | +0.42 pts |
| 18 | Turner County Estimated | 15.54 | -0.11 pts |
| 19 | Stephens County Estimated | 15.53 | -2.79 pts |
| 20 | Quitman County Estimated | 15.5 | -7.7 pts |
| 21 | Candler County Estimated | 15.48 | -2.65 pts |
| 22 | Upson County Estimated | 15.44 | -2.81 pts |
| 23 | Johnson County Estimated | 15.41 | +2.25 pts |
| 24 | Elbert County Estimated | 15.28 | -2.61 pts |
| 25 | Irwin County Estimated | 15.24 | -1.75 pts |
| 26 | Miller County Estimated | 15.23 | -3.52 pts |
| 27 | Clay County Estimated | 15.05 | -2.75 pts |
| 28 | Dodge County Estimated | 15.03 | -0.67 pts |
| 29 | Seminole County Estimated | 14.94 | -3.75 pts |
| 30 | Hancock County Estimated | 14.89 | -0.28 pts |
| 31 | Marion County Estimated | 14.86 | -1.13 pts |
| 32 | Wayne County Estimated | 14.77 | -1.04 pts |
| 33 | Ben Hill County Estimated | 14.73 | -1.59 pts |
| 34 | Lincoln County Estimated | 14.72 | +0.52 pts |
| 35 | Ware County Estimated | 14.6 | -3.14 pts |
| 36 | Early County Estimated | 14.48 | -3.46 pts |
| 37 | Union County Estimated | 14.34 | -3.07 pts |
| 38 | Crawford County Estimated | 14.28 | -1.48 pts |
| 39 | Rabun County Estimated | 14.14 | -1.82 pts |
| 40 | Crisp County Estimated | 14.02 | -0.97 pts |
| 41 | Telfair County Estimated | 13.93 | +0.6 pts |
| 42 | Glascock County Estimated | 13.93 | -5.3 pts |
| 43 | Brooks County Estimated | 13.85 | -0.78 pts |
| 44 | Jeff Davis County Estimated | 13.79 | -0.85 pts |
| 45 | Putnam County Estimated | 13.79 | -2.24 pts |
| 46 | Emanuel County Estimated | 13.64 | -3.78 pts |
| 47 | Washington County Estimated | 13.64 | -0.53 pts |
| 48 | Mitchell County Estimated | 13.59 | -0.72 pts |
| 49 | Bleckley County Estimated | 13.58 | -3.19 pts |
| 50 | Evans County Estimated | 13.51 | -0.24 pts |
| 51 | Worth County Estimated | 13.46 | -2.09 pts |
| 52 | Peach County Estimated | 13.34 | -1.59 pts |
| 53 | Berrien County Estimated | 13.28 | -1.72 pts |
| 54 | Thomas County Estimated | 13.24 | -1.5 pts |
| 55 | Greene County Estimated | 13.22 | -0.34 pts |
| 56 | Haralson County Estimated | 13.22 | -1.92 pts |
| 57 | Walker County Estimated | 13.19 | -2.01 pts |
| 58 | Dade County Estimated | 13.12 | -0.74 pts |
| 59 | Jenkins County Estimated | 13.06 | -3.43 pts |
| 60 | Franklin County Estimated | 13.05 | -3.26 pts |
| 61 | Gilmer County Estimated | 13.03 | -2.2 pts |
| 62 | Polk County Estimated | 12.98 | -1.72 pts |
| 63 | White County Estimated | 12.95 | -2.83 pts |
| 64 | Screven County Estimated | 12.91 | -4.29 pts |
| 65 | McDuffie County Estimated | 12.9 | -1.08 pts |
| 66 | Sumter County Estimated | 12.88 | -1.45 pts |
| 67 | Wilcox County Estimated | 12.87 | -5.99 pts |
| 68 | Dougherty County Estimated | 12.87 | -1.72 pts |
| 69 | Taylor County Estimated | 12.87 | -3.88 pts |
| 70 | Lamar County Estimated | 12.85 | -2.14 pts |
| 71 | Webster County Estimated | 12.76 | +0.86 pts |
| 72 | Montgomery County Estimated | 12.75 | -2.06 pts |
| 73 | Butts County Estimated | 12.64 | -1.45 pts |
| 74 | Toombs County Estimated | 12.62 | -3.13 pts |
| 75 | Schley County Estimated | 12.61 | +1.49 pts |
| 76 | Spalding County Estimated | 12.61 | -3.4 pts |
| 77 | Pickens County Estimated | 12.57 | -2.71 pts |
| 78 | Floyd County Estimated | 12.56 | -2.13 pts |
| 79 | Decatur County Estimated | 12.51 | -1.4 pts |
| 80 | Heard County Estimated | 12.48 | -2.6 pts |
| 81 | Laurens County Estimated | 12.48 | -3.61 pts |
| 82 | Atkinson County Estimated | 12.44 | -3.36 pts |
| 83 | Bibb County Estimated | 12.42 | -2.22 pts |
| 84 | Pierce County Estimated | 12.26 | -4.42 pts |
| 85 | Glynn County Estimated | 12.23 | -1.68 pts |
| 86 | Colquitt County Estimated | 12.16 | -1.6 pts |
| 87 | Burke County Estimated | 12.15 | -0.04 pts |
| 88 | Meriwether County Estimated | 12.13 | -5.01 pts |
| 89 | Murray County Estimated | 11.97 | -1.55 pts |
| 90 | Baldwin County Estimated | 11.85 | -1.5 pts |
| 91 | Bacon County Estimated | 11.84 | -3.92 pts |
| 92 | Calhoun County Estimated | 11.83 | -2.1 pts |
| 93 | Hart County Estimated | 11.81 | -4.87 pts |
| 94 | Gordon County Estimated | 11.76 | -1.49 pts |
| 95 | Pike County Estimated | 11.72 | -3 pts |
| 96 | Charlton County Estimated | 11.69 | -2.32 pts |
| 97 | Habersham County Estimated | 11.65 | -1.52 pts |
| 98 | Monroe County Estimated | 11.59 | -1.71 pts |
| 99 | Clinch County Estimated | 11.57 | -3.05 pts |
| 100 | Troup County Estimated | 11.51 | -1.67 pts |
| 101 | Richmond County Estimated | 11.38 | -1.21 pts |
| 102 | Treutlen County Estimated | 11.32 | -8.94 pts |
| 103 | Grady County Estimated | 11.31 | -1.83 pts |
| 104 | Brantley County Estimated | 11.27 | -5.15 pts |
| 105 | Catoosa County Estimated | 11.22 | -1.52 pts |
| 106 | Cook County Estimated | 11.21 | -4.26 pts |
| 107 | Morgan County Estimated | 11.18 | -1.81 pts |
| 108 | Dooly County Estimated | 11.17 | -3.64 pts |
| 109 | Tattnall County Estimated | 11.15 | -2.3 pts |
| 110 | Madison County Estimated | 11.08 | -2.4 pts |
| 111 | Tift County Estimated | 11.07 | -2.34 pts |
| 112 | Oglethorpe County Estimated | 10.82 | -2.41 pts |
| 113 | Appling County Estimated | 10.81 | -3.88 pts |
| 114 | Lumpkin County Estimated | 10.78 | -1.12 pts |
| 115 | Banks County Estimated | 10.72 | -3.11 pts |
| 116 | Carroll County Estimated | 10.66 | -1.69 pts |
| 117 | Muscogee County Estimated | 10.62 | -1.43 pts |
| 118 | Walton County Estimated | 10.21 | -1.49 pts |
| 119 | Coffee County Estimated | 10.15 | -2.92 pts |
| 120 | Wheeler County Estimated | 10.02 | -0.22 pts |
| 121 | Chatham County Estimated | 9.85 | -1.05 pts |
| 122 | Bartow County Estimated | 9.79 | -1.83 pts |
| 123 | Jones County Estimated | 9.72 | -3.41 pts |
| 124 | Whitfield County Estimated | 9.57 | -1.49 pts |
| 125 | Jasper County Estimated | 9.48 | -4.47 pts |
| 126 | Dawson County Estimated | 9.47 | -2.03 pts |
| 127 | Newton County Estimated | 9.3 | -0.89 pts |
| 128 | Harris County Estimated | 9.06 | -0.17 pts |
| 129 | Lowndes County Estimated | 9 | -1.88 pts |
| 130 | Houston County Estimated | 8.93 | -0.97 pts |
| 131 | Lanier County Estimated | 8.87 | -3.23 pts |
| 132 | Jackson County Estimated | 8.82 | -1.81 pts |
| 133 | Barrow County Estimated | 8.78 | -1.16 pts |
| 134 | Rockdale County Estimated | 8.67 | -1.36 pts |
| 135 | Hall County Estimated | 8.66 | -0.74 pts |
| 136 | Fayette County Estimated | 8.61 | -1.41 pts |
| 137 | Camden County Estimated | 8.53 | -0.71 pts |
| 138 | Coweta County Estimated | 8.5 | -1.59 pts |
| 139 | Effingham County Estimated | 8.41 | -1.62 pts |
| 140 | Lee County Estimated | 8.39 | -1.49 pts |
| 141 | Oconee County Estimated | 8.32 | +0.01 pts |
| 142 | Bulloch County Estimated | 7.97 | -1.45 pts |
| 143 | Henry County Estimated | 7.87 | -1.12 pts |
| 144 | Echols County Estimated | 7.84 | +0.24 pts |
| 145 | Douglas County Estimated | 7.8 | -0.83 pts |
| 146 | Bryan County Estimated | 7.62 | -0.25 pts |
| 147 | Columbia County Estimated | 7.44 | -0.8 pts |
| 148 | Liberty County Estimated | 7.43 | -0.84 pts |
| 149 | Fulton County Estimated | 7.24 | -0.59 pts |
| 150 | Cherokee County Estimated | 7.23 | -0.97 pts |
| 151 | Clarke County Estimated | 7.16 | -0.32 pts |
| 152 | DeKalb County Estimated | 7 | -0.63 pts |
| 153 | Paulding County Estimated | 6.98 | -0.75 pts |
| 154 | Clayton County Estimated | 6.86 | -1.68 pts |
| 155 | Long County Estimated | 6.69 | -1.27 pts |
| 156 | Cobb County Estimated | 6.47 | -0.93 pts |
| 157 | Forsyth County Estimated | 5.88 | -0.39 pts |
| 158 | Gwinnett County Estimated | 5.41 | -0.51 pts |
| 159 | Chattahoochee County Estimated | 4.87 | -0.09 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 22.46 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest death rate (July to June)?
Chattahoochee County, with 4.87 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023.
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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