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Counties in Georgia by area median family income (HUD)

Barrow County had the highest area median family income (HUD) of 159 counties in 2016, at $67,500. Clay County had the lowest, at $29,100. The median was $49,400. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest67,500Barrow County
Lowest29,100Clay County
Median49,400159 counties

Map of counties, 2016

Appling County: 45,800 USDAtkinson County: 35,400 USDBacon County: 49,400 USDBaker County: 41,700 USDBaldwin County: 50,000 USDBanks County: 52,900 USDBarrow County: 67,500 USDBartow County: 67,500 USDBen Hill County: 36,200 USDBerrien County: 43,700 USDBibb County: 48,100 USDBleckley County: 47,800 USDBrantley County: 49,700 USDBrooks County: 50,300 USDBryan County: 63,500 USDBulloch County: 50,000 USDBurke County: 59,000 USDButts County: 63,400 USDCalhoun County: 40,600 USDCamden County: 61,700 USDCandler County: 43,600 USDCarroll County: 67,500 USDCatoosa County: 61,300 USDCharlton County: 51,400 USDChatham County: 63,500 USDChattahoochee County: 51,800 USDChattooga County: 41,700 USDCherokee County: 67,500 USDClarke County: 56,100 USDClay County: 29,100 USDClayton County: 67,500 USDClinch County: 43,900 USDCobb County: 67,500 USDCoffee County: 43,100 USDColquitt County: 39,800 USDColumbia County: 59,000 USDCook County: 44,900 USDCoweta County: 67,500 USDCrawford County: 48,100 USDCrisp County: 44,100 USDDade County: 61,300 USDDawson County: 67,500 USDDecatur County: 43,600 USDDeKalb County: 67,500 USDDodge County: 51,400 USDDooly County: 39,600 USDDougherty County: 41,700 USDDouglas County: 67,500 USDEarly County: 41,800 USDEchols County: 50,300 USDEffingham County: 63,500 USDElbert County: 42,500 USDEmanuel County: 38,400 USDEvans County: 47,600 USDFannin County: 41,900 USDFayette County: 67,500 USDFloyd County: 48,600 USDForsyth County: 67,500 USDFranklin County: 47,100 USDFulton County: 67,500 USDGilmer County: 45,800 USDGlascock County: 50,600 USDGlynn County: 49,700 USDGordon County: 50,100 USDGrady County: 39,800 USDGreene County: 52,300 USDGwinnett County: 67,500 USDHabersham County: 49,900 USDHall County: 53,000 USDHancock County: 36,700 USDHaralson County: 50,400 USDHarris County: 51,800 USDHart County: 48,700 USDHeard County: 67,500 USDHenry County: 67,500 USDHouston County: 59,300 USDIrwin County: 51,400 USDJackson County: 62,700 USDJasper County: 67,500 USDJeff Davis County: 43,700 USDJefferson County: 35,700 USDJenkins County: 36,400 USDJohnson County: 44,800 USDJones County: 48,100 USDLamar County: 51,100 USDLanier County: 50,300 USDLaurens County: 45,100 USDLee County: 41,700 USDLiberty County: 46,700 USDLincoln County: 44,000 USDLong County: 51,900 USDLowndes County: 50,300 USDLumpkin County: 58,300 USDMcDuffie County: 59,000 USDMcIntosh County: 49,700 USDMacon County: 38,700 USDMadison County: 56,100 USDMarion County: 51,800 USDMeriwether County: 44,700 USDMiller County: 42,100 USDMitchell County: 42,600 USDMonroe County: 59,000 USDMontgomery County: 44,100 USDMorgan County: 56,500 USDMurray County: 46,000 USDMuscogee County: 51,800 USDNewton County: 67,500 USDOconee County: 56,100 USDOglethorpe County: 56,100 USDPaulding County: 67,500 USDPeach County: 53,900 USDPickens County: 67,500 USDPierce County: 49,000 USDPike County: 67,500 USDPolk County: 50,000 USDPulaski County: 49,500 USDPutnam County: 52,700 USDQuitman County: 34,200 USDRabun County: 52,200 USDRandolph County: 36,900 USDRichmond County: 59,000 USDRockdale County: 67,500 USDSchley County: 53,800 USDScreven County: 47,800 USDSeminole County: 39,200 USDSpalding County: 67,500 USDStephens County: 48,200 USDStewart County: 33,400 USDSumter County: 44,300 USDTalbot County: 40,000 USDTaliaferro County: 37,500 USDTattnall County: 48,400 USDTaylor County: 35,900 USDTelfair County: 34,500 USDTerrell County: 41,700 USDThomas County: 44,000 USDTift County: 42,800 USDToombs County: 47,700 USDTowns County: 46,900 USDTreutlen County: 47,500 USDTroup County: 52,000 USDTurner County: 35,100 USDTwiggs County: 48,100 USDUnion County: 49,000 USDUpson County: 44,700 USDWalker County: 61,300 USDWalton County: 67,500 USDWare County: 47,700 USDWarren County: 34,900 USDWashington County: 47,000 USDWayne County: 44,600 USDWebster County: 52,800 USDWheeler County: 32,400 USDWhite County: 52,600 USDWhitfield County: 45,300 USDWilcox County: 39,600 USDWilkes County: 40,600 USDWilkinson County: 45,200 USDWorth County: 41,700 USD
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  • 42K to 45K
  • 45K to 49K
  • 49K to 52K
  • 52K to 63K
  • 63K and over
USD, 2016. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

Barrow County: 67,500 USDBarrow County67,500Bartow County: 67,500 USDBartow County67,500Carroll County: 67,500 USDCarroll County67,500Cherokee County: 67,500 USDCherokee County67,500Clayton County: 67,500 USDClayton County67,500Cobb County: 67,500 USDCobb County67,500Coweta County: 67,500 USDCoweta County67,500Dawson County: 67,500 USDDawson County67,500DeKalb County: 67,500 USDDeKalb County67,500Douglas County: 67,500 USDDouglas County67,500Fayette County: 67,500 USDFayette County67,500Forsyth County: 67,500 USDForsyth County67,500Fulton County: 67,500 USDFulton County67,500Gwinnett County: 67,500 USDGwinnett County67,500Heard County: 67,500 USDHeard County67,500Henry County: 67,500 USDHenry County67,500Jasper County: 67,500 USDJasper County67,500Newton County: 67,500 USDNewton County67,500Paulding County: 67,500 USDPaulding County67,500Pickens County: 67,500 USDPickens County67,500Pike County: 67,500 USDPike County67,500Rockdale County: 67,500 USDRockdale County67,500Spalding County: 67,500 USDSpalding County67,500Walton County: 67,500 USDWalton County67,500Bryan County: 63,500 USDBryan County63,500Chatham County: 63,500 USDChatham County63,500Effingham County: 63,500 USDEffingham County63,500Butts County: 63,400 USDButts County63,400Jackson County: 62,700 USDJackson County62,700Camden County: 61,700 USDCamden County61,700Catoosa County: 61,300 USDCatoosa County61,300Dade County: 61,300 USDDade County61,300Walker County: 61,300 USDWalker County61,300Houston County: 59,300 USDHouston County59,300Burke County: 59,000 USDBurke County59,000Columbia County: 59,000 USDColumbia County59,000McDuffie County: 59,000 USDMcDuffie County59,000Monroe County: 59,000 USDMonroe County59,000Richmond County: 59,000 USDRichmond County59,000Lumpkin County: 58,300 USDLumpkin County58,300Barrow County: 67,500 USDBarrow County67,500Bartow County: 67,500 USDBartow County67,500Carroll County: 67,500 USDCarroll County67,500Cherokee County: 67,500 USDCherokee County67,500Clayton County: 67,500 USDClayton County67,500Cobb County: 67,500 USDCobb County67,500Coweta County: 67,500 USDCoweta County67,500Dawson County: 67,500 USDDawson County67,500DeKalb County: 67,500 USDDeKalb County67,500Douglas County: 67,500 USDDouglas County67,500Fayette County: 67,500 USDFayette County67,500Forsyth County: 67,500 USDForsyth County67,500Fulton County: 67,500 USDFulton County67,500Gwinnett County: 67,500 USDGwinnett County67,500Heard County: 67,500 USDHeard County67,500Henry County: 67,500 USDHenry County67,500Jasper County: 67,500 USDJasper County67,500Newton County: 67,500 USDNewton County67,500Paulding County: 67,500 USDPaulding County67,500Pickens County: 67,500 USDPickens County67,500Pike County: 67,500 USDPike County67,500Rockdale County: 67,500 USDRockdale County67,500Spalding County: 67,500 USDSpalding County67,500Walton County: 67,500 USDWalton County67,500Bryan County: 63,500 USDBryan County63,500Chatham County: 63,500 USDChatham County63,500Effingham County: 63,500 USDEffingham County63,500Butts County: 63,400 USDButts County63,400Jackson County: 62,700 USDJackson County62,700Camden County: 61,700 USDCamden County61,700Catoosa County: 61,300 USDCatoosa County61,300Dade County: 61,300 USDDade County61,300Walker County: 61,300 USDWalker County61,300Houston County: 59,300 USDHouston County59,300Burke County: 59,000 USDBurke County59,000Columbia County: 59,000 USDColumbia County59,000McDuffie County: 59,000 USDMcDuffie County59,000Monroe County: 59,000 USDMonroe County59,000Richmond County: 59,000 USDRichmond County59,000Lumpkin County: 58,300 USDLumpkin County58,300
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2016
USD		Change on 2015
1Barrow County67,500-1.2%
1Bartow County67,500-1.2%
1Carroll County67,500-1.2%
1Cherokee County67,500-1.2%
1Clayton County67,500-1.2%
1Cobb County67,500-1.2%
1Coweta County67,500-1.2%
1Dawson County67,500-1.2%
1DeKalb County67,500-1.2%
1Douglas County67,500-1.2%
1Fayette County67,500-1.2%
1Forsyth County67,500-1.2%
1Fulton County67,500-1.2%
1Gwinnett County67,500-1.2%
1Heard County67,500-1.2%
1Henry County67,500-1.2%
1Jasper County67,500-1.2%
1Newton County67,500-1.2%
1Paulding County67,500-1.2%
1Pickens County67,500-1.2%
1Pike County67,500-1.2%
1Rockdale County67,500-1.2%
1Spalding County67,500-1.2%
1Walton County67,500-1.2%
25Bryan County63,500+3.6%
25Chatham County63,500+3.6%
25Effingham County63,500+3.6%
28Butts County63,400-2%
29Jackson County62,700+0.6%
30Camden County61,700-5.7%
31Catoosa County61,300+3.9%
31Dade County61,300+3.9%
31Walker County61,300+3.9%
34Houston County59,300-17.4%
35Burke County59,000-0.2%
35Columbia County59,000-0.2%
35McDuffie County59,000-0.2%
35Monroe County59,000-3.9%
35Richmond County59,000-0.2%
40Lumpkin County58,300+1%
41Morgan County56,500-0.2%
42Clarke County56,100-0.9%
42Madison County56,100-0.9%
42Oconee County56,100-0.9%
42Oglethorpe County56,100-0.9%
46Peach County53,900-0.4%
47Schley County53,800-3.8%
48Hall County53,000-12.7%
49Banks County52,900-1.3%
50Webster County52,800+1.1%
51Putnam County52,700+10.9%
52White County52,600-3%
53Greene County52,300+5.4%
54Rabun County52,200+0.4%
55Troup County52,000-1.3%
56Long County51,900+1.8%
57Chattahoochee County51,800-11%
57Harris County51,800-11%
57Marion County51,800-11%
57Muscogee County51,800-11%
61Charlton County51,400+0.8%
61Dodge County51,400+8.7%
61Irwin County51,400+1.2%
64Lamar County51,100+5.6%
65Glascock County50,600-1.4%
66Haralson County50,400+7%
67Brooks County50,300-0.2%
67Echols County50,300-0.2%
67Lanier County50,300-0.2%
67Lowndes County50,300-0.2%
71Gordon County50,100-2.3%
72Baldwin County50,000-3.3%
72Bulloch County50,000-3.3%
72Polk County50,000-1.2%
75Habersham County49,900-5.7%
76Brantley County49,700-10.1%
76Glynn County49,700-10.1%
76McIntosh County49,700-10.1%
79Pulaski County49,500+3.3%
80Bacon County49,400+5.8%
81Pierce County49,000-1.8%
81Union County49,000-4.5%
83Hart County48,700+4.5%
84Floyd County48,600-2.4%
85Tattnall County48,400-4%
86Stephens County48,200+1.9%
87Bibb County48,100-8.7%
87Crawford County48,100-8.7%
87Jones County48,100-8.7%
87Twiggs County48,100-8.7%
91Bleckley County47,800-18.7%
91Screven County47,800-6.1%
93Toombs County47,700-5.9%
93Ware County47,700-3%
95Evans County47,600-1%
96Treutlen County47,500-8.7%
97Franklin County47,100+1.3%
98Washington County47,000-4.7%
99Towns County46,900-2.1%
100Liberty County46,700-4.1%
101Murray County46,000-0.9%
102Appling County45,800+3.2%
102Gilmer County45,800+0.4%
104Whitfield County45,300+3.9%
105Wilkinson County45,200-12.6%
106Laurens County45,100-4.7%
107Cook County44,900-10.7%
108Johnson County44,800+3.2%
109Meriwether County44,700-6.9%
109Upson County44,700-0.7%
111Wayne County44,600-4.5%
112Sumter County44,300-1.8%
113Crisp County44,100-1.1%
113Montgomery County44,100-3.1%
115Lincoln County44,000-4.1%
115Thomas County44,000+0.9%
117Clinch County43,900-6.8%
118Berrien County43,700+2.3%
118Jeff Davis County43,700-2.5%
120Candler County43,600+4.1%
120Decatur County43,600+0.7%
122Coffee County43,100+0.5%
123Tift County42,800-13.9%
124Mitchell County42,600-6.2%
125Elbert County42,500-0.5%
126Miller County42,100-4.5%
127Fannin County41,900-5.2%
128Early County41,800-5.2%
129Baker County41,700-9.2%
129Chattooga County41,700-3%
129Dougherty County41,700-9.2%
129Lee County41,700-9.2%
129Terrell County41,700-9.2%
129Worth County41,700-9.2%
135Calhoun County40,600-12.3%
135Wilkes County40,600+3.8%
137Talbot County40,000-2.2%
138Colquitt County39,800-8.9%
138Grady County39,800-3.2%
140Dooly County39,600-9.2%
140Wilcox County39,600-5.5%
142Seminole County39,200+14%
143Macon County38,700-0.3%
144Emanuel County38,400-1.8%
145Taliaferro County37,500-3.4%
146Randolph County36,900-4.9%
147Hancock County36,700+3.7%
148Jenkins County36,400+6.7%
149Ben Hill County36,200-6.2%
150Taylor County35,900-5.3%
151Jefferson County35,700-3.3%
152Atkinson County35,400-3.8%
153Turner County35,100-6.4%
154Warren County34,900-13.6%
155Telfair County34,500+1.8%
156Quitman County34,200-16.2%
157Stewart County33,400-8.2%
158Wheeler County32,400-13.4%
159Clay County29,100-1%

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About this ranking

Median annual family income, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates for the HUD area that contains the county, for the fiscal year.

More on how it is measured
  • HUD bases it on American Community Survey family incomes, brought forward to the fiscal year, and uses it to set income limits for its programs: the very low income limit is 50 percent and the low income limit 80 percent of the area median for a family of four, with adjustments.
  • Often called AMI.

A program parameter, not a survey estimate for the county itself: it differs from the Census Bureau median household income and from the American Community Survey median family income of the county. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

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. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2016). HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars (Counties in Georgia by area median family income (HUD), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx

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HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Georgia by area median family income (HUD), 2016. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 25 Mar. 2016, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/georgia-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2016. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. Counties in Georgia by area median family income (HUD), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/georgia-counties?period=2016.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2016) HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars, Counties in Georgia by area median family income (HUD), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/georgia-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research}},
  title = {{HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars: Counties in Georgia by area median family income (HUD), 2016}},
  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hud-area-median-family-income/georgia-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Section 8 income limits by county: area median family income, dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il16/Section8-FY16.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Barrow County, with $67,500 in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Clay County, with $29,100 in 2016.

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