# Counties in Georgia by poverty rate, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in families or alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), all ages.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/official-poverty-rate/georgia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/official-poverty-rate/georgia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Calhoun County | 36.8 |
| 2 | Wheeler County | 35 |
| 3 | Johnson County | 33.4 |
| 4 | Hancock County | 30.7 |
| 5 | Stewart County | 30.6 |
| 6 | Macon County | 29.9 |
| 7 | Jenkins County | 28.8 |
| 8 | Wilcox County | 28.4 |
| 9 | Atkinson County | 28.3 |
| 10 | Sumter County | 27.6 |
| 11 | Terrell County | 27.3 |
| 12 | Early County | 26.7 |
| 13 | Worth County | 26.4 |
| 14 | Randolph County | 25.9 |
| 15 | Clay County | 25.7 |
| 15 | Telfair County | 25.7 |
| 17 | Dooly County | 25.6 |
| 18 | Turner County | 25.2 |
| 19 | Taylor County | 25.1 |
| 19 | Washington County | 25.1 |
| 21 | Warren County | 24.6 |
| 22 | Burke County | 24.2 |
| 23 | Baker County | 24.1 |
| 23 | Tattnall County | 24.1 |
| 25 | Dougherty County | 23.6 |
| 25 | Ware County | 23.6 |
| 27 | Clarke County | 23.5 |
| 28 | Bibb County | 23.4 |
| 28 | Taliaferro County | 23.4 |
| 30 | Coffee County | 23.3 |
| 31 | Mitchell County | 23 |
| 32 | Treutlen County | 22.9 |
| 33 | Crisp County | 22.8 |
| 33 | Toombs County | 22.8 |
| 35 | Evans County | 22.6 |
| 36 | Seminole County | 22.5 |
| 37 | Quitman County | 22.3 |
| 38 | Ben Hill County | 22.2 |
| 38 | Colquitt County | 22.2 |
| 38 | Echols County | 22.2 |
| 41 | Emanuel County | 22.1 |
| 41 | Marion County | 22.1 |
| 43 | Clinch County | 22 |
| 43 | Talbot County | 22 |
| 45 | Decatur County | 21.7 |
| 46 | Baldwin County | 21.5 |
| 46 | Bulloch County | 21.5 |
| 46 | Jefferson County | 21.5 |
| 49 | Candler County | 21.3 |
| 50 | Pulaski County | 21.2 |
| 51 | Screven County | 21.1 |
| 52 | Bacon County | 20.7 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 20.7 |
| 54 | Wilkinson County | 20.6 |
| 55 | Charlton County | 20.4 |
| 56 | Laurens County | 20.3 |
| 56 | Miller County | 20.3 |
| 56 | Wilkes County | 20.3 |
| 59 | Twiggs County | 20.1 |
| 60 | Webster County | 19.7 |
| 61 | McDuffie County | 19.6 |
| 62 | Grady County | 19.5 |
| 63 | Brooks County | 19.4 |
| 64 | Tift County | 19.3 |
| 65 | Irwin County | 19 |
| 65 | Richmond County | 19 |
| 67 | Jeff Davis County | 18.7 |
| 68 | Wayne County | 18.6 |
| 69 | Chattooga County | 18.3 |
| 70 | Dodge County | 18.2 |
| 71 | Lowndes County | 18.1 |
| 72 | Berrien County | 18 |
| 73 | Chattahoochee County | 17.8 |
| 73 | Meriwether County | 17.8 |
| 75 | Elbert County | 17.7 |
| 75 | Peach County | 17.7 |
| 75 | Stephens County | 17.7 |
| 78 | Bleckley County | 17.6 |
| 79 | Clayton County | 17.4 |
| 80 | Lanier County | 17.3 |
| 80 | Muscogee County | 17.3 |
| 80 | Thomas County | 17.3 |
| 83 | Pierce County | 17.2 |
| 84 | Appling County | 16.9 |
| 85 | Cook County | 16.6 |
| 86 | McIntosh County | 16.5 |
| 87 | Glascock County | 16.4 |
| 87 | Spalding County | 16.4 |
| 89 | Upson County | 16.3 |
| 90 | Liberty County | 16 |
| 91 | Murray County | 15.7 |
| 92 | Brantley County | 15.6 |
| 93 | Schley County | 15.4 |
| 94 | Polk County | 15.3 |
| 95 | Franklin County | 15.2 |
| 96 | Floyd County | 14.9 |
| 96 | Troup County | 14.9 |
| 98 | Crawford County | 14.4 |
| 98 | Gilmer County | 14.4 |
| 98 | Whitfield County | 14.4 |
| 101 | Lincoln County | 14.1 |
| 102 | Chatham County | 13.9 |
| 102 | Fannin County | 13.9 |
| 102 | Glynn County | 13.9 |
| 105 | Long County | 13.8 |
| 106 | Haralson County | 13.7 |
| 106 | Hart County | 13.7 |
| 108 | Greene County | 13.6 |
| 108 | Habersham County | 13.6 |
| 110 | Putnam County | 13.5 |
| 111 | Butts County | 13.4 |
| 112 | Carroll County | 13.3 |
| 113 | Jasper County | 13.2 |
| 114 | Lumpkin County | 13 |
| 115 | Walker County | 12.8 |
| 116 | DeKalb County | 12.7 |
| 117 | Lamar County | 12.6 |
| 118 | Heard County | 12.5 |
| 119 | Oglethorpe County | 12.2 |
| 120 | Gordon County | 12.1 |
| 121 | Houston County | 11.9 |
| 121 | Newton County | 11.9 |
| 123 | Madison County | 11.8 |
| 123 | Rockdale County | 11.8 |
| 125 | Jones County | 11.7 |
| 125 | Rabun County | 11.7 |
| 127 | Dade County | 11.6 |
| 128 | Union County | 11.4 |
| 129 | Fulton County | 11.3 |
| 130 | Camden County | 11.1 |
| 130 | Towns County | 11.1 |
| 132 | White County | 10.8 |
| 133 | Bartow County | 10.7 |
| 133 | Douglas County | 10.7 |
| 135 | Morgan County | 10.6 |
| 136 | Monroe County | 10.5 |
| 137 | Catoosa County | 10.4 |
| 137 | Gwinnett County | 10.4 |
| 139 | Hall County | 10.1 |
| 140 | Walton County | 9.8 |
| 141 | Lee County | 9.7 |
| 142 | Banks County | 9.5 |
| 143 | Pickens County | 9.2 |
| 144 | Harris County | 8.8 |
| 145 | Cobb County | 8.7 |
| 146 | Barrow County | 8.6 |
| 147 | Pike County | 8.4 |
| 148 | Jackson County | 8.3 |
| 149 | Henry County | 8.2 |
| 150 | Dawson County | 8 |
| 151 | Effingham County | 7.8 |
| 152 | Bryan County | 7.5 |
| 153 | Coweta County | 7.3 |
| 154 | Cherokee County | 6.8 |
| 155 | Columbia County | 6.6 |
| 155 | Paulding County | 6.6 |
| 157 | Fayette County | 5.8 |
| 158 | Oconee County | 5.7 |
| 159 | Forsyth County | 4.5 |