Counties in Georgia by poverty rate
Calhoun County had the highest poverty rate of 159 counties in 2019, at 35.9%. Forsyth County had the lowest, at 4.5%. The median was 18.4% and the figure for Georgia was 13.5%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2019
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2019 (%) | Change on 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calhoun County | 35.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 2 | Stewart County | 34.7 | -3.2 pts |
| 3 | Wheeler County | 34.2 | -5.4 pts |
| 4 | Treutlen County | 31.6 | +5.3 pts |
| 5 | Hancock County | 31.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 6 | Mitchell County | 30.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 7 | Macon County | 29.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 7 | Wilcox County | 29.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 9 | Jenkins County | 29 | -2.8 pts |
| 10 | Clay County | 28.8 | -1 pts |
| 11 | Dooly County | 28.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 11 | Terrell County | 28.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 13 | Turner County | 28 | +0.1 pts |
| 14 | Telfair County | 27.7 | -4.2 pts |
| 15 | Dougherty County | 27.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 16 | Early County | 27.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 17 | Crisp County | 26.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 17 | Sumter County | 26.7 | +1 pts |
| 19 | Tattnall County | 26.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 19 | Warren County | 26.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 21 | Ware County | 26.3 | +2.7 pts |
| 22 | Charlton County | 25.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 23 | Clarke County | 25.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 24 | Randolph County | 25.3 | -5.5 pts |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 25.1 | +2.8 pts |
| 26 | Baker County | 24.8 | +1.9 pts |
| 27 | Johnson County | 24.2 | -5.8 pts |
| 28 | Evans County | 24.1 | -2.5 pts |
| 28 | Screven County | 24.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 30 | Laurens County | 23.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 31 | Burke County | 23.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 32 | Decatur County | 23.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 33 | Atkinson County | 23.2 | -2.9 pts |
| 33 | Bibb County | 23.2 | -1.5 pts |
| 35 | Candler County | 23.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 36 | Baldwin County | 22.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 36 | Taylor County | 22.9 | 0 pts |
| 38 | Ben Hill County | 22.8 | -3.4 pts |
| 38 | Quitman County | 22.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 40 | Seminole County | 22.6 | -2.8 pts |
| 41 | Taliaferro County | 22.5 | -2.1 pts |
| 42 | Meriwether County | 22.2 | -2.2 pts |
| 43 | Clinch County | 22 | -3.8 pts |
| 44 | Brooks County | 21.9 | -2.6 pts |
| 44 | Bulloch County | 21.9 | -1 pts |
| 44 | Colquitt County | 21.9 | -2 pts |
| 47 | Grady County | 21.7 | +1.7 pts |
| 47 | Richmond County | 21.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 49 | Echols County | 21.6 | -2.8 pts |
| 50 | Tift County | 21.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 51 | Cook County | 21.4 | -3.1 pts |
| 51 | Washington County | 21.4 | -4.5 pts |
| 53 | Miller County | 21.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 54 | Jeff Davis County | 21.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 55 | Marion County | 21.1 | -1.7 pts |
| 56 | Appling County | 20.9 | -1 pts |
| 56 | Emanuel County | 20.9 | -4.2 pts |
| 58 | Pulaski County | 20.7 | -3.2 pts |
| 59 | Dodge County | 20.6 | -5.9 pts |
| 59 | Elbert County | 20.6 | +2.1 pts |
| 61 | Irwin County | 20.5 | -3.8 pts |
| 62 | Lowndes County | 20.4 | -5.5 pts |
| 63 | Worth County | 20.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 64 | Coffee County | 20.2 | -3.7 pts |
| 65 | Berrien County | 20.1 | -1.7 pts |
| 66 | Peach County | 19.8 | -4.2 pts |
| 67 | Talbot County | 19.6 | -5.2 pts |
| 67 | Wilkes County | 19.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 69 | Montgomery County | 19.4 | -2.7 pts |
| 70 | Bacon County | 19.2 | -3.6 pts |
| 70 | Toombs County | 19.2 | -5.7 pts |
| 70 | Troup County | 19.2 | -1 pts |
| 73 | Upson County | 19.1 | -2.5 pts |
| 74 | Twiggs County | 19 | -2.3 pts |
| 75 | McIntosh County | 18.7 | -2.8 pts |
| 76 | Bleckley County | 18.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 76 | Chattahoochee County | 18.5 | +1.2 pts |
| 76 | Lanier County | 18.5 | -1.8 pts |
| 79 | Muscogee County | 18.4 | -1.7 pts |
| 79 | Wayne County | 18.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 79 | Webster County | 18.4 | -4.3 pts |
| 82 | McDuffie County | 18 | -1.9 pts |
| 82 | Thomas County | 18 | -2.2 pts |
| 84 | Spalding County | 17.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 85 | Chattooga County | 17.4 | -2.1 pts |
| 86 | Franklin County | 17.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 86 | Lincoln County | 17.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 88 | Wilkinson County | 17 | -6.3 pts |
| 89 | Glascock County | 16.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 90 | Heard County | 16.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 91 | Floyd County | 16.4 | -4.3 pts |
| 91 | Pierce County | 16.4 | -1.7 pts |
| 93 | Polk County | 16.2 | -5.6 pts |
| 94 | Brantley County | 16.1 | -2.2 pts |
| 95 | Clayton County | 16 | -1.6 pts |
| 96 | Schley County | 15.9 | -2.2 pts |
| 97 | Madison County | 15.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 98 | Glynn County | 15.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 99 | Crawford County | 15.3 | -3.2 pts |
| 100 | Habersham County | 15.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 101 | Putnam County | 15.1 | -1 pts |
| 102 | Greene County | 15 | -4.3 pts |
| 102 | Stephens County | 15 | -1.3 pts |
| 104 | Carroll County | 14.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 105 | Chatham County | 14.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 105 | Lamar County | 14.8 | -2.5 pts |
| 107 | Butts County | 14.7 | -5 pts |
| 107 | Walker County | 14.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 109 | Gilmer County | 14.6 | -2.8 pts |
| 109 | Hart County | 14.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 111 | Liberty County | 14.5 | -1.6 pts |
| 111 | Lumpkin County | 14.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 111 | Murray County | 14.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 114 | Haralson County | 14.4 | -1.5 pts |
| 115 | Long County | 14.2 | -2.6 pts |
| 116 | Camden County | 13.8 | -2 pts |
| 116 | Fulton County | 13.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 118 | Dade County | 13.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 118 | Hall County | 13.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 120 | Rabun County | 13 | -1.2 pts |
| 121 | DeKalb County | 12.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 122 | Banks County | 12.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 122 | Jones County | 12.8 | -1.7 pts |
| 122 | Oglethorpe County | 12.8 | -1 pts |
| 125 | Towns County | 12.7 | -3.3 pts |
| 125 | Whitfield County | 12.7 | -1.5 pts |
| 127 | Bartow County | 12.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 128 | Jasper County | 12.4 | -3 pts |
| 129 | Gordon County | 12.3 | -4.5 pts |
| 130 | Fannin County | 12.1 | -4.7 pts |
| 130 | Rockdale County | 12.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 132 | Union County | 11.6 | -2.2 pts |
| 133 | Newton County | 11.2 | -3.6 pts |
| 134 | Morgan County | 11.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 135 | Houston County | 11 | -1.1 pts |
| 136 | Douglas County | 10.9 | -1.7 pts |
| 136 | White County | 10.9 | -3.2 pts |
| 138 | Walton County | 10.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 139 | Monroe County | 10.6 | -2.4 pts |
| 140 | Jackson County | 10.3 | +1.6 pts |
| 140 | Pickens County | 10.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 142 | Catoosa County | 10 | -1.9 pts |
| 143 | Barrow County | 9.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 144 | Lee County | 9.3 | -3.1 pts |
| 145 | Gwinnett County | 9.2 | 0 pts |
| 146 | Effingham County | 9.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 147 | Coweta County | 9 | -1.2 pts |
| 148 | Dawson County | 8.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 149 | Pike County | 8.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 150 | Cobb County | 8.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 151 | Henry County | 8.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 152 | Bryan County | 7.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 153 | Paulding County | 6.8 | -1 pts |
| 154 | Cherokee County | 6.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 154 | Harris County | 6.5 | -2.2 pts |
| 156 | Columbia County | 5.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 156 | Oconee County | 5.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 158 | Fayette County | 5.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 159 | Forsyth County | 4.5 | -0.5 pts |
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About this ranking
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.
Absolute thresholds set by the US government, so not comparable with the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate.
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. 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/2019/2019-state-and-county/est19all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Questions
Which county has the highest poverty rate?
Calhoun County, with 35.9% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest poverty rate?
Forsyth County, with 4.5% in 2019.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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