Counties in Georgia by poverty rate
Calhoun County had the highest poverty rate of 159 counties in 2022, at 33.9%. Forsyth County had the lowest, at 4.1%. The median was 17% and the figure for Georgia was 12.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calhoun County | 33.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 2 | Wheeler County | 31.1 | -2.1 pts |
| 3 | Telfair County | 30.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 4 | Terrell County | 29.2 | +2.6 pts |
| 5 | Jenkins County | 27.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 6 | Dougherty County | 27.7 | +1.6 pts |
| 7 | Randolph County | 27.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 8 | Johnson County | 27.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 9 | Ben Hill County | 26.8 | +4.7 pts |
| 10 | Clarke County | 26.5 | +5 pts |
| 10 | Hancock County | 26.5 | -4 pts |
| 12 | Wilcox County | 26.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 13 | Stewart County | 25.9 | -5.5 pts |
| 14 | Brooks County | 25.5 | +2 pts |
| 14 | Turner County | 25.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 16 | Clay County | 25.1 | +0.8 pts |
| 16 | Crisp County | 25.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 18 | Dodge County | 24.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 19 | Baldwin County | 24.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 20 | Bulloch County | 23.8 | +2.5 pts |
| 20 | Macon County | 23.8 | -6.5 pts |
| 22 | Dooly County | 23.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 22 | Early County | 23.7 | -2.4 pts |
| 22 | Jefferson County | 23.7 | +3.4 pts |
| 25 | Tattnall County | 23.5 | -4.5 pts |
| 26 | Warren County | 23.4 | -2.2 pts |
| 27 | Seminole County | 23.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 28 | Bacon County | 22.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 28 | Charlton County | 22.9 | -1.7 pts |
| 28 | Miller County | 22.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 31 | Mitchell County | 22.7 | -2 pts |
| 32 | Colquitt County | 22.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 32 | Decatur County | 22.6 | -1.2 pts |
| 34 | Bibb County | 22.5 | -2 pts |
| 34 | Taylor County | 22.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 36 | Quitman County | 22.3 | -2.2 pts |
| 36 | Sumter County | 22.3 | -5.6 pts |
| 38 | Worth County | 22.2 | +1.6 pts |
| 39 | Washington County | 22 | -0.6 pts |
| 40 | Berrien County | 21.9 | +4.7 pts |
| 41 | Burke County | 21.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 42 | Treutlen County | 21.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 43 | Baker County | 21.6 | -4.3 pts |
| 43 | Evans County | 21.6 | -2.3 pts |
| 43 | Grady County | 21.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 46 | Clinch County | 21.5 | -2.4 pts |
| 47 | Laurens County | 21.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 48 | Twiggs County | 21.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 49 | Atkinson County | 21.1 | -2.7 pts |
| 49 | Echols County | 21.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 49 | Toombs County | 21.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 52 | Upson County | 20.9 | +2.1 pts |
| 53 | Emanuel County | 20.8 | -3.3 pts |
| 53 | Talbot County | 20.8 | -2.5 pts |
| 55 | Cook County | 20.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 56 | Appling County | 20.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 57 | Jeff Davis County | 20.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 57 | Montgomery County | 20.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 59 | Taliaferro County | 20 | -3 pts |
| 60 | Coffee County | 19.9 | -6.1 pts |
| 61 | Thomas County | 19.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 62 | Pulaski County | 19.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 63 | Marion County | 19.4 | -1.9 pts |
| 64 | Spalding County | 19.3 | -2 pts |
| 65 | Lanier County | 19.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 66 | Irwin County | 19.1 | -2.3 pts |
| 67 | Screven County | 18.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 68 | Wilkes County | 18.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 69 | Candler County | 18.5 | -3.5 pts |
| 70 | Peach County | 18.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 70 | Richmond County | 18.4 | -3 pts |
| 72 | Chattooga County | 18.1 | -2.1 pts |
| 72 | Webster County | 18.1 | -2.3 pts |
| 74 | Muscogee County | 17.8 | -2.6 pts |
| 74 | Troup County | 17.8 | +2.2 pts |
| 74 | Wayne County | 17.8 | -6.9 pts |
| 77 | McDuffie County | 17.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 78 | Ware County | 17.6 | -6.7 pts |
| 79 | McIntosh County | 17 | -4.4 pts |
| 79 | Wilkinson County | 17 | -4.2 pts |
| 81 | Crawford County | 16.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 82 | Pierce County | 16.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 83 | Meriwether County | 16.6 | -5.1 pts |
| 83 | Tift County | 16.6 | -4.8 pts |
| 85 | Bleckley County | 16.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 86 | Brantley County | 16.2 | -2.2 pts |
| 86 | Elbert County | 16.2 | -3 pts |
| 88 | Franklin County | 16 | -0.5 pts |
| 89 | Chatham County | 15.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 90 | Chattahoochee County | 15.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 91 | Lincoln County | 15.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 91 | Lowndes County | 15.4 | -9 pts |
| 91 | Schley County | 15.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 94 | Floyd County | 15.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 94 | Haralson County | 15.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 96 | Heard County | 14.9 | -2.3 pts |
| 96 | Polk County | 14.9 | -2.8 pts |
| 98 | Walker County | 14.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 99 | Clayton County | 14.6 | -4.3 pts |
| 100 | Liberty County | 14.4 | -3.7 pts |
| 101 | Hart County | 14.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 101 | Long County | 14.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 103 | Gilmer County | 14 | 0 pts |
| 104 | Glascock County | 13.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 105 | Habersham County | 13.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 106 | Glynn County | 13.7 | -2.8 pts |
| 106 | Stephens County | 13.7 | -3 pts |
| 108 | Greene County | 13.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 109 | DeKalb County | 13.5 | -1 pts |
| 110 | Murray County | 13.3 | -2.4 pts |
| 110 | Putnam County | 13.3 | -2.9 pts |
| 112 | Butts County | 13.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 112 | Carroll County | 13.2 | -3.1 pts |
| 114 | Lamar County | 13 | -1.1 pts |
| 115 | Jasper County | 12.9 | -1.8 pts |
| 115 | Towns County | 12.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 115 | Whitfield County | 12.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 118 | Fulton County | 12.7 | -1 pts |
| 118 | Oglethorpe County | 12.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 118 | Rabun County | 12.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 121 | Camden County | 12.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 122 | Newton County | 12.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 123 | Madison County | 12.2 | -2.9 pts |
| 124 | Banks County | 12.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 124 | Lumpkin County | 12.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 124 | White County | 12.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 127 | Hall County | 11.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 128 | Gordon County | 11.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 128 | Jones County | 11.5 | -1 pts |
| 130 | Fannin County | 11.4 | -1.8 pts |
| 130 | Monroe County | 11.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 132 | Dade County | 11.3 | 0 pts |
| 132 | Walton County | 11.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 134 | Morgan County | 11.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 134 | Rockdale County | 11.2 | -2.4 pts |
| 136 | Catoosa County | 11 | -0.6 pts |
| 137 | Houston County | 10.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 137 | Pickens County | 10.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 139 | Bartow County | 10.3 | -1.3 pts |
| 139 | Lee County | 10.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 139 | Union County | 10.3 | -1.7 pts |
| 142 | Douglas County | 10.2 | -2.6 pts |
| 143 | Barrow County | 9.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 144 | Harris County | 9 | +0.8 pts |
| 145 | Gwinnett County | 8.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 146 | Pike County | 8.7 | -1 pts |
| 147 | Effingham County | 8.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 148 | Bryan County | 8 | -0.1 pts |
| 148 | Cobb County | 8 | -1.6 pts |
| 148 | Dawson County | 8 | -1 pts |
| 148 | Henry County | 8 | -1.5 pts |
| 152 | Paulding County | 7.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 153 | Coweta County | 7.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 154 | Jackson County | 7.3 | -4.6 pts |
| 155 | Columbia County | 7 | -0.3 pts |
| 156 | Oconee County | 6 | 0 pts |
| 157 | Fayette County | 5.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 158 | Cherokee County | 5.6 | -1.4 pts |
| 159 | Forsyth County | 4.1 | -1.2 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/2022/2022-state-and-county/est22all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Questions
Which county has the highest poverty rate?
Calhoun County, with 33.9% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest poverty rate?
Forsyth County, with 4.1% 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, 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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