# Counties in Georgia by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/georgia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Terrell County | 33.3 |
| 2 | Wheeler County | 32.7 |
| 3 | Taylor County | 32.1 |
| 4 | Hancock County | 30.6 |
| 5 | Randolph County | 30 |
| 6 | Stewart County | 26.4 |
| 7 | Baker County | 26.3 |
| 8 | Lanier County | 26.2 |
| 9 | Clinch County | 26.1 |
| 10 | Clarke County | 26.1 |
| 11 | Emanuel County | 25.7 |
| 12 | Brooks County | 25.4 |
| 13 | Talbot County | 25.2 |
| 14 | Ben Hill County | 25.2 |
| 15 | Macon County | 25.1 |
| 16 | Dougherty County | 25 |
| 17 | Atkinson County | 25 |
| 18 | Bibb County | 24.7 |
| 19 | Bacon County | 24.5 |
| 20 | Johnson County | 24.2 |
| 21 | Telfair County | 24.1 |
| 22 | Worth County | 24 |
| 23 | Miller County | 23.8 |
| 24 | Sumter County | 23.8 |
| 25 | Early County | 23.6 |
| 26 | Mitchell County | 23.4 |
| 27 | Tattnall County | 23.4 |
| 28 | Crisp County | 23.3 |
| 29 | Coffee County | 23.2 |
| 30 | Bulloch County | 23 |
| 31 | McIntosh County | 23 |
| 32 | Colquitt County | 22.9 |
| 33 | Jenkins County | 22.9 |
| 34 | Calhoun County | 22.8 |
| 35 | Laurens County | 22.6 |
| 36 | Toombs County | 22.5 |
| 37 | Appling County | 22.5 |
| 38 | Irwin County | 22.4 |
| 39 | Webster County | 22.3 |
| 40 | Decatur County | 22 |
| 41 | Wilcox County | 21.9 |
| 42 | Jeff Davis County | 21.8 |
| 43 | Baldwin County | 21.7 |
| 44 | Wilkinson County | 21.6 |
| 45 | Dodge County | 21.6 |
| 46 | Ware County | 21.5 |
| 47 | Warren County | 21.5 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 21.3 |
| 49 | Chattooga County | 21.2 |
| 50 | Clay County | 21 |
| 51 | Marion County | 20.9 |
| 52 | Tift County | 20.8 |
| 53 | Berrien County | 20.6 |
| 54 | Montgomery County | 20.6 |
| 55 | Taliaferro County | 20.4 |
| 56 | McDuffie County | 20.3 |
| 57 | Grady County | 20.3 |
| 58 | Turner County | 20.3 |
| 59 | Seminole County | 20.1 |
| 60 | Richmond County | 20 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 19.5 |
| 62 | Upson County | 19.3 |
| 63 | Bleckley County | 19.3 |
| 64 | Lowndes County | 19.2 |
| 65 | Evans County | 19.2 |
| 66 | Muscogee County | 19.1 |
| 67 | Spalding County | 18.9 |
| 68 | Meriwether County | 18.9 |
| 69 | Burke County | 18.3 |
| 70 | Twiggs County | 18.2 |
| 71 | Charlton County | 18.1 |
| 72 | Elbert County | 18 |
| 73 | Clayton County | 18 |
| 73 | Thomas County | 18 |
| 75 | Heard County | 17.9 |
| 76 | Wilkes County | 17.8 |
| 77 | Cook County | 17.7 |
| 78 | Putnam County | 17.7 |
| 79 | Long County | 17.4 |
| 80 | Peach County | 17.3 |
| 81 | Madison County | 17.2 |
| 82 | Screven County | 17.2 |
| 83 | Washington County | 17.2 |
| 84 | Brantley County | 17.1 |
| 85 | Lincoln County | 17 |
| 86 | Jefferson County | 16.9 |
| 87 | Troup County | 16.9 |
| 88 | Pulaski County | 16.5 |
| 89 | Polk County | 16.4 |
| 90 | Candler County | 16.3 |
| 91 | Glynn County | 16.1 |
| 92 | Floyd County | 16 |
| 93 | Gilmer County | 16 |
| 93 | Jasper County | 16 |
| 95 | Stephens County | 15.8 |
| 96 | Dooly County | 15.7 |
| 97 | Quitman County | 15.7 |
| 98 | Carroll County | 15.4 |
| 99 | Haralson County | 15.4 |
| 100 | Liberty County | 15.3 |
| 101 | Whitfield County | 14.8 |
| 102 | Murray County | 14.4 |
| 103 | Chatham County | 14.3 |
| 104 | Echols County | 14.2 |
| 105 | Lumpkin County | 14.2 |
| 106 | Habersham County | 14.1 |
| 107 | Chattahoochee County | 14 |
| 108 | Schley County | 13.9 |
| 109 | Pierce County | 13.8 |
| 110 | Treutlen County | 13.8 |
| 111 | Fannin County | 13.7 |
| 112 | DeKalb County | 13.7 |
| 113 | Towns County | 13.3 |
| 113 | Walker County | 13.3 |
| 115 | Rabun County | 13.1 |
| 116 | Camden County | 12.9 |
| 117 | Glascock County | 12.6 |
| 118 | White County | 12.4 |
| 119 | Fulton County | 12.3 |
| 120 | Monroe County | 12.3 |
| 121 | Newton County | 12.3 |
| 122 | Jones County | 12.1 |
| 123 | Gordon County | 12 |
| 123 | Pickens County | 12 |
| 125 | Walton County | 11.9 |
| 126 | Hart County | 11.9 |
| 127 | Hall County | 11.8 |
| 128 | Crawford County | 11.6 |
| 128 | Oglethorpe County | 11.6 |
| 130 | Banks County | 11.3 |
| 131 | Houston County | 11.1 |
| 132 | Union County | 10.9 |
| 133 | Douglas County | 10.9 |
| 134 | Gwinnett County | 10.8 |
| 135 | Rockdale County | 10.8 |
| 136 | Butts County | 10.4 |
| 137 | Bartow County | 10.3 |
| 138 | Catoosa County | 9.9 |
| 139 | Greene County | 9.8 |
| 140 | Lamar County | 9.6 |
| 141 | Barrow County | 9.6 |
| 142 | Pike County | 9.3 |
| 143 | Henry County | 9.2 |
| 144 | Harris County | 9 |
| 145 | Morgan County | 8.8 |
| 146 | Cobb County | 8.7 |
| 147 | Dawson County | 8.5 |
| 148 | Dade County | 8.2 |
| 149 | Columbia County | 7.5 |
| 150 | Coweta County | 7.4 |
| 151 | Jackson County | 7.3 |
| 152 | Cherokee County | 7 |
| 153 | Effingham County | 6.8 |
| 154 | Bryan County | 6.7 |
| 155 | Paulding County | 6.7 |
| 156 | Oconee County | 6.2 |
| 157 | Lee County | 5.7 |
| 158 | Fayette County | 5.6 |
| 159 | Forsyth County | 4.3 |