Highest poverty rate in Georgia

Georgia counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Georgia by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Terrell County leads at 33.0%.

Among cities & places, Aldora leads at 100.0%.

Counties

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Terrell County	33.0%
2	Hancock County	31.5%
3	Telfair County	31.0%
4	Baker County	29.4%
5	Taylor County	29.4%
6	Stewart County	27.8%
7	Lanier County	27.7%
8	Randolph County	26.8%
9	Jeff Davis County	26.6%
10	Dougherty County	26.4%
11	Webster County	26.4%
12	Clarke County	25.9%
13	Ben Hill County	25.7%
14	Mitchell County	25.5%
15	Macon County	25.5%
16	Brooks County	25.4%
17	Atkinson County	25.0%
18	Treutlen County	25.0%
19	Bibb County	24.8%
20	Decatur County	24.8%
21	Emanuel County	24.7%
22	Crisp County	24.1%
23	Miller County	24.1%
24	Colquitt County	23.9%
25	Appling County	23.8%
26	Jenkins County	23.6%
27	Wilcox County	23.1%
28	Clay County	23.0%
29	Clinch County	22.9%
30	Ware County	22.8%
31	Tattnall County	22.7%
32	Calhoun County	22.7%
33	Sumter County	22.7%
34	Charlton County	22.5%
35	Bulloch County	22.5%
36	Laurens County	22.4%
37	McIntosh County	22.4%
38	Dodge County	22.2%
39	Berrien County	22.1%
40	Baldwin County	22.0%
41	Warren County	21.8%
42	Talbot County	21.6%
43	Turner County	21.6%
44	Wheeler County	21.5%
45	Taliaferro County	21.4%
46	Upson County	21.3%
47	Richmond County	21.1%
48	Early County	21.1%
49	Tift County	20.9%
50	Bacon County	20.9%
51	Elbert County	20.6%
52	Grady County	20.6%
53	Wayne County	20.5%
54	Bleckley County	20.5%
55	Cook County	20.5%
56	Franklin County	20.4%
57	Lowndes County	20.3%
58	Wilkinson County	20.3%
59	Worth County	20.2%
60	Chattooga County	20.1%
61	Coffee County	19.8%
62	Dooly County	19.7%
63	Toombs County	19.7%
64	Meriwether County	19.7%
65	Polk County	19.4%
66	Burke County	19.2%
67	McDuffie County	19.0%
68	Seminole County	19.0%
69	Madison County	18.9%
70	Muscogee County	18.8%
71	Jefferson County	18.8%
72	Spalding County	18.7%
73	Heard County	18.7%
74	Putnam County	18.6%
75	Troup County	18.5%
76	Evans County	18.4%
77	Pulaski County	18.3%
78	Lincoln County	18.1%
79	Irwin County	18.1%
80	Screven County	18.1%
81	Thomas County	17.9%
82	Peach County	17.7%
83	Johnson County	17.5%
84	Candler County	17.5%
85	Wilkes County	17.0%
86	Brantley County	16.9%
87	Marion County	16.9%
88	Clayton County	16.8%
89	Floyd County	16.8%
90	Montgomery County	16.4%
91	Glynn County	16.3%
92	Chattahoochee County	16.2%
93	Long County	16.0%
94	Lumpkin County	15.7%
95	Carroll County	15.6%
96	Washington County	15.5%
97	Quitman County	15.5%
98	Haralson County	15.1%
99	Camden County	15.0%
100	Twiggs County	14.9%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Aldora	100.0%
2	Coleman	100.0%
3	Glenn	100.0%
4	Gough	89.3%
5	Eulonia	74.9%
6	Argyle	72.6%
7	Graham	64.6%
8	Siloam	60.8%
9	Phillipsburg	60.0%
10	Rest Haven	58.8%
11	Offerman	56.9%
12	Lexington	55.5%
13	Sparta	54.5%
14	Attapulgus	54.0%
15	Du Pont	53.6%
16	Stillmore	52.8%
17	Warthen	52.7%
18	Moody AFB	52.5%
19	Box Springs	51.9%
20	Faceville	51.6%
21	Remerton	51.5%
22	Ideal	51.5%
23	Dawson	51.1%
24	The Rock	50.0%
25	Enigma	49.9%
26	Meigs	49.6%
27	Butler	49.4%
28	Newton	48.3%
29	Ambrose	48.1%
30	Hickox	47.7%
31	Roberta	45.2%
32	Camilla	45.0%
33	Marshallville	44.7%
34	Milan	44.5%
35	Talbotton	44.2%
36	Lakeland	43.9%
37	Midville	43.4%
38	Lakeview Estates	43.1%
39	Experiment	42.9%
40	Broxton	42.4%
41	De Soto	42.4%
42	Rayle	42.0%
43	Canon	41.5%
44	Milledgeville	41.3%
45	Colquitt	41.2%
46	Abbeville	41.2%
47	Blairsville	40.3%
48	Nicholls	39.5%
49	Monroe	38.7%
50	Vidette	38.6%
51	Waynesville	38.5%
52	Quitman	38.5%
53	Sunnyside	38.5%
54	Pearson	38.2%
55	Dooling	37.8%
56	McRae-Helena	37.7%
57	Pinehurst	37.3%
58	Statesboro	37.2%
59	Lake Park	37.0%
60	Edison	36.7%
61	Kite	36.7%
62	Lone Oak	36.4%
63	Soperton	36.4%
64	Chester	36.2%
65	Dixie	35.5%
66	Cedartown	35.5%
67	Omega	35.4%
68	Ranger	35.4%
69	Satilla	35.3%
70	Dublin	35.1%
71	Screven	35.1%
72	Elberton	35.0%
73	Fort Gaines	35.0%
74	Claxton	34.9%
75	Bowman	34.8%
76	Norwood	34.5%
77	Waycross	34.4%
78	Dahlonega	34.3%
79	Leslie	34.3%
80	Cordele	34.3%
81	Cuthbert	34.2%
82	Thomaston	34.2%
83	Empire	33.8%
84	Henderson	33.5%
85	Matthews	33.3%
86	Folkston	33.2%
87	Barwick	33.1%
88	Conley	32.9%
89	Cecil	32.8%
90	Cadwell	32.7%
91	Waynesboro	32.6%
92	Shellman	32.3%
93	Sharon	32.1%
94	East Dublin	32.0%
95	Lavonia	31.9%
96	Millen	31.8%
97	East Griffin	31.7%
98	Mineral Bluff	31.6%
99	Ivey	31.6%
100	Jonesboro	31.5%

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