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Child Poverty in
Georgia

Georgia's child poverty rate is 18.8% across 159 counties, meaning 470K children under 18 live in households below the federal poverty line. Use the interactive map below to see how poverty varies within the state.

18.8%

Child poverty rate (0–17)

470K

Children in poverty

13.7%

All-ages poverty

$74,521

Median income

Georgia by county

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Toggle between five SAIPE metrics to see how poverty varies within Georgia. Hover a county for its exact rate.

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Georgia at a glance

Children in poverty

470K

Ages 0–17

Child poverty rate

18.8%

Ages 0–17

5–17 poverty rate

18.0%

Title I allocator

All-ages poverty

13.7%

Entire population

Concentration

1.37×

Child ÷ all-ages

Median income

$74,521

Inflation-adjusted

County-level hotspots

Five-county rankings across 159 counties in Georgia.

Highest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Talbot County 45.1%
  2. 2 Sumter County 44.7%
  3. 3 Hancock County 44.1%
  4. 4 Telfair County 42.2%
  5. 5 Macon County 41.9%

Lowest child poverty

Ages 0–17, rate

  1. 1 Forsyth County 5.3%
  2. 2 Oconee County 6.5%
  3. 3 Cherokee County 7.4%
  4. 4 Columbia County 8.1%
  5. 5 Fayette County 8.1%

Most children in poverty

Absolute count, ages 0–17

  1. 1 Gwinnett County 38K
  2. 2 Fulton County 37K
  3. 3 DeKalb County 31K
  4. 4 Cobb County 21K
  5. 5 Clayton County 21K

Every county in Georgia

All 159 counties across the five SAIPE metrics plus median income.

County Children 0–17 Ages 5–17 All ages Concentration Child count Median income
Appling County 33.5% 33.2% 21.1% 1.59× 1,483 $51,054
Atkinson County 34.3% 33.7% 22.4% 1.53× 701 $44,890
Bacon County 31.1% 29.8% 22.9% 1.36× 855 $48,915
Baker County 39.1% 39.8% 26.2% 1.49× 192 $47,850
Baldwin County 29.2% 27.1% 21.4% 1.36× 2,297 $51,206
Banks County 16.6% 16.0% 12.2% 1.36× 693 $70,067
Barrow County 15.5% 14.7% 11.2% 1.38× 3,526 $72,075
Bartow County 13.4% 13.4% 9.7% 1.38× 3,472 $78,771
Ben Hill County 35.2% 34.3% 24.4% 1.44× 1,454 $40,325
Berrien County 27.9% 27.1% 18.8% 1.48× 1,184 $50,581
Bibb County 32.0% 31.6% 22.1% 1.45× 12,012 $51,569
Bleckley County 26.8% 27.0% 18.2% 1.47× 674 $58,877
Brantley County 25.8% 25.8% 17.8% 1.45× 1,069 $57,325
Brooks County 35.5% 34.1% 22.8% 1.56× 1,171 $46,796
Bryan County 9.4% 8.9% 8.2% 1.15× 1,320 $97,746
Bulloch County 22.7% 20.9% 23.7% 0.96× 3,770 $54,787
Burke County 31.0% 29.2% 21.2% 1.46× 1,815 $51,388
Butts County 20.4% 20.4% 15.5% 1.32× 1,102 $59,622
Calhoun County 40.3% 40.8% 35.5% 1.14× 325 $41,260
Camden County 14.3% 14.9% 11.6% 1.23× 1,951 $72,185
Candler County 31.4% 30.3% 21.5% 1.46× 900 $49,332
Carroll County 18.0% 17.3% 14.3% 1.26× 5,310 $71,083
Catoosa County 14.8% 14.3% 10.7% 1.38× 2,167 $70,315
Charlton County 29.4% 26.5% 26.2% 1.12× 656 $52,191
Chatham County 21.8% 20.8% 15.2% 1.43× 13,244 $70,556
Chattahoochee County 16.7% 18.4% 16.3% 1.02× 324 $57,550
Chattooga County 29.3% 28.4% 20.7% 1.42× 1,581 $51,225
Cherokee County 7.4% 6.6% 6.6% 1.12× 4,627 $104,220
Clarke County 24.8% 24.5% 24.1% 1.03× 5,261 $54,550
Clay County 39.0% 38.9% 26.4% 1.48× 217 $37,858
Clayton County 26.6% 26.1% 17.3% 1.54× 20,567 $57,974
Clinch County 28.4% 28.4% 23.3% 1.22× 478 $45,718
Cobb County 12.1% 11.5% 8.8% 1.37× 20,620 $99,134
Coffee County 30.3% 30.6% 22.5% 1.35× 3,196 $49,804
Colquitt County 35.4% 32.6% 23.4% 1.51× 4,110 $47,821
Columbia County 8.1% 7.7% 6.8% 1.19× 3,264 $97,031
Cook County 29.0% 27.9% 19.9% 1.46× 1,280 $50,258
Coweta County 12.3% 11.9% 9.9% 1.24× 4,313 $93,326
Crawford County 24.7% 22.6% 15.8% 1.56× 599 $61,519
Crisp County 39.7% 37.0% 26.0% 1.53× 1,778 $43,174
Dade County 16.4% 15.8% 14.1% 1.16× 508 $58,644
Dawson County 11.6% 11.9% 8.0% 1.45× 730 $89,330
Decatur County 30.5% 30.0% 22.3% 1.37× 2,108 $50,452
DeKalb County 18.2% 18.4% 13.3% 1.37× 30,598 $77,722
Dodge County 29.8% 28.2% 23.5% 1.27× 1,053 $46,462
Dooly County 31.6% 33.4% 22.5% 1.40× 522 $50,396
Dougherty County 36.9% 36.3% 26.4% 1.40× 7,273 $45,863
Douglas County 17.9% 17.0% 11.9% 1.50× 6,612 $79,672
Early County 38.3% 36.8% 25.5% 1.50× 976 $43,444
Echols County 31.6% 30.5% 21.6% 1.46× 300 $50,311
Effingham County 10.4% 10.4% 8.5% 1.22× 1,927 $83,900
Elbert County 26.5% 25.9% 18.0% 1.47× 1,165 $50,367
Emanuel County 34.3% 33.7% 26.1% 1.31× 1,914 $46,017
Evans County 34.6% 29.5% 23.7% 1.46× 894 $50,831
Fannin County 23.2% 22.3% 13.9% 1.67× 917 $60,037
Fayette County 8.1% 7.4% 5.8% 1.40× 2,189 $108,579
Floyd County 26.4% 25.1% 17.0% 1.55× 5,853 $61,058
Forsyth County 5.3% 4.7% 5.1% 1.04× 3,586 $136,347
Franklin County 23.8% 23.2% 16.9% 1.41× 1,280 $53,221
Fulton County 17.0% 15.9% 13.0% 1.31× 37,304 $94,510
Gilmer County 21.3% 20.9% 13.6% 1.57× 1,235 $62,317
Glascock County 20.3% 18.9% 15.7% 1.29× 127 $54,862
Glynn County 22.0% 22.4% 15.7% 1.40× 3,820 $70,067
Gordon County 16.5% 16.0% 12.9% 1.28× 2,208 $64,795
Grady County 28.2% 26.4% 19.7% 1.43× 1,771 $52,456
Greene County 26.0% 25.1% 14.1% 1.84× 894 $79,890
Gwinnett County 15.3% 14.1% 11.4% 1.34× 38,137 $84,076
Habersham County 16.9% 15.7% 13.5% 1.25× 1,762 $71,753
Hall County 14.2% 13.6% 11.0% 1.29× 7,091 $78,309
Hancock County 44.1% 42.1% 30.3% 1.46× 546 $40,099
Haralson County 23.2% 19.9% 16.3% 1.42× 1,769 $59,384
Harris County 10.7% 10.3% 8.6% 1.24× 819 $91,977
Hart County 21.1% 21.2% 14.9% 1.42× 1,150 $53,100
Heard County 24.1% 22.5% 16.5% 1.46× 652 $57,670
Henry County 16.0% 14.7% 10.3% 1.55× 10,022 $80,908
Houston County 17.8% 16.6% 12.8% 1.39× 7,648 $75,266
Irwin County 29.9% 29.7% 19.4% 1.54× 623 $52,918
Jackson County 9.6% 9.5% 8.3% 1.16× 2,095 $84,439
Jasper County 21.2% 20.6% 14.8% 1.43× 815 $67,681
Jeff Davis County 27.6% 26.6% 19.7% 1.40× 1,018 $47,635
Jefferson County 32.7% 32.5% 22.5% 1.45× 1,118 $45,829
Jenkins County 36.2% 35.1% 28.9% 1.25× 608 $42,539
Johnson County 31.5% 31.1% 26.2% 1.20× 501 $51,602
Jones County 17.8% 17.7% 12.7% 1.40× 1,147 $65,524
Lamar County 19.9% 19.7% 14.2% 1.40× 855 $63,622
Lanier County 26.9% 26.6% 17.5% 1.54× 649 $54,586
Laurens County 29.3% 27.0% 19.2% 1.53× 3,565 $56,867
Lee County 13.8% 13.3% 9.0% 1.53× 1,159 $80,806
Liberty County 21.7% 23.9% 16.2% 1.34× 4,070 $57,699
Lincoln County 23.2% 24.1% 15.1% 1.54× 350 $58,502
Long County 20.9% 21.1% 15.1% 1.38× 1,130 $63,146
Lowndes County 23.1% 22.6% 19.5% 1.18× 6,742 $54,984
Lumpkin County 18.0% 16.4% 15.1% 1.19× 1,023 $72,676
Macon County 41.9% 41.5% 31.6% 1.33× 865 $41,895
Madison County 17.0% 15.1% 13.0% 1.31× 1,256 $65,296
Marion County 40.1% 35.2% 24.2% 1.66× 594 $51,270
McDuffie County 29.9% 28.7% 19.1% 1.57× 1,579 $53,389
McIntosh County 31.9% 33.9% 18.7% 1.71× 559 $56,573
Meriwether County 27.9% 27.9% 15.9% 1.75× 1,198 $54,428
Miller County 30.9% 28.7% 21.1% 1.46× 409 $50,799
Mitchell County 33.5% 33.1% 23.8% 1.41× 1,599 $48,774
Monroe County 15.6% 15.1% 11.7% 1.33× 978 $80,692
Montgomery County 28.7% 28.8% 20.7% 1.39× 511 $53,248
Morgan County 16.3% 15.9% 11.2% 1.46× 763 $69,090
Murray County 19.8% 18.9% 14.4% 1.38× 1,872 $63,836
Muscogee County 25.7% 25.2% 20.7% 1.24× 12,641 $52,492
Newton County 18.3% 18.1% 11.8% 1.55× 5,383 $76,151
Oconee County 6.5% 6.0% 7.5% 0.87× 729 $114,230
Oglethorpe County 19.7% 19.3% 13.1% 1.50× 656 $67,249
Paulding County 10.7% 10.3% 7.7% 1.39× 4,880 $93,773
Peach County 25.3% 24.3% 17.3% 1.46× 1,494 $68,464
Pickens County 16.3% 15.4% 10.1% 1.61× 1,069 $78,032
Pierce County 21.6% 20.6% 16.2% 1.33× 1,073 $56,330
Pike County 12.4% 12.2% 11.2% 1.11× 578 $80,652
Polk County 23.1% 22.9% 17.3% 1.34× 2,499 $56,271
Pulaski County 31.9% 33.6% 23.0% 1.39× 570 $46,123
Putnam County 25.4% 25.1% 15.6% 1.63× 1,116 $59,068
Quitman County 40.6% 40.8% 23.7% 1.71× 172 $42,480
Rabun County 22.3% 23.4% 13.0% 1.72× 606 $60,085
Randolph County 40.8% 36.6% 26.7% 1.53× 503 $39,926
Richmond County 32.0% 30.6% 22.2% 1.44× 14,608 $52,073
Rockdale County 18.8% 18.5% 13.0% 1.45× 4,156 $76,081
Schley County 21.7% 21.8% 15.3% 1.42× 222 $60,750
Screven County 32.3% 33.0% 22.5% 1.44× 949 $49,034
Seminole County 34.1% 33.6% 22.3% 1.53× 593 $49,423
Spalding County 27.8% 27.7% 16.3% 1.71× 4,449 $56,834
Stephens County 22.1% 20.9% 15.6% 1.42× 1,290 $50,685
Stewart County 37.2% 40.3% 32.5% 1.14× 223 $41,227
Sumter County 44.7% 49.9% 26.3% 1.70× 2,868 $43,835
Talbot County 45.1% 49.1% 27.3% 1.65× 414 $41,656
Taliaferro County 39.7% 39.4% 24.5% 1.62× 116 $46,469
Tattnall County 31.2% 29.8% 25.7% 1.21× 1,513 $48,998
Taylor County 39.2% 38.2% 26.6% 1.47× 569 $44,708
Telfair County 42.2% 45.4% 30.1% 1.40× 796 $42,203
Terrell County 40.9% 38.1% 28.1% 1.46× 761 $45,616
Thomas County 24.9% 24.9% 18.4% 1.35× 2,617 $54,989
Tift County 27.3% 26.2% 19.2% 1.42× 2,755 $53,295
Toombs County 33.3% 33.5% 22.8% 1.46× 2,349 $48,866
Towns County 18.5% 18.5% 11.6% 1.59× 313 $60,563
Treutlen County 33.3% 31.8% 24.0% 1.39× 459 $45,699
Troup County 27.9% 26.8% 18.1% 1.54× 4,724 $60,839
Turner County 37.1% 33.9% 23.9% 1.55× 820 $42,769
Twiggs County 30.9% 30.9% 21.3% 1.45× 441 $50,700
Union County 18.7% 18.0% 10.7% 1.75× 749 $65,505
Upson County 26.4% 25.1% 17.5% 1.51× 1,672 $54,439
Walker County 20.1% 18.3% 15.1% 1.33× 2,904 $58,363
Walton County 13.9% 13.4% 10.1% 1.38× 3,440 $79,829
Ware County 29.5% 29.5% 19.9% 1.48× 2,613 $40,901
Warren County 39.4% 39.0% 24.2% 1.63× 406 $48,308
Washington County 29.5% 29.5% 21.6% 1.37× 1,226 $48,809
Wayne County 27.1% 24.2% 19.7% 1.38× 2,033 $55,797
Webster County 35.0% 32.5% 20.7% 1.69× 138 $45,036
Wheeler County 36.6% 37.2% 36.3% 1.01× 414 $41,163
White County 15.4% 15.0% 10.8% 1.43× 838 $66,962
Whitfield County 22.2% 21.7% 15.5% 1.43× 5,552 $63,111
Wilcox County 34.0% 31.2% 28.4% 1.20× 542 $45,726
Wilkes County 32.3% 32.4% 17.8% 1.81× 618 $48,635
Wilkinson County 33.0% 33.9% 20.6% 1.60× 627 $51,498
Worth County 31.3% 30.4% 21.4% 1.46× 1,363 $50,830

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