PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report
SNAP Benefits in
Georgia
Georgia had an overall SNAP participation rate of 12.3% across 159 counties, with a coverage gap of 57.0% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
12.3%
SNAP participation
57.0%
Poverty coverage gap
493K
SNAP households
$74,664
Median income
Georgia by county
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Georgia at a glance
SNAP households
493K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
12.3%
All households
Poverty coverage
43.0%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
37.6%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
45.4%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
57.0%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 159 counties in Georgia.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Oconee 87.5%
- 2 Forsyth 84.1%
- 3 Pike 80.4%
- 4 Cherokee 80.3%
- 5 Pulaski 80.1%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Randolph 79.6%
- 2 Webster 76.1%
- 3 Clay 73.7%
- 4 Washington 72.5%
- 5 Calhoun 72.4%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Randolph 41.4%
- 2 Calhoun 33.9%
- 3 Stewart 33.6%
- 4 Turner 32.1%
- 5 Terrell 30.9%
Every county in Georgia
All 159 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | 20.4% | 51.2% | 48.8% | 39.3% | 42.2% | 46.9% | $43,728 |
| Atkinson | 23.5% | 57.5% | 42.5% | 30.6% | 46.6% | 44.6% | $38,438 |
| Bacon | 20.0% | 47.9% | 52.1% | 28.6% | 50.4% | 45.9% | $50,310 |
| Baker | 17.0% | 24.2% | 75.8% | 50.8% | 41.3% | 59.3% | $44,405 |
| Baldwin | 15.4% | 36.0% | 64.0% | 33.0% | 44.2% | 50.5% | $55,413 |
| Banks | 8.8% | 27.2% | 72.8% | 46.1% | 51.6% | 57.4% | $68,830 |
| Barrow | 10.1% | 38.5% | 61.5% | 36.0% | 46.8% | 58.8% | $77,477 |
| Bartow | 8.0% | 25.8% | 74.2% | 33.1% | 42.7% | 65.2% | $79,431 |
| Ben Hill | 21.9% | 46.6% | 53.4% | 24.5% | 34.8% | 42.7% | $39,081 |
| Berrien | 22.1% | 45.8% | 54.2% | 41.6% | 42.1% | 53.3% | $50,414 |
| Bibb | 22.1% | 58.4% | 41.6% | 38.8% | 42.8% | 39.8% | $50,747 |
| Bleckley | 24.3% | 59.8% | 40.2% | 31.3% | 49.1% | 45.7% | $53,005 |
| Brantley | 22.4% | 60.5% | 39.5% | 34.3% | 55.7% | 48.6% | $47,801 |
| Brooks | 18.0% | 58.1% | 41.9% | 44.0% | 47.1% | 26.5% | $47,656 |
| Bryan | 8.4% | 30.7% | 69.3% | 27.5% | 58.6% | 69.0% | $94,234 |
| Bulloch | 14.7% | 31.4% | 68.6% | 29.4% | 50.2% | 54.8% | $56,832 |
| Burke | 17.2% | 43.1% | 56.9% | 51.3% | 51.1% | 43.0% | $50,739 |
| Butts | 15.1% | 45.4% | 54.6% | 42.0% | 53.6% | 56.8% | $59,221 |
| Calhoun | 33.9% | 72.4% | 27.6% | 38.9% | 40.7% | 51.7% | $55,714 |
| Camden | 11.8% | 51.1% | 48.9% | 30.5% | 44.8% | 38.7% | $72,399 |
| Candler | 22.9% | 65.8% | 34.2% | 39.5% | 45.5% | 53.3% | $50,431 |
| Carroll | 14.9% | 45.1% | 54.9% | 37.0% | 52.4% | 54.6% | $72,327 |
| Catoosa | 11.2% | 51.5% | 48.5% | 47.3% | 57.9% | 54.1% | $72,425 |
| Charlton | 21.9% | 60.3% | 39.8% | 33.3% | 50.2% | 46.2% | $48,534 |
| Chatham | 11.8% | 30.8% | 69.2% | 36.7% | 47.4% | 63.7% | $69,575 |
| Chattahoochee | 19.2% | 34.8% | 65.2% | 25.8% | 61.3% | 71.4% | $59,221 |
| Chattooga | 18.5% | 50.6% | 49.4% | 34.7% | 35.8% | 46.3% | $47,785 |
| Cherokee | 3.7% | 19.7% | 80.3% | 42.3% | 48.6% | 65.4% | $105,442 |
| Clarke | 9.1% | 20.1% | 79.9% | 39.8% | 45.3% | 47.5% | $52,267 |
| Clay | 27.1% | 73.7% | 26.3% | 35.9% | 23.1% | 46.6% | $48,715 |
| Clayton | 18.7% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 31.9% | 38.2% | 64.3% | $58,507 |
| Clinch | 21.9% | 54.1% | 45.9% | 35.2% | 27.6% | 41.7% | $55,549 |
| Cobb | 6.3% | 26.7% | 73.3% | 36.2% | 39.5% | 65.3% | $98,712 |
| Coffee | 18.1% | 38.0% | 62.1% | 29.9% | 36.9% | 54.7% | $50,175 |
| Colquitt | 17.9% | 53.7% | 46.3% | 39.2% | 56.7% | 38.6% | $49,691 |
| Columbia | 6.3% | 24.6% | 75.4% | 44.1% | 46.6% | 72.5% | $96,122 |
| Cook | 15.1% | 33.1% | 66.9% | 48.4% | 43.1% | 56.5% | $50,133 |
| Coweta | 7.2% | 35.7% | 64.3% | 37.6% | 46.9% | 60.6% | $94,142 |
| Crawford | 15.1% | 43.8% | 56.2% | 49.5% | 51.0% | 53.5% | $60,905 |
| Crisp | 30.7% | 70.5% | 29.5% | 32.4% | 45.2% | 43.0% | $42,745 |
| Dade | 8.3% | 35.0% | 65.0% | 73.3% | 67.1% | 60.8% | $58,936 |
| Dawson | 7.7% | 31.3% | 68.7% | 36.8% | 59.4% | 63.6% | $88,986 |
| Decatur | 23.2% | 50.1% | 49.9% | 41.9% | 42.5% | 51.1% | $50,485 |
| DeKalb | 12.8% | 39.4% | 60.6% | 38.4% | 42.9% | 63.3% | $77,683 |
| Dodge | 20.9% | 48.8% | 51.2% | 42.9% | 55.3% | 48.4% | $50,152 |
| Dooly | 20.6% | 43.7% | 56.3% | 56.3% | 53.3% | 67.3% | $56,545 |
| Dougherty | 29.1% | 62.4% | 37.6% | 39.0% | 43.6% | 47.6% | $46,784 |
| Douglas | 13.0% | 30.1% | 69.9% | 31.7% | 39.1% | 73.0% | $80,764 |
| Early | 27.2% | 50.7% | 49.3% | 45.4% | 40.6% | 61.2% | $53,750 |
| Echols | 10.8% | 36.7% | 63.3% | 27.5% | 26.7% | 47.3% | $61,723 |
| Effingham | 8.0% | 25.1% | 74.9% | 35.8% | 55.2% | 74.6% | $85,465 |
| Elbert | 15.7% | 40.8% | 59.2% | 35.7% | 61.5% | 50.7% | $49,727 |
| Emanuel | 26.8% | 53.4% | 46.6% | 40.5% | 43.8% | 53.0% | $50,053 |
| Evans | 17.5% | 45.5% | 54.5% | 42.0% | 37.7% | 51.1% | $53,908 |
| Fannin | 13.7% | 39.4% | 60.6% | 48.9% | 53.5% | 66.6% | $58,073 |
| Fayette | 4.6% | 24.4% | 75.6% | 33.9% | 39.7% | 67.0% | $108,986 |
| Floyd | 14.3% | 43.1% | 56.9% | 36.3% | 55.1% | 50.8% | $62,540 |
| Forsyth | 2.4% | 15.9% | 84.1% | 40.8% | 46.1% | 69.7% | $138,000 |
| Franklin | 14.7% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 43.3% | 39.8% | 48.1% | $52,264 |
| Fulton | 12.0% | 41.6% | 58.4% | 39.3% | 43.8% | 56.3% | $91,490 |
| Gilmer | 9.2% | 22.8% | 77.2% | 51.4% | 50.9% | 64.0% | $72,542 |
| Glascock | 14.8% | 52.5% | 47.5% | 52.6% | 41.6% | 44.8% | $55,250 |
| Glynn | 13.4% | 47.9% | 52.1% | 34.9% | 45.9% | 46.7% | $68,546 |
| Gordon | 8.9% | 27.4% | 72.6% | 42.8% | 41.0% | 59.6% | $61,997 |
| Grady | 21.4% | 48.1% | 51.9% | 41.8% | 64.1% | 57.9% | $54,312 |
| Greene | 6.7% | 32.1% | 67.9% | 60.0% | 42.5% | 53.9% | $84,530 |
| Gwinnett | 7.4% | 23.4% | 76.6% | 32.3% | 36.8% | 69.0% | $84,823 |
| Habersham | 12.1% | 36.8% | 63.2% | 43.6% | 63.6% | 56.0% | $65,622 |
| Hall | 9.0% | 35.9% | 64.1% | 38.5% | 47.7% | 52.4% | $77,430 |
| Hancock | 28.0% | 68.3% | 31.7% | 46.1% | 50.9% | 27.1% | $33,182 |
| Haralson | 15.6% | 47.8% | 52.2% | 42.9% | 45.4% | 54.8% | $65,016 |
| Harris | 10.5% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 34.7% | 47.9% | 67.5% | $89,184 |
| Hart | 11.2% | 37.6% | 62.4% | 58.5% | 55.8% | 50.4% | $57,241 |
| Heard | 26.9% | 62.0% | 38.0% | 39.2% | 62.2% | 52.8% | $62,907 |
| Henry | 9.9% | 33.3% | 66.7% | 35.7% | 37.0% | 72.3% | $81,612 |
| Houston | 10.6% | 36.2% | 63.8% | 34.1% | 45.2% | 65.5% | $80,743 |
| Irwin | 12.4% | 32.7% | 67.3% | 49.7% | 37.1% | 57.9% | $53,915 |
| Jackson | 8.1% | 30.5% | 69.5% | 51.7% | 56.4% | 66.2% | $85,012 |
| Jasper | 12.4% | 36.8% | 63.2% | 42.6% | 58.6% | 56.8% | $59,574 |
| Jeff Davis | 15.6% | 36.5% | 63.4% | 42.0% | 75.6% | 37.3% | $40,879 |
| Jefferson | 23.9% | 46.3% | 53.7% | 32.9% | 46.3% | 63.2% | $46,561 |
| Jenkins | 19.3% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 84.3% | 62.3% | 64.3% | $36,906 |
| Johnson | 27.0% | 54.5% | 45.5% | 44.9% | 60.8% | 61.6% | $54,183 |
| Jones | 14.5% | 45.6% | 54.4% | 43.2% | 56.6% | 62.2% | $68,259 |
| Lamar | 15.1% | 47.0% | 52.9% | 43.9% | 59.3% | 64.6% | $68,457 |
| Lanier | 15.8% | 45.4% | 54.6% | 13.9% | 17.4% | 32.3% | $44,361 |
| Laurens | 19.6% | 48.3% | 51.7% | 27.7% | 46.7% | 42.0% | $49,705 |
| Lee | 7.8% | 45.9% | 54.1% | 51.2% | 47.4% | 63.9% | $88,024 |
| Liberty | 15.6% | 41.0% | 59.0% | 32.8% | 44.3% | 60.6% | $59,013 |
| Lincoln | 12.1% | 34.0% | 66.0% | 41.7% | 61.4% | 46.4% | $50,688 |
| Long | 16.0% | 54.6% | 45.4% | 18.5% | 44.7% | 46.3% | $64,747 |
| Lowndes | 17.6% | 46.4% | 53.6% | 27.5% | 31.5% | 48.3% | $55,887 |
| Lumpkin | 9.0% | 29.4% | 70.6% | 64.3% | 61.5% | 55.3% | $72,388 |
| Macon | 27.4% | 57.1% | 42.9% | 60.0% | 44.8% | 37.0% | $37,177 |
| Madison | 12.1% | 41.9% | 58.1% | 35.0% | 46.1% | 39.7% | $58,784 |
| Marion | 23.4% | 48.4% | 51.6% | 57.8% | 66.5% | 66.5% | $50,484 |
| McDuffie | 16.7% | 44.3% | 55.7% | 41.4% | 26.5% | 54.8% | $54,058 |
| McIntosh | 22.7% | 57.8% | 42.2% | 45.0% | 64.2% | 45.4% | $50,348 |
| Meriwether | 22.8% | 48.6% | 51.4% | 48.3% | 58.5% | 58.2% | $56,458 |
| Miller | 19.1% | 59.5% | 40.5% | 35.3% | 35.9% | 33.8% | $58,407 |
| Mitchell | 29.6% | 65.4% | 34.6% | 34.3% | 49.2% | 46.5% | $51,908 |
| Monroe | 7.1% | 21.3% | 78.7% | 44.5% | 40.4% | 66.5% | $82,863 |
| Montgomery | 16.3% | 43.3% | 56.7% | 35.9% | 43.8% | 57.2% | $51,188 |
| Morgan | 12.5% | 27.8% | 72.2% | 50.6% | 43.0% | 78.9% | $85,692 |
| Murray | 11.2% | 43.8% | 56.2% | 45.5% | 48.5% | 50.0% | $67,880 |
| Muscogee | 16.5% | 45.1% | 54.9% | 30.4% | 50.5% | 49.3% | $56,622 |
| Newton | 13.8% | 39.4% | 60.6% | 41.9% | 53.7% | 67.3% | $73,732 |
| Oconee | 2.6% | 12.5% | 87.5% | 38.7% | 55.2% | 70.1% | $115,925 |
| Oglethorpe | 10.7% | 36.5% | 63.5% | 54.1% | 35.7% | 55.7% | $69,784 |
| Paulding | 9.2% | 33.6% | 66.4% | 41.3% | 41.7% | 76.2% | $94,557 |
| Peach | 16.0% | 31.2% | 68.8% | 46.8% | 48.1% | 69.5% | $68,365 |
| Pickens | 10.3% | 40.1% | 59.9% | 39.5% | 66.1% | 55.0% | $75,293 |
| Pierce | 13.1% | 48.8% | 51.2% | 45.4% | 45.7% | 52.8% | $56,691 |
| Pike | 4.6% | 19.6% | 80.4% | 31.4% | 40.1% | 55.9% | $84,184 |
| Polk | 18.2% | 48.2% | 51.8% | 34.2% | 51.9% | 46.3% | $55,308 |
| Pulaski | 14.1% | 19.9% | 80.1% | 49.6% | 39.6% | 70.1% | $47,688 |
| Putnam | 13.3% | 36.5% | 63.5% | 47.8% | 55.0% | 57.9% | $64,163 |
| Quitman | 26.3% | 58.6% | 41.4% | 69.5% | 73.2% | 52.8% | $36,838 |
| Rabun | 8.1% | 23.9% | 76.1% | 47.0% | 57.7% | 59.4% | $61,466 |
| Randolph | 41.4% | 79.6% | 20.4% | 38.8% | 45.2% | 42.2% | $25,425 |
| Richmond | 21.0% | 51.6% | 48.4% | 31.3% | 49.1% | 50.4% | $53,197 |
| Rockdale | 12.1% | 31.9% | 68.1% | 35.2% | 53.4% | 73.9% | $72,349 |
| Schley | 16.7% | 47.5% | 52.5% | 37.9% | 44.9% | 48.2% | $59,647 |
| Screven | 14.4% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 52.9% | 46.3% | 44.1% | $53,017 |
| Seminole | 21.3% | 43.6% | 56.4% | 51.1% | 37.3% | 51.2% | $49,559 |
| Spalding | 18.8% | 56.2% | 43.8% | 41.6% | 47.6% | 46.9% | $60,217 |
| Stephens | 15.2% | 39.0% | 61.0% | 36.6% | 51.3% | 60.8% | $52,264 |
| Stewart | 33.6% | 60.6% | 39.4% | 42.2% | 61.9% | 45.3% | $35,000 |
| Sumter | 23.2% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 42.4% | 41.1% | 55.9% | $41,877 |
| Talbot | 19.7% | 50.7% | 49.3% | 54.9% | 50.7% | 48.1% | $45,098 |
| Taliaferro | 26.2% | 72.3% | 27.7% | 40.2% | 31.4% | 33.7% | $48,036 |
| Tattnall | 19.3% | 50.7% | 49.3% | 39.3% | 59.4% | 41.8% | $52,351 |
| Taylor | 29.3% | 57.4% | 42.6% | 39.6% | 28.5% | 42.2% | $41,743 |
| Telfair | 25.6% | 56.3% | 43.7% | 46.8% | 45.3% | 43.9% | $44,948 |
| Terrell | 30.9% | 65.8% | 34.2% | 33.8% | 42.3% | 37.9% | $43,812 |
| Thomas | 20.2% | 49.9% | 50.1% | 28.5% | 47.5% | 57.8% | $60,140 |
| Tift | 18.5% | 45.1% | 54.9% | 30.5% | 37.8% | 54.3% | $53,165 |
| Toombs | 20.5% | 51.5% | 48.5% | 38.3% | 46.5% | 50.0% | $54,130 |
| Towns | 7.9% | 33.7% | 66.3% | 38.2% | 46.5% | 43.7% | $58,400 |
| Treutlen | 26.3% | 52.9% | 47.1% | 41.7% | 48.3% | 49.8% | $43,750 |
| Troup | 20.3% | 49.4% | 50.6% | 38.2% | 47.8% | 54.0% | $54,905 |
| Turner | 32.1% | 66.7% | 33.3% | 43.1% | 44.4% | 52.0% | $39,565 |
| Twiggs | 22.9% | 44.2% | 55.8% | 65.3% | 64.6% | 62.9% | $55,439 |
| Union | 7.4% | 36.3% | 63.7% | 55.7% | 53.6% | 47.6% | $65,697 |
| Upson | 23.8% | 62.4% | 37.6% | 41.8% | 54.6% | 36.5% | $50,904 |
| Walker | 11.7% | 38.2% | 61.8% | 39.0% | 64.0% | 53.1% | $55,887 |
| Walton | 11.6% | 42.8% | 57.2% | 38.0% | 43.0% | 62.4% | $82,381 |
| Ware | 19.1% | 48.5% | 51.5% | 42.5% | 37.3% | 37.2% | $44,833 |
| Warren | 25.8% | 65.7% | 34.3% | 47.4% | 45.8% | 38.3% | $46,776 |
| Washington | 27.0% | 72.5% | 27.5% | 42.7% | 45.1% | 49.0% | $44,009 |
| Wayne | 19.2% | 44.4% | 55.6% | 35.7% | 54.8% | 53.5% | $49,562 |
| Webster | 26.7% | 76.1% | 23.9% | 37.9% | 23.8% | 32.6% | $40,764 |
| Wheeler | 20.6% | 33.7% | 66.3% | 52.4% | 22.9% | 49.5% | $45,262 |
| White | 9.5% | 36.5% | 63.5% | 44.2% | 53.5% | 51.4% | $69,747 |
| Whitfield | 10.4% | 28.9% | 71.0% | 41.7% | 44.5% | 64.5% | $64,262 |
| Wilcox | 20.5% | 47.5% | 52.4% | 47.6% | 39.8% | 45.0% | $48,036 |
| Wilkes | 17.3% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 60.1% | 25.5% | 51.0% | $52,542 |
| Wilkinson | 15.8% | 38.2% | 61.8% | 35.7% | 41.1% | 46.6% | $46,673 |
| Worth | 19.9% | 51.6% | 48.4% | 39.2% | 44.9% | 52.9% | $57,201 |
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