| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2005–2009 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 |
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United States | 293,507,923 | 39,537,240 | 13.5% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 23,914,353 | 3,677,476 | 15.4% | 114.2% |
Georgia | 9,228,265 | 1,384,518 | 15.0% | 111.4% |
Appalachian Georgia | 2,743,624 | 336,319 | 12.3% | 91.0% |
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County |
Banks | 16,369 | 2,430 | 14.8% | 110.2% |
Barrow | 66,041 | 8,911 | 13.5% | 100.2% |
Bartow | 91,351 | 13,417 | 14.7% | 109.0% |
Carroll | 107,571 | 17,441 | 16.2% | 120.4% |
Catoosa | 61,495 | 6,666 | 10.8% | 80.5% |
Chattooga | 25,217 | 4,831 | 19.2% | 142.2% |
Cherokee | 199,608 | 14,215 | 7.1% | 52.9% |
Dade | 15,197 | 2,347 | 15.4% | 114.6% |
Dawson | 21,167 | 2,322 | 11.0% | 81.4% |
Douglas | 121,543 | 13,260 | 10.9% | 81.0% |
Elbert | 20,461 | 4,313 | 21.1% | 156.5% |
Fannin | 22,326 | 3,014 | 13.5% | 100.2% |
Floyd | 91,050 | 17,169 | 18.9% | 140.0% |
Forsyth | 156,987 | 8,525 | 5.4% | 40.3% |
Franklin | 21,516 | 3,689 | 17.1% | 127.3% |
Gilmer | 27,898 | 5,988 | 21.5% | 159.3% |
Gordon | 50,721 | 8,042 | 15.9% | 117.7% |
Gwinnett | 759,619 | 72,319 | 9.5% | 70.7% |
Habersham | 37,314 | 6,622 | 17.7% | 131.7% |
Hall | 173,156 | 23,834 | 13.8% | 102.2% |
Haralson | 27,606 | 5,195 | 18.8% | 139.7% |
Hart | 23,508 | 4,629 | 19.7% | 146.2% |
Heard | 11,305 | 2,022 | 17.9% | 132.8% |
Jackson | 58,019 | 8,524 | 14.7% | 109.1% |
Lumpkin | 24,637 | 3,803 | 15.4% | 114.6% |
Madison | 27,281 | 4,602 | 16.9% | 125.2% |
Murray | 40,306 | 6,477 | 16.1% | 119.3% |
Paulding | 125,082 | 10,351 | 8.3% | 61.4% |
Pickens | 29,695 | 3,264 | 11.0% | 81.6% |
Polk | 40,617 | 6,837 | 16.8% | 125.0% |
Rabun | 16,272 | 2,616 | 16.1% | 119.3% |
Stephens | 24,214 | 3,809 | 15.7% | 116.8% |
Towns | 10,136 | 976 | 9.6% | 71.5% |
Union | 20,126 | 2,687 | 13.4% | 99.1% |
Walker | 62,637 | 9,459 | 15.1% | 112.1% |
White | 24,414 | 4,962 | 20.3% | 150.9% |
Whitfield | 91,162 | 16,751 | 18.4% | 136.4% |