| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2008–2012 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012 |
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United States | 301,333,410 | 44,852,527 | 14.9% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,471,864 | 4,060,430 | 16.6% | 111.5% |
Georgia | 9,448,393 | 1,645,272 | 17.4% | 117.0% |
Appalachian Georgia | 2,893,934 | 426,796 | 14.7% | 99.1% |
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County |
Banks | 18,191 | 3,251 | 17.9% | 120.1% |
Barrow | 68,653 | 9,356 | 13.6% | 91.6% |
Bartow | 98,746 | 15,831 | 16.0% | 107.7% |
Carroll | 106,997 | 19,101 | 17.9% | 119.9% |
Catoosa | 63,645 | 7,844 | 12.3% | 82.8% |
Chattooga | 24,126 | 5,000 | 20.7% | 139.2% |
Cherokee | 213,717 | 17,855 | 8.4% | 56.1% |
Dade | 15,431 | 2,536 | 16.4% | 110.4% |
Dawson | 21,864 | 2,998 | 13.7% | 92.1% |
Douglas | 130,401 | 17,450 | 13.4% | 89.9% |
Elbert | 19,843 | 3,976 | 20.0% | 134.6% |
Fannin | 23,268 | 4,680 | 20.1% | 135.1% |
Floyd | 92,020 | 19,215 | 20.9% | 140.3% |
Forsyth | 176,334 | 11,804 | 6.7% | 45.0% |
Franklin | 21,386 | 4,541 | 21.2% | 142.7% |
Gilmer | 27,819 | 5,671 | 20.4% | 137.0% |
Gordon | 54,368 | 10,838 | 19.9% | 133.9% |
Gwinnett | 804,399 | 109,870 | 13.7% | 91.8% |
Habersham | 40,256 | 7,287 | 18.1% | 121.6% |
Hall | 176,582 | 29,747 | 16.8% | 113.2% |
Haralson | 28,154 | 6,526 | 23.2% | 155.7% |
Hart | 24,485 | 5,743 | 23.5% | 157.6% |
Heard | 11,617 | 2,927 | 25.2% | 169.3% |
Jackson | 59,636 | 9,331 | 15.6% | 105.1% |
Lumpkin | 28,382 | 4,778 | 16.8% | 113.1% |
Madison | 27,781 | 5,285 | 19.0% | 127.8% |
Murray | 39,185 | 7,776 | 19.8% | 133.3% |
Paulding | 140,912 | 14,490 | 10.3% | 69.1% |
Pickens | 29,062 | 3,429 | 11.8% | 79.3% |
Polk | 40,573 | 8,804 | 21.7% | 145.8% |
Rabun | 16,139 | 3,806 | 23.6% | 158.4% |
Stephens | 24,802 | 4,667 | 18.8% | 126.4% |
Towns | 9,740 | 1,510 | 15.5% | 104.2% |
Union | 20,990 | 3,660 | 17.4% | 117.1% |
Walker | 66,894 | 11,051 | 16.5% | 111.0% |
White | 26,619 | 4,587 | 17.2% | 115.8% |
Whitfield | 100,917 | 19,575 | 19.4% | 130.3% |