| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2012–2016 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 |
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United States | 310,629,645 | 46,932,225 | 15.1% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,678,297 | 4,126,520 | 16.7% | 110.7% |
Georgia | 9,829,056 | 1,746,894 | 17.8% | 117.6% |
Appalachian Georgia | 3,044,302 | 444,296 | 14.6% | 96.6% |
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County |
Banks | 18,281 | 2,837 | 15.5% | 102.7% |
Barrow | 72,897 | 10,548 | 14.5% | 95.8% |
Bartow | 100,959 | 14,899 | 14.8% | 97.7% |
Carroll | 109,827 | 21,157 | 19.3% | 127.5% |
Catoosa | 64,991 | 7,700 | 11.8% | 78.4% |
Chattooga | 23,131 | 5,182 | 22.4% | 148.3% |
Cherokee | 228,531 | 22,891 | 10.0% | 66.3% |
Dade | 15,063 | 2,502 | 16.6% | 109.9% |
Dawson | 22,555 | 3,028 | 13.4% | 88.9% |
Douglas | 136,800 | 20,805 | 15.2% | 100.7% |
Elbert | 19,075 | 3,768 | 19.8% | 130.7% |
Fannin | 23,673 | 4,262 | 18.0% | 119.2% |
Floyd | 92,094 | 18,192 | 19.8% | 130.7% |
Forsyth | 202,958 | 13,024 | 6.4% | 42.5% |
Franklin | 21,496 | 5,426 | 25.2% | 167.1% |
Gilmer | 28,572 | 5,556 | 19.4% | 128.7% |
Gordon | 55,287 | 11,388 | 20.6% | 136.3% |
Gwinnett | 867,945 | 112,999 | 13.0% | 86.2% |
Habersham | 40,766 | 7,471 | 18.3% | 121.3% |
Hall | 188,250 | 33,350 | 17.7% | 117.3% |
Haralson | 28,205 | 5,721 | 20.3% | 134.3% |
Hart | 24,637 | 5,228 | 21.2% | 140.4% |
Heard | 11,329 | 1,930 | 17.0% | 112.8% |
Jackson | 61,590 | 8,330 | 13.5% | 89.5% |
Lumpkin | 29,697 | 6,426 | 21.6% | 143.2% |
Madison | 28,081 | 4,520 | 16.1% | 106.5% |
Murray | 38,847 | 7,315 | 18.8% | 124.6% |
Paulding | 148,725 | 15,974 | 10.7% | 71.1% |
Pickens | 29,764 | 3,058 | 10.3% | 68.0% |
Polk | 40,849 | 8,229 | 20.1% | 133.3% |
Rabun | 16,037 | 3,491 | 21.8% | 144.1% |
Stephens | 24,920 | 4,995 | 20.0% | 132.7% |
Towns | 10,139 | 1,528 | 15.1% | 99.7% |
Union | 21,515 | 2,822 | 13.1% | 86.8% |
Walker | 66,549 | 12,273 | 18.4% | 122.1% |
White | 27,715 | 5,345 | 19.3% | 127.6% |
Whitfield | 102,552 | 20,126 | 19.6% | 129.9% |