Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 19, 2023.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of households in Georgia with household income of less than $40k was 31.20%. Among all Georgia counties, Randolph County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (67.32%), followed by Jenkins County (61.28%), and Wheeler County (60.16%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Forsyth County (12.55%), Oconee County (14.78%), and Fayette County (16.30%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Georgia counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties.
You can also see similar information for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
Related Topics: Georgia ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of Georgia Counties By % of
Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
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| 1 | Randolph County | 67.32 |
| 2 | Jenkins County | 61.28 |
| 3 | Wheeler County | 60.16 |
| 4 | Hancock County | 59.74 |
| 5 | Quitman County | 58.56 |
| 6 | Lanier County | 57.72 |
| 7 | Ben Hill County | 56.61 |
| 8 | Taylor County | 55.20 |
| 9 | Sumter County | 54.98 |
| 10 | Macon County | 54.70 |
| 11 | Warren County | 54.57 |
| 12 | Turner County | 54.54 |
| 13 | Webster County | 54.36 |
| 14 | Wilkinson County | 54.18 |
| 15 | Atkinson County | 53.61 |
| 16 | Chattooga County | 52.78 |
| 17 | Treutlen County | 52.59 |
| 18 | Baker County | 52.29 |
| 19 | Candler County | 51.64 |
| 20 | Clay County | 51.63 |
| 21 | Taliaferro County | 51.57 |
| 22 | Stewart County | 50.87 |
| 23 | Washington County | 50.83 |
| 24 | Ware County | 50.81 |
| 25 | Terrell County | 50.78 |
| 26 | Dooly County | 50.67 |
| 27 | Brantley County | 50.63 |
| 28 | Jeff Davis County | 50.57 |
| 29 | Brooks County | 50.28 |
| 30 | Early County | 50.27 |
| 31 | Appling County | 50.23 |
| 32 | Elbert County | 50.17 |
| 33 | Talbot County | 49.55 |
| 34 | Bacon County | 49.36 |
| 35 | Seminole County | 49.29 |
| 36 | Wilcox County | 48.90 |
| 37 | Colquitt County | 48.89 |
| 38 | Telfair County | 48.74 |
| 39 | Crisp County | 48.26 |
| 40 | Dodge County | 48.24 |
| 41 | Wilkes County | 47.52 |
| 42 | Echols County | 47.48 |
| 43 | Jefferson County | 47.34 |
| 44 | Dougherty County | 47.19 |
| 45 | Laurens County | 47.12 |
| 46 | Cook County | 47.09 |
| 47 | Clinch County | 46.97 |
| 48 | Mitchell County | 46.82 |
| 49 | Upson County | 46.68 |
| 50 | Bibb County | 46.51 |
| 51 | Emanuel County | 46.36 |
| 52 | Clarke County | 46.21 |
| 53 | Toombs County | 46.10 |
| 54 | Twiggs County | 45.86 |
| 55 | Screven County | 45.83 |
| 56 | Wayne County | 45.78 |
| 57 | Calhoun County | 45.71 |
| 58 | Tift County | 45.65 |
| 59 | Irwin County | 45.56 |
| 60 | Lincoln County | 45.51 |
| 61 | Coffee County | 45.34 |
| 62 | Pulaski County | 45.33 |
| 63 | Decatur County | 45.18 |
| 64 | Berrien County | 44.65 |
| 65 | Meriwether County | 44.26 |
| 66 | Montgomery County | 44.17 |
| 67 | Lowndes County | 44.15 |
| 68 | Richmond County | 43.98 |
| 69 | Charlton County | 43.74 |
| 70 | Marion County | 43.54 |
| 71 | Johnson County | 43.42 |
| 72 | Miller County | 43.11 |
| 73 | Grady County | 42.89 |
| 74 | Dade County | 42.79 |
| 75 | Troup County | 42.68 |
| 76 | Pierce County | 42.42 |
| 77 | Peach County | 42.25 |
| 78 | Bleckley County | 41.94 |
| 79 | Franklin County | 41.76 |
| 80 | Baldwin County | 41.70 |
| 81 | Rabun County | 41.55 |
| 82 | Polk County | 41.44 |
| 83 | Chattahoochee County | 41.35 |
| 84 | Muscogee County | 41.16 |
| 85 | Evans County | 41.15 |
| 86 | McDuffie County | 41.05 |
| 87 | Hart County | 40.76 |
| 88 | Walker County | 40.49 |
| 89 | Gordon County | 40.26 |
| 90 | McIntosh County | 40.25 |
| 91 | Tattnall County | 40.21 |
| 92 | Glascock County | 40.00 |
| 92 | Schley County | 40.00 |
| 93 | Bulloch County | 39.94 |
| 94 | Floyd County | 39.92 |
| 95 | Stephens County | 39.48 |
| 96 | Spalding County | 39.43 |
| 97 | Fannin County | 38.89 |
| 98 | Heard County | 38.86 |
| 99 | Whitfield County | 38.82 |
| 100 | Thomas County | 38.75 |
| 101 | Union County | 38.45 |
| 102 | Burke County | 38.42 |
| 103 | Madison County | 38.33 |
| 104 | Putnam County | 38.31 |
| 105 | Worth County | 38.18 |
| 106 | Murray County | 37.99 |
| 107 | Long County | 37.52 |
| 108 | Towns County | 37.03 |
| 109 | Clayton County | 37.02 |
| 110 | Liberty County | 36.97 |
| 111 | Gilmer County | 36.29 |
| 112 | Lamar County | 36.25 |
| 113 | Banks County | 35.43 |
| 114 | Habersham County | 35.22 |
| 115 | Lumpkin County | 34.59 |
| 116 | Greene County | 34.26 |
| 117 | Jasper County | 34.02 |
| 118 | Carroll County | 34.00 |
| 119 | Oglethorpe County | 33.97 |
| 120 | Jones County | 33.81 |
| 121 | Glynn County | 33.71 |
| 122 | Butts County | 33.05 |
| 123 | Crawford County | 32.73 |
| 124 | Camden County | 32.14 |
| 125 | Chatham County | 31.92 |
| 126 | Haralson County | 31.85 |
| 127 | Catoosa County | 31.56 |
| 128 | Bartow County | 30.51 |
| 129 | Newton County | 30.49 |
| 130 | White County | 30.19 |
| 131 | Houston County | 28.92 |
| 132 | Monroe County | 28.48 |
| 133 | DeKalb County | 28.43 |
| 134 | Rockdale County | 28.21 |
| 135 | Pickens County | 27.94 |
| 136 | Hall County | 27.60 |
| 137 | Barrow County | 27.34 |
| 138 | Fulton County | 27.08 |
| 139 | Douglas County | 26.53 |
| 140 | Effingham County | 26.23 |
| 141 | Walton County | 26.11 |
| 142 | Pike County | 26.03 |
| 143 | Jackson County | 25.10 |
| 144 | Gwinnett County | 23.90 |
| 145 | Morgan County | 23.52 |
| 146 | Coweta County | 22.51 |
| 147 | Henry County | 21.63 |
| 148 | Dawson County | 21.00 |
| 149 | Lee County | 20.97 |
| 150 | Bryan County | 20.58 |
| 151 | Cobb County | 20.41 |
| 152 | Cherokee County | 19.34 |
| 153 | Harris County | 19.12 |
| 154 | Columbia County | 18.92 |
| 155 | Paulding County | 17.93 |
| 156 | Fayette County | 16.30 |
| 157 | Oconee County | 14.78 |
| 158 | Forsyth County | 12.55 |