Georgia Death Rate By County in 2020

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2020, the death rate for Georgia was 8.87, and the top three counties that had the highest death rate were:

  1. Taliaferro County: 19.29
  2. Twiggs County: 18.2
  3. Quitman County: 17.06

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest death rate were:

  1. Chattahoochee County: 2.97
  2. Gwinnett County: 5.49
  3. Long County: 5.83

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each Georgia county in 2020. You can also find links to the historical death rate for each county below.

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Georgia Death Rate By County in 2020
Georgia Death Rate By County in 2020
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County Death Rate
Appling 12.2
Atkinson 9.72
Bacon 10.21
Baker 8.31
Baldwin 11.32
Banks 8.98
Barrow 8.57
Bartow 10.05
Ben Hill 15
Berrien 13.41
Bibb 12.36
Bleckley 9.35
Brantley 12.58
Brooks 13.93
Bryan 7.04
Bulloch 7.92
Burke 10.99
Butts 11.36
Calhoun 7.89
Camden 7.72
Candler 11.73
Carroll 9.81
Catoosa 10.65
Charlton 7.94
Chatham 9.79
Chattahoochee 2.97
Chattooga 12.56
Cherokee 7.07
Clarke 6.52
Clay 15.26
Clayton 6.78
Clinch 11.8
Cobb 6.84
Coffee 10.47
Colquitt 11.06
Columbia 7.17
Cook 12.22
Coweta 8.09
Crawford 12.94
Crisp 14.27
Dade 12.31
Dawson 9.47
Decatur 12.92
DeKalb 7.22
Dodge 14.35
Dooly 10.01
Dougherty 12
Douglas 7.92
Early 15.73
Echols 6.03
Effingham 8.07
Elbert 14.63
Emanuel 13.44
Evans 11.74
Fannin 14.83
Fayette 8.59
Floyd 12.72
Forsyth 6.14
Franklin 13.16
Fulton 7.58
Gilmer 12.93
Glascock 10.43
Glynn 11.79
Gordon 10.97
Grady 11.61
Greene 13.55
Gwinnett 5.49
Habersham 11.05
Hall 8.63
Hancock 16.03
Haralson 11.98
Harris 10.8
Hart 13.26
Heard 11.35
Henry 7.7
Houston 8.91
Irwin 12.32
Jackson 9.15
Jasper 9.34
Jeff Davis 10.89
Jefferson 15.49
Jenkins 12.7
Johnson 14.85
Jones 11.21
Lamar 12.28
Lanier 11.54
Laurens 13.34
Lee 9.19
Liberty 6.2
Lincoln 13.75
Long 5.83
Lowndes 8.87
Lumpkin 9.66
McDuffie 13.56
McIntosh 9.97
Macon 14.04
Madison 10.6
Marion 12.76
Meriwether 14.52
Miller 16.12
Mitchell 11.92
Monroe 12.42
Montgomery 10.79
Morgan 8.64
Murray 11.37
Muscogee 10.71
Newton 9.32
Oconee 7.2
Oglethorpe 12.35
Paulding 7.21
Peach 10.85
Pickens 12.1
Pierce 12.99
Pike 11.4
Polk 13.04
Pulaski 12.97
Putnam 13.77
Quitman 17.06
Rabun 14.77
Randolph 12.31
Richmond 11.14
Rockdale 8.87
Schley 8.61
Screven 13.59
Seminole 14.24
Spalding 12.99
Stephens 14.77
Stewart 10.5
Sumter 12.37
Talbot 16.38
Taliaferro 19.29
Tattnall 11.05
Taylor 10.92
Telfair 11.27
Terrell 12.75
Thomas 13
Tift 11.45
Toombs 13.01
Towns 15.91
Treutlen 11.99
Troup 11.55
Turner 16.07
Twiggs 18.2
Union 12.65
Upson 16.06
Walker 12.68
Walton 10.28
Ware 13.62
Warren 13.78
Washington 12.69
Wayne 12.06
Webster 9.29
Wheeler 8.58
White 12.16
Whitfield 9.04
Wilcox 12.86
Wilkes 16.75
Wilkinson 15.55
Worth 13.7

Historical Death Rate for Counties in Georgia

Use the links below to find the historical death rate for each county in Georgia.