Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2012
Updated on June 21, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, the Death Rate per 1K for Georgia was 7.15. Among all Georgia counties, Quitman County had the highest death rate (16.87), followed by Glascock County (15.78), and Towns County (15.42).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2012 Census.
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2012
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Quitman County | 16.87 |
| 2 | Glascock County | 15.78 |
| 3 | Towns County | 15.42 |
| 4 | Jenkins County | 15.2 |
| 5 | Wilkes County | 14.96 |
| 6 | Taliaferro County | 14.21 |
| 7 | Stephens County | 13.56 |
| 8 | Union County | 13.24 |
| 9 | Jefferson County | 13.1 |
| 10 | Randolph County | 12.9 |
| 11 | Fannin County | 12.36 |
| 12 | Chattooga County | 12.31 |
| 13 | Screven County | 12.25 |
| 14 | Clay County | 12.12 |
| 14 | Warren County | 12.12 |
| 15 | Ware County | 12.05 |
| 16 | Toombs County | 11.96 |
| 17 | Candler County | 11.93 |
| 18 | Seminole County | 11.91 |
| 19 | Ben Hill County | 11.76 |
| 19 | Miller County | 11.76 |
| 20 | Upson County | 11.74 |
| 21 | Decatur County | 11.58 |
| 22 | Early County | 11.57 |
| 23 | Talbot County | 11.56 |
| 24 | Laurens County | 11.54 |
| 24 | Wilkinson County | 11.54 |
| 25 | Haralson County | 11.51 |
| 26 | Greene County | 11.44 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 11.39 |
| 27 | Hart County | 11.39 |
| 28 | Stewart County | 11.34 |
| 29 | Elbert County | 11.32 |
| 30 | Emanuel County | 11.24 |
| 31 | Sumter County | 11.21 |
| 32 | Dodge County | 11.13 |
| 33 | Thomas County | 11.11 |
| 34 | Polk County | 10.95 |
| 35 | Rabun County | 10.87 |
| 36 | Meriwether County | 10.72 |
| 37 | Terrell County | 10.64 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 10.62 |
| 39 | Spalding County | 10.6 |
| 40 | Floyd County | 10.54 |
| 41 | Lamar County | 10.5 |
| 42 | Calhoun County | 10.46 |
| 43 | Wilcox County | 10.26 |
| 44 | Bleckley County | 10.25 |
| 45 | Johnson County | 10.19 |
| 46 | Worth County | 10.17 |
| 47 | Bacon County | 10.13 |
| 47 | Marion County | 10.13 |
| 48 | Madison County | 10.1 |
| 49 | Heard County | 10.09 |
| 50 | Walker County | 10.08 |
| 51 | Hancock County | 10.07 |
| 52 | Evans County | 10.06 |
| 53 | Colquitt County | 10 |
| 54 | Pickens County | 9.99 |
| 55 | Putnam County | 9.96 |
| 56 | Turner County | 9.89 |
| 57 | Grady County | 9.88 |
| 57 | Macon County | 9.88 |
| 58 | Brooks County | 9.87 |
| 59 | Bibb County | 9.86 |
| 60 | Brantley County | 9.82 |
| 61 | Burke County | 9.79 |
| 62 | Atkinson County | 9.75 |
| 63 | Taylor County | 9.68 |
| 64 | Washington County | 9.67 |
| 65 | Crisp County | 9.63 |
| 66 | Jeff Davis County | 9.62 |
| 67 | Jasper County | 9.61 |
| 68 | White County | 9.56 |
| 69 | Mitchell County | 9.55 |
| 70 | Morgan County | 9.52 |
| 71 | Berrien County | 9.5 |
| 71 | Pierce County | 9.5 |
| 71 | Pike County | 9.5 |
| 71 | Wayne County | 9.5 |
| 72 | Appling County | 9.45 |
| 72 | Telfair County | 9.45 |
| 73 | Twiggs County | 9.43 |
| 74 | Dade County | 9.42 |
| 75 | Banks County | 9.4 |
| 75 | Clinch County | 9.4 |
| 76 | Dougherty County | 9.38 |
| 77 | Cook County | 9.31 |
| 77 | Crawford County | 9.31 |
| 78 | Habersham County | 9.26 |
| 79 | Irwin County | 9.24 |
| 80 | Tift County | 9.21 |
| 81 | Richmond County | 9.19 |
| 82 | Jones County | 9.14 |
| 83 | Tattnall County | 9.12 |
| 84 | Charlton County | 9.1 |
| 85 | Glynn County | 9.08 |
| 86 | Troup County | 9.07 |
| 87 | Butts County | 9.06 |
| 88 | Dooly County | 8.96 |
| 89 | Muscogee County | 8.85 |
| 90 | McDuffie County | 8.79 |
| 91 | Jackson County | 8.73 |
| 92 | Baldwin County | 8.7 |
| 92 | Monroe County | 8.7 |
| 93 | Wheeler County | 8.62 |
| 94 | Gordon County | 8.58 |
| 95 | Coffee County | 8.48 |
| 96 | Oglethorpe County | 8.43 |
| 97 | Montgomery County | 8.38 |
| 98 | Peach County | 8.35 |
| 99 | Murray County | 8.29 |
| 100 | Catoosa County | 8.28 |
| 101 | Pulaski County | 8.23 |
| 101 | Treutlen County | 8.23 |
| 102 | Walton County | 8.12 |
| 103 | Schley County | 7.95 |
| 104 | Dawson County | 7.81 |
| 105 | Chatham County | 7.77 |
| 106 | Carroll County | 7.75 |
| 107 | Gilmer County | 7.67 |
| 108 | Whitfield County | 7.62 |
| 109 | Bartow County | 7.59 |
| 110 | McIntosh County | 7.47 |
| 111 | Lanier County | 7.45 |
| 112 | Lumpkin County | 7.2 |
| 113 | Newton County | 7.13 |
| 114 | Barrow County | 7.05 |
| 115 | Bryan County | 6.89 |
| 116 | Houston County | 6.87 |
| 117 | Hall County | 6.84 |
| 118 | Rockdale County | 6.71 |
| 119 | Effingham County | 6.58 |
| 120 | Lowndes County | 6.51 |
| 121 | Bulloch County | 6.42 |
| 122 | Harris County | 6.38 |
| 123 | Douglas County | 6.32 |
| 124 | Camden County | 6.29 |
| 124 | Henry County | 6.29 |
| 125 | Coweta County | 6.28 |
| 126 | Fayette County | 6.24 |
| 127 | Columbia County | 5.94 |
| 128 | Lee County | 5.93 |
| 129 | Long County | 5.91 |
| 130 | DeKalb County | 5.89 |
| 131 | Oconee County | 5.84 |
| 132 | Webster County | 5.79 |
| 133 | Echols County | 5.73 |
| 134 | Fulton County | 5.71 |
| 135 | Cherokee County | 5.58 |
| 136 | Clayton County | 5.29 |
| 137 | Clarke County | 5.28 |
| 138 | Cobb County | 5.22 |
| 139 | Paulding County | 4.95 |
| 140 | Forsyth County | 4.93 |
| 141 | Baker County | 4.79 |
| 142 | Liberty County | 4.67 |
| 143 | Gwinnett County | 4.13 |
| 144 | Chattahoochee County | 2.72 |