Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2014

Updated on June 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, the Death Rate per 1K for Georgia was 7.47. Among all Georgia counties, Quitman County had the highest death rate (16.76), followed by Towns County (14.73), and Union County (14.53).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties.

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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2014
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Rank County Death Rate
1 Quitman County 16.76
2 Towns County 14.73
3 Union County 14.53
4 Turner County 14.5
5 Screven County 14
6 Twiggs County 13.95
7 Elbert County 13.89
8 Jefferson County 13.78
9 Upson County 13.65
10 Taliaferro County 13.62
11 Glascock County 13.51
12 Seminole County 13.42
13 Stewart County 13.29
14 Fannin County 13.17
15 Clay County 13.13
16 Early County 13.05
17 Chattooga County 12.94
18 Franklin County 12.84
19 Wilkinson County 12.77
20 Rabun County 12.74
21 Brooks County 12.7
22 Emanuel County 12.68
23 Randolph County 12.54
24 Lamar County 12.46
24 Wilcox County 12.46
25 Warren County 12.39
26 Ware County 12.35
27 Bleckley County 12.34
28 Taylor County 12.3
29 Candler County 12.29
30 Meriwether County 12.12
31 Jenkins County 11.95
32 Greene County 11.94
33 Ben Hill County 11.91
34 Bacon County 11.9
35 Polk County 11.83
36 Jeff Davis County 11.68
37 Burke County 11.66
38 Decatur County 11.58
39 Terrell County 11.51
40 Toombs County 11.49
41 Laurens County 11.46
41 Talbot County 11.46
41 Wilkes County 11.46
42 Stephens County 11.45
43 Calhoun County 11.44
44 Pickens County 11.32
45 Spalding County 11.29
46 Butts County 11.26
47 Haralson County 11.18
47 Hart County 11.18
48 Pierce County 11.1
49 Worth County 11.08
50 Irwin County 11.07
51 Appling County 11.02
52 Macon County 11.01
53 Crisp County 10.96
54 Dade County 10.93
54 Lincoln County 10.93
55 Madison County 10.92
56 Wayne County 10.91
57 Miller County 10.81
57 Thomas County 10.81
58 Clinch County 10.79
59 Cook County 10.77
60 Putnam County 10.75
61 Crawford County 10.7
62 Floyd County 10.69
63 Evans County 10.56
64 Walker County 10.46
65 Washington County 10.31
66 Grady County 10.29
67 Jasper County 10.1
68 Colquitt County 10.09
69 Tift County 10.07
70 Heard County 10.01
71 Sumter County 9.98
72 Glynn County 9.89
73 Oglethorpe County 9.88
74 Bibb County 9.85
75 Morgan County 9.84
76 Berrien County 9.82
77 McDuffie County 9.76
78 Hancock County 9.7
79 Richmond County 9.66
80 Mitchell County 9.54
81 Monroe County 9.43
82 Brantley County 9.39
82 Murray County 9.39
83 Treutlen County 9.33
84 Telfair County 9.31
85 Dodge County 9.3
86 Troup County 9.25
87 White County 9.24
88 Gordon County 9.12
89 Atkinson County 9.11
89 Dougherty County 9.11
89 Muscogee County 9.11
90 Pulaski County 9.09
91 Habersham County 8.97
92 Marion County 8.95
93 Pike County 8.77
94 Baldwin County 8.73
95 Charlton County 8.72
96 Carroll County 8.68
96 Tattnall County 8.68
97 McIntosh County 8.61
98 Catoosa County 8.43
99 Johnson County 8.42
100 Bartow County 8.37
101 Peach County 8.36
102 Coffee County 8.35
103 Webster County 8.33
104 Walton County 8.32
105 Chatham County 8.29
105 Wheeler County 8.29
106 Jackson County 8.22
107 Newton County 8.02
108 Whitfield County 7.94
109 Barrow County 7.84
110 Gilmer County 7.8
111 Banks County 7.74
111 Lumpkin County 7.74
112 Dooly County 7.69
113 Lanier County 7.61
114 Jones County 7.52
115 Echols County 7.48
116 Harris County 7.36
117 Effingham County 7.33
117 Fayette County 7.33
117 Rockdale County 7.33
118 Hall County 7.31
119 Montgomery County 7.25
120 Coweta County 7.17
121 Bryan County 7.1
122 Lee County 7.01
123 Houston County 6.97
124 Baker County 6.94
125 Dawson County 6.91
126 Lowndes County 6.77
127 Douglas County 6.53
128 Bulloch County 6.44
129 Camden County 6.42
130 Clarke County 6.13
131 Fulton County 6.11
132 DeKalb County 6.1
133 Schley County 6.03
134 Henry County 6.01
135 Columbia County 5.94
136 Long County 5.72
137 Clayton County 5.69
138 Cherokee County 5.63
139 Oconee County 5.61
140 Cobb County 5.51
141 Paulding County 5.24
142 Forsyth County 4.9
143 Liberty County 4.79
144 Gwinnett County 4.37
145 Chattahoochee County 2.83