Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
Updated on June 21, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Death Rate per 1K for Georgia was 7.93. Among all Georgia counties, Towns County had the highest death rate (18.54), followed by Seminole County (17.15), and Miller County (16.42).
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), 2017 Census.
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Towns County | 18.54 |
| 2 | Seminole County | 17.15 |
| 3 | Miller County | 16.42 |
| 4 | Turner County | 15.25 |
| 5 | Warren County | 15.07 |
| 6 | Clay County | 15.04 |
| 7 | Glascock County | 14.65 |
| 8 | Brooks County | 14.41 |
| 9 | Upson County | 14.3 |
| 10 | Talbot County | 14.27 |
| 11 | Meriwether County | 14.17 |
| 12 | Wilkinson County | 14.13 |
| 13 | Union County | 13.98 |
| 14 | Wilkes County | 13.93 |
| 15 | Crawford County | 13.89 |
| 15 | Fannin County | 13.89 |
| 16 | Baker County | 13.87 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 13.74 |
| 18 | Clinch County | 13.71 |
| 19 | Emanuel County | 13.58 |
| 20 | Chattooga County | 13.55 |
| 21 | Elbert County | 13.5 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | 13.49 |
| 23 | Stephens County | 13.45 |
| 24 | Taylor County | 13.26 |
| 25 | Early County | 13.19 |
| 26 | Macon County | 13.02 |
| 27 | Jefferson County | 12.99 |
| 28 | Franklin County | 12.96 |
| 29 | Treutlen County | 12.92 |
| 30 | Rabun County | 12.89 |
| 31 | Sumter County | 12.8 |
| 32 | Ben Hill County | 12.76 |
| 33 | Ware County | 12.75 |
| 34 | Walker County | 12.73 |
| 35 | Candler County | 12.72 |
| 36 | Toombs County | 12.67 |
| 37 | Greene County | 12.66 |
| 38 | Polk County | 12.63 |
| 39 | Heard County | 12.52 |
| 40 | Laurens County | 12.47 |
| 41 | Webster County | 12.32 |
| 42 | Irwin County | 12.11 |
| 43 | Jenkins County | 12 |
| 44 | Bleckley County | 11.94 |
| 44 | Thomas County | 11.94 |
| 45 | Bacon County | 11.84 |
| 45 | Terrell County | 11.84 |
| 46 | Haralson County | 11.8 |
| 47 | Berrien County | 11.78 |
| 48 | Lamar County | 11.77 |
| 49 | Hancock County | 11.75 |
| 50 | Washington County | 11.66 |
| 51 | Spalding County | 11.58 |
| 52 | Pickens County | 11.51 |
| 53 | Cook County | 11.46 |
| 53 | Decatur County | 11.46 |
| 54 | Hart County | 11.45 |
| 55 | McDuffie County | 11.44 |
| 56 | Dodge County | 11.43 |
| 57 | Wayne County | 11.36 |
| 58 | Mitchell County | 11.35 |
| 59 | Butts County | 11.21 |
| 60 | Pierce County | 11.17 |
| 61 | Grady County | 11.16 |
| 62 | Worth County | 11.15 |
| 63 | Monroe County | 11.14 |
| 64 | Atkinson County | 11.12 |
| 64 | Pulaski County | 11.12 |
| 65 | Floyd County | 11.11 |
| 66 | Dade County | 11.07 |
| 67 | Habersham County | 11.01 |
| 68 | Screven County | 10.94 |
| 69 | Baldwin County | 10.9 |
| 70 | Putnam County | 10.89 |
| 71 | Jeff Davis County | 10.87 |
| 72 | Bibb County | 10.83 |
| 73 | Calhoun County | 10.82 |
| 74 | Gilmer County | 10.8 |
| 75 | Johnson County | 10.71 |
| 76 | Burke County | 10.62 |
| 76 | Catoosa County | 10.62 |
| 77 | Morgan County | 10.53 |
| 77 | Twiggs County | 10.53 |
| 78 | Coffee County | 10.51 |
| 79 | Oglethorpe County | 10.49 |
| 80 | Colquitt County | 10.44 |
| 81 | Telfair County | 10.42 |
| 82 | Peach County | 10.39 |
| 82 | Tift County | 10.39 |
| 83 | Glynn County | 10.34 |
| 84 | Dougherty County | 10.33 |
| 85 | Quitman County | 10.31 |
| 86 | McIntosh County | 10.3 |
| 86 | Pike County | 10.3 |
| 87 | Tattnall County | 10.2 |
| 88 | Crisp County | 10.19 |
| 89 | Marion County | 10.16 |
| 90 | Appling County | 10.14 |
| 91 | Madison County | 10.12 |
| 92 | Muscogee County | 10.07 |
| 93 | Murray County | 10.04 |
| 94 | Evans County | 9.92 |
| 95 | Taliaferro County | 9.91 |
| 96 | Carroll County | 9.84 |
| 97 | Stewart County | 9.79 |
| 98 | Brantley County | 9.77 |
| 99 | Jasper County | 9.76 |
| 100 | White County | 9.69 |
| 101 | Troup County | 9.66 |
| 102 | Wilcox County | 9.65 |
| 103 | Gordon County | 9.61 |
| 104 | Richmond County | 9.6 |
| 105 | Montgomery County | 9.43 |
| 106 | Lanier County | 9.38 |
| 107 | Lumpkin County | 9.25 |
| 108 | Dawson County | 9.19 |
| 109 | Jones County | 9.15 |
| 110 | Jackson County | 8.89 |
| 111 | Walton County | 8.85 |
| 112 | Harris County | 8.59 |
| 113 | Banks County | 8.56 |
| 114 | Chatham County | 8.49 |
| 115 | Lowndes County | 8.29 |
| 116 | Dooly County | 8.27 |
| 117 | Schley County | 8.26 |
| 118 | Whitfield County | 8.22 |
| 119 | Bartow County | 8.01 |
| 120 | Rockdale County | 7.96 |
| 121 | Houston County | 7.94 |
| 122 | Newton County | 7.93 |
| 123 | Hall County | 7.86 |
| 124 | Coweta County | 7.63 |
| 124 | Effingham County | 7.63 |
| 125 | Barrow County | 7.53 |
| 126 | Bryan County | 7.51 |
| 127 | Bulloch County | 7.5 |
| 128 | Charlton County | 7.49 |
| 129 | Echols County | 7.42 |
| 130 | Lee County | 7.3 |
| 131 | Fayette County | 7.26 |
| 132 | Camden County | 6.94 |
| 133 | Douglas County | 6.84 |
| 134 | Clayton County | 6.67 |
| 135 | Cherokee County | 6.62 |
| 136 | Henry County | 6.61 |
| 137 | Oconee County | 6.48 |
| 138 | Columbia County | 6.42 |
| 139 | Clarke County | 6.3 |
| 140 | DeKalb County | 6.19 |
| 141 | Fulton County | 6.17 |
| 141 | Liberty County | 6.17 |
| 142 | Wheeler County | 6.14 |
| 143 | Paulding County | 6.01 |
| 144 | Cobb County | 5.6 |
| 145 | Forsyth County | 5.06 |
| 146 | Gwinnett County | 4.68 |
| 146 | Long County | 4.68 |
| 147 | Chattahoochee County | 3.95 |