Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2019
Updated on June 21, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, the Death Rate per 1K for Georgia was 8.13. Among all Georgia counties, Turner County had the highest death rate (16.79), followed by Upson County (16.6), and Jefferson County (16.06).
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), 2019 Census.
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2019
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Turner County | 16.79 |
| 2 | Upson County | 16.6 |
| 3 | Jefferson County | 16.06 |
| 4 | Stephens County | 14.74 |
| 5 | Ware County | 14.54 |
| 6 | Brooks County | 14.25 |
| 6 | Towns County | 14.25 |
| 7 | Miller County | 13.97 |
| 8 | Seminole County | 13.94 |
| 9 | Worth County | 13.88 |
| 10 | Ben Hill County | 13.79 |
| 11 | Wilkes County | 13.46 |
| 12 | Elbert County | 13.44 |
| 13 | Franklin County | 13.37 |
| 13 | Meriwether County | 13.37 |
| 14 | Early County | 13.31 |
| 15 | Fannin County | 13.29 |
| 16 | Terrell County | 13.28 |
| 17 | Twiggs County | 13.22 |
| 17 | Union County | 13.22 |
| 18 | Quitman County | 13.18 |
| 19 | Emanuel County | 13.1 |
| 20 | Talbot County | 12.99 |
| 21 | Chattooga County | 12.96 |
| 22 | Mitchell County | 12.86 |
| 23 | Taliaferro County | 12.66 |
| 24 | Screven County | 12.61 |
| 25 | Rabun County | 12.6 |
| 26 | Laurens County | 12.59 |
| 27 | Thomas County | 12.57 |
| 28 | Floyd County | 12.41 |
| 28 | Washington County | 12.41 |
| 29 | Gilmer County | 12.4 |
| 30 | Walker County | 12.26 |
| 31 | Decatur County | 12.2 |
| 32 | Polk County | 12.19 |
| 33 | Randolph County | 12.18 |
| 34 | Dade County | 12.12 |
| 35 | Pierce County | 12.1 |
| 36 | Sumter County | 11.98 |
| 37 | Wayne County | 11.96 |
| 38 | Appling County | 11.86 |
| 39 | Macon County | 11.81 |
| 40 | Cook County | 11.8 |
| 41 | Warren County | 11.68 |
| 42 | McDuffie County | 11.67 |
| 43 | Toombs County | 11.65 |
| 44 | Lamar County | 11.62 |
| 45 | Brantley County | 11.48 |
| 46 | Crawford County | 11.46 |
| 47 | Bibb County | 11.42 |
| 48 | Spalding County | 11.39 |
| 49 | Monroe County | 11.38 |
| 50 | Johnson County | 11.29 |
| 51 | Crisp County | 11.26 |
| 52 | Haralson County | 11.19 |
| 53 | Dougherty County | 11.16 |
| 54 | Grady County | 11.03 |
| 55 | Dodge County | 10.98 |
| 56 | Tift County | 10.96 |
| 57 | Gordon County | 10.93 |
| 58 | Heard County | 10.92 |
| 59 | Madison County | 10.88 |
| 60 | Putnam County | 10.77 |
| 61 | Pickens County | 10.76 |
| 62 | Peach County | 10.75 |
| 63 | Berrien County | 10.73 |
| 64 | Baldwin County | 10.71 |
| 65 | Hart County | 10.7 |
| 66 | Glynn County | 10.61 |
| 67 | Colquitt County | 10.59 |
| 67 | Greene County | 10.59 |
| 68 | Taylor County | 10.55 |
| 68 | White County | 10.55 |
| 69 | Troup County | 10.52 |
| 70 | Muscogee County | 10.5 |
| 71 | Hancock County | 10.46 |
| 72 | Richmond County | 10.42 |
| 73 | Irwin County | 10.41 |
| 74 | Butts County | 10.39 |
| 75 | Jones County | 10.23 |
| 76 | Bacon County | 10.18 |
| 76 | Burke County | 10.18 |
| 77 | Wilkinson County | 10.14 |
| 78 | Pike County | 10.01 |
| 79 | Dawson County | 10 |
| 80 | Candler County | 9.98 |
| 81 | Coffee County | 9.96 |
| 82 | Walton County | 9.92 |
| 83 | Catoosa County | 9.84 |
| 84 | Habersham County | 9.81 |
| 85 | Murray County | 9.77 |
| 86 | Webster County | 9.71 |
| 87 | Lanier County | 9.7 |
| 88 | Dooly County | 9.59 |
| 88 | Oglethorpe County | 9.59 |
| 89 | Bartow County | 9.49 |
| 90 | Jenkins County | 9.47 |
| 91 | Glascock County | 9.45 |
| 92 | Lincoln County | 9.44 |
| 93 | Carroll County | 9.4 |
| 94 | Montgomery County | 9.29 |
| 95 | Jasper County | 9.28 |
| 96 | Harris County | 9.18 |
| 97 | Rockdale County | 9.14 |
| 98 | Morgan County | 9.09 |
| 99 | Banks County | 9.08 |
| 100 | Lumpkin County | 9.07 |
| 101 | Jeff Davis County | 9.03 |
| 102 | Whitfield County | 8.97 |
| 103 | Tattnall County | 8.93 |
| 104 | McIntosh County | 8.83 |
| 105 | Newton County | 8.82 |
| 106 | Chatham County | 8.74 |
| 107 | Clay County | 8.62 |
| 108 | Evans County | 8.44 |
| 109 | Bleckley County | 8.39 |
| 109 | Lee County | 8.39 |
| 110 | Houston County | 8.37 |
| 110 | Jackson County | 8.37 |
| 111 | Clinch County | 8.31 |
| 112 | Lowndes County | 8.24 |
| 113 | Charlton County | 8.2 |
| 114 | Marion County | 8.09 |
| 114 | Pulaski County | 8.09 |
| 115 | Wilcox County | 8.05 |
| 116 | Fayette County | 8.02 |
| 117 | Effingham County | 7.87 |
| 118 | Hall County | 7.82 |
| 119 | Barrow County | 7.79 |
| 120 | Treutlen County | 7.77 |
| 121 | Coweta County | 7.64 |
| 122 | Atkinson County | 7.46 |
| 123 | Bulloch County | 7.28 |
| 124 | Henry County | 7.27 |
| 125 | Oconee County | 7.24 |
| 126 | Camden County | 7.13 |
| 127 | Telfair County | 7.07 |
| 128 | Douglas County | 6.99 |
| 129 | Bryan County | 6.89 |
| 130 | Stewart County | 6.88 |
| 131 | Baker County | 6.85 |
| 132 | Calhoun County | 6.71 |
| 133 | Columbia County | 6.7 |
| 134 | Cherokee County | 6.62 |
| 135 | Paulding County | 6.6 |
| 136 | Clayton County | 6.52 |
| 137 | DeKalb County | 6.48 |
| 138 | Fulton County | 6.46 |
| 139 | Liberty County | 6.27 |
| 140 | Cobb County | 6.08 |
| 141 | Clarke County | 5.92 |
| 142 | Wheeler County | 5.84 |
| 143 | Forsyth County | 5.24 |
| 144 | Schley County | 5.16 |
| 145 | Gwinnett County | 5.09 |
| 146 | Long County | 4.64 |
| 147 | Echols County | 3.8 |
| 148 | Chattahoochee County | 2.6 |