Ranking of Georgia Counties By Number of Deaths in 2017

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Number of Deaths for Georgia was 82.14K. Among all Georgia counties, Fulton County had the highest number of deaths (6.36K), followed by DeKalb County (4.64K), and Gwinnett County (4.27K).

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 Number of Deaths in 2017
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Fulton County 6363
2 DeKalb County 4637
3 Gwinnett County 4271
4 Cobb County 4209
5 Chatham County 2458
6 Muscogee County 1964
7 Richmond County 1940
8 Clayton County 1879
9 Bibb County 1658
10 Cherokee County 1622
11 Hall County 1553
12 Henry County 1475
13 Houston County 1207
14 Carroll County 1149
15 Forsyth County 1138
16 Coweta County 1082
17 Floyd County 1079
18 Douglas County 976
19 Columbia County 961
20 Lowndes County 953
21 Paulding County 946
22 Dougherty County 929
23 Walker County 876
24 Glynn County 874
25 Whitfield County 856
26 Newton County 850
27 Bartow County 835
28 Fayette County 813
29 Walton County 802
30 Clarke County 792
31 Spalding County 752
32 Rockdale County 712
33 Catoosa County 706
34 Troup County 677
35 Jackson County 590
35 Laurens County 590
36 Barrow County 588
37 Bulloch County 565
38 Gordon County 549
39 Thomas County 535
40 Polk County 527
41 Baldwin County 492
42 Habersham County 489
43 Colquitt County 475
44 Ware County 455
45 Effingham County 453
46 Coffee County 451
47 Tift County 421
48 Murray County 397
49 Sumter County 385
50 Liberty County 381
51 Upson County 375
52 Camden County 367
53 Pickens County 358
54 Fannin County 350
55 Stephens County 346
56 Haralson County 343
57 Toombs County 342
58 Wayne County 340
59 Chattooga County 336
60 Gilmer County 326
61 Union County 322
62 Decatur County 306
63 Emanuel County 305
64 Monroe County 301
65 Meriwether County 298
66 Lumpkin County 297
67 Madison County 294
68 Franklin County 293
68 Hart County 293
69 Harris County 290
70 Peach County 282
70 White County 282
71 Grady County 277
72 Bryan County 274
73 Butts County 268
74 Jones County 261
75 Tattnall County 259
76 Elbert County 258
77 Mitchell County 254
78 McDuffie County 246
79 Oconee County 243
80 Burke County 240
81 Dodge County 238
82 Washington County 237
83 Putnam County 235
84 Crisp County 232
85 Worth County 230
86 Brooks County 226
87 Berrien County 224
88 Dawson County 221
89 Ben Hill County 219
90 Lamar County 218
91 Greene County 216
92 Lee County 214
92 Pierce County 214
93 Rabun County 213
93 Towns County 213
94 Jefferson County 204
95 Cook County 197
96 Morgan County 192
97 Appling County 187
98 Pike County 186
99 Brantley County 182
100 Dade County 180
101 Macon County 174
102 Crawford County 170
103 Telfair County 166
104 Jeff Davis County 163
105 Banks County 158
106 Oglethorpe County 155
107 Bleckley County 153
107 Screven County 153
108 Heard County 146
109 McIntosh County 145
110 Seminole County 143
111 Candler County 137
111 Wilkes County 137
112 Early County 136
113 Jasper County 135
114 Bacon County 133
115 Wilkinson County 127
116 Pulaski County 125
117 Turner County 121
118 Dooly County 114
119 Irwin County 113
120 Taylor County 109
121 Evans County 106
121 Jenkins County 106
121 Lincoln County 106
122 Johnson County 104
122 Terrell County 104
123 Hancock County 101
124 Lanier County 98
125 Randolph County 97
126 Charlton County 96
126 Miller County 96
127 Atkinson County 92
127 Clinch County 92
128 Talbot County 90
129 Long County 87
129 Treutlen County 87
129 Twiggs County 87
130 Marion County 86
131 Montgomery County 85
131 Wilcox County 85
132 Warren County 80
133 Calhoun County 69
134 Stewart County 61
135 Wheeler County 49
136 Clay County 45
137 Baker County 44
137 Glascock County 44
138 Schley County 43
139 Chattahoochee County 40
140 Webster County 32
141 Echols County 29
142 Quitman County 24
143 Taliaferro County 16