Ranking of Georgia Counties By Number of Deaths in 2020

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, the Number of Deaths for Georgia was 94.64K. Among all Georgia counties, Fulton County had the highest number of deaths (8.11K), followed by DeKalb County (5.50K), and Cobb County (5.21K).

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 2020
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Rank County Number of Deaths
1 Fulton County 8114
2 DeKalb County 5495
3 Cobb County 5210
4 Gwinnett County 5160
5 Chatham County 2836
6 Richmond County 2254
7 Muscogee County 2102
8 Clayton County 1982
9 Bibb County 1891
10 Cherokee County 1855
11 Henry County 1824
12 Hall County 1773
13 Forsyth County 1522
14 Houston County 1415
15 Floyd County 1252
16 Paulding County 1235
17 Coweta County 1211
18 Carroll County 1186
19 Douglas County 1167
20 Columbia County 1138
21 Bartow County 1091
22 Newton County 1049
23 Dougherty County 1046
23 Lowndes County 1046
24 Glynn County 1007
25 Fayette County 990
26 Walton County 985
27 Whitfield County 941
28 Walker County 887
29 Spalding County 872
30 Clarke County 834
31 Troup County 810
32 Rockdale County 805
33 Barrow County 725
34 Catoosa County 722
35 Jackson County 683
36 Gordon County 641
37 Bulloch County 636
38 Laurens County 634
39 Thomas County 577
40 Polk County 557
41 Effingham County 525
42 Baldwin County 510
43 Habersham County 506
44 Colquitt County 504
45 Ware County 488
46 Tift County 466
47 Murray County 455
48 Coffee County 453
49 Camden County 425
49 Upson County 425
50 Gilmer County 411
51 Pickens County 398
52 Fannin County 390
52 Liberty County 390
53 Harris County 385
53 Stephens County 385
54 White County 375
55 Sumter County 363
56 Wayne County 362
57 Haralson County 361
58 Toombs County 350
59 Hart County 349
60 Monroe County 346
61 Decatur County 342
62 Lumpkin County 328
63 Jones County 322
64 Madison County 320
65 Crisp County 317
66 Union County 316
67 Chattooga County 312
68 Franklin County 308
69 Meriwether County 307
69 Putnam County 307
70 Emanuel County 303
71 Peach County 302
72 Dodge County 295
73 Oconee County 293
74 McDuffie County 288
75 Butts County 286
76 Grady County 285
77 Bryan County 283
78 Elbert County 282
79 Tattnall County 280
80 Lee County 277
81 Worth County 275
82 Berrien County 260
83 Mitchell County 259
84 Washington County 257
85 Rabun County 254
86 Pierce County 253
87 Dawson County 252
87 Greene County 252
88 Ben Hill County 250
89 Burke County 248
90 Brantley County 241
91 Jefferson County 237
92 Lamar County 235
93 Appling County 224
94 Pike County 217
95 Brooks County 215
96 Cook County 211
97 Dade County 198
98 Towns County 193
99 Screven County 190
100 Oglethorpe County 189
101 Macon County 180
102 Telfair County 178
103 Banks County 173
104 Morgan County 168
105 Jeff Davis County 165
106 Wilkes County 163
107 Crawford County 159
107 Early County 159
108 Twiggs County 148
109 Pulaski County 145
110 Johnson County 144
111 McIntosh County 143
112 Wilkinson County 138
113 Hancock County 136
114 Heard County 135
115 Jasper County 134
116 Dooly County 133
117 Candler County 128
118 Turner County 127
119 Evans County 125
120 Lanier County 123
121 Bleckley County 121
122 Irwin County 116
122 Long County 116
123 Seminole County 115
124 Bacon County 113
125 Jenkins County 111
126 Lincoln County 110
126 Wilcox County 110
127 Terrell County 109
128 Marion County 108
129 Charlton County 106
130 Talbot County 101
131 Montgomery County 98
132 Miller County 91
133 Taylor County 88
134 Randolph County 83
135 Treutlen County 82
136 Atkinson County 81
137 Clinch County 78
138 Warren County 72
139 Stewart County 70
140 Wheeler County 67
141 Calhoun County 49
142 Schley County 45
143 Clay County 44
144 Quitman County 39
145 Chattahoochee County 32
146 Glascock County 31
147 Taliaferro County 30
148 Baker County 25
149 Echols County 24
149 Webster County 24