| POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 | ||||
| POVERTY | POVERTY | POVERTY STATUS | POVERTY STATUS | |
| STATUS | STATUS | FEMALE-HEADED | FEMALE-HEADED FAMILIES | |
| INDIVIDUALS | FAMILIES | FAMILIES | WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 | |
| Georgia | 13.0% | 9.9% | 28.5% | 35.3% |
| Appling | 18.6% | 14.9% | 36.5% | 46.1% |
| Atkinson | 23.0% | 18.1% | 39.6% | 49.6% |
| Bacon | 23.7% | 20.2% | 42.5% | 52.8% |
| Baker | 23.4% | 19.9% | 42.2% | 46.8% |
| Baldwin | 16.8% | 11.8% | 28.9% | 36.2% |
| Banks | 12.5% | 9.8% | 28.3% | 36.0% |
| Barrow | 8.3% | 6.2% | 19.2% | 26.8% |
| Bartow | 8.6% | 6.6% | 19.3% | 23.5% |
| Ben Hill | 22.3% | 18.7% | 43.8% | 57.3% |
| Berrien | 17.7% | 14.6% | 40.1% | 47.7% |
| Bibb | 19.1% | 15.5% | 37.7% | 46.6% |
| Bleckley | 15.9% | 11.7% | 30.9% | 38.0% |
| Brantley | 15.6% | 12.1% | 38.4% | 46.2% |
| Brooks | 23.4% | 19.1% | 48.1% | 61.6% |
| Bryan | 11.7% | 10.7% | 38.9% | 45.3% |
| Bulloch | 24.5% | 11.9% | 36.2% | 44.7% |
| Burke | 28.7% | 23.8% | 48.9% | 54.7% |
| Butts | 11.5% | 8.6% | 22.1% | 29.3% |
| Calhoun | 26.5% | 23.2% | 46.9% | 56.8% |
| Camden | 10.1% | 8.4% | 32.7% | 37.7% |
| Candler | 26.1% | 21.4% | 46.6% | 61.3% |
| Carroll | 13.7% | 10.0% | 30.8% | 38.3% |
| Catoosa | 9.4% | 6.4% | 22.6% | 29.6% |
| Charlton | 20.9% | 17.8% | 49.2% | 56.3% |
| Chatham | 15.6% | 11.8% | 32.1% | 40.0% |
| Chattahoochee | 10.6% | 8.9% | 39.7% | 39.3% |
| Chattooga | 14.3% | 11.3% | 26.6% | 34.4% |
| Cherokee | 5.3% | 3.5% | 13.6% | 16.3% |
| Clarke | 28.3% | 14.8% | 38.0% | 47.0% |
| Clay | 31.3% | 28.1% | 57.7% | 69.8% |
| Clayton | 10.1% | 8.2% | 17.3% | 20.7% |
| Clinch | 23.4% | 22.2% | 41.9% | 49.1% |
| Cobb | 6.5% | 4.4% | 13.8% | 17.9% |
| Coffee | 19.1% | 15.3% | 37.2% | 45.6% |
| Colquitt | 19.8% | 16.1% | 41.3% | 46.2% |
| Columbia | 5.1% | 4.2% | 18.6% | 24.9% |
| Cook | 20.7% | 16.5% | 45.3% | 55.0% |
| Coweta | 7.8% | 6.1% | 24.0% | 28.5% |
| Crawford | 15.4% | 12.7% | 35.6% | 40.7% |
| Crisp | 29.3% | 24.6% | 56.8% | 67.8% |
| Dade | 9.7% | 7.5% | 14.7% | 21.1% |
| Dawson | 7.6% | 5.8% | 22.3% | 26.6% |
| Decatur | 22.7% | 19.2% | 45.0% | 55.9% |
| DeKalb | 10.8% | 7.8% | 16.8% | 21.1% |
| Dodge | 17.4% | 13.8% | 33.1% | 39.6% |
| Dooly | 22.1% | 18.0% | 34.9% | 40.9% |
| Dougherty | 24.8% | 19.6% | 43.8% | 51.5% |
| Douglas | 7.8% | 5.7% | 18.4% | 24.7% |
| Early | 25.7% | 22.2% | 51.7% | 61.8% |
| Echols | 28.7% | 22.3% | 35.8% | 50.8% |
| Effingham | 9.3% | 7.1% | 23.7% | 30.4% |
| Elbert | 17.3% | 14.6% | 36.8% | 44.1% |
| Emanuel | 27.4% | 21.8% | 48.4% | 57.4% |
| Evans | 27.0% | 23.1% | 48.9% | 59.1% |
| Fannin | 12.4% | 10.2% | 26.9% | 34.9% |
| Fayette | 2.6% | 2.0% | 11.3% | 14.3% |
| Floyd | 14.4% | 10.8% | 31.9% | 41.9% |
| Forsyth | 5.5% | 3.9% | 15.7% | 18.1% |
| Franklin | 13.9% | 11.0% | 32.4% | 43.3% |
| Fulton | 15.7% | 12.4% | 31.7% | 39.4% |
| Gilmer | 12.5% | 9.3% | 25.6% | 32.2% |
| Glascock | 17.2% | 9.4% | 21.7% | 28.1% |
| Glynn | 15.1% | 11.6% | 36.0% | 42.4% |
| Gordon | 9.9% | 7.5% | 24.0% | 31.5% |
| Grady | 21.3% | 16.7% | 39.7% | 49.2% |
| Greene | 22.3% | 16.0% | 40.3% | 51.2% |
| Gwinnett | 5.7% | 3.8% | 11.0% | 14.2% |
| Habersham | 12.2% | 8.8% | 21.4% | 27.0% |
| Hall | 12.4% | 8.5% | 23.5% | 29.4% |
| Hancock | 29.4% | 26.1% | 48.3% | 60.6% |
| Haralson | 15.5% | 11.4% | 26.6% | 32.3% |
| Harris | 8.2% | 6.5% | 22.5% | 27.4% |
| Hart | 14.8% | 12.2% | 32.8% | 44.7% |
| Heard | 13.6% | 10.5% | 31.8% | 39.2% |
| Henry | 4.9% | 3.7% | 14.9% | 18.0% |
| Houston | 10.2% | 8.4% | 29.1% | 35.6% |
| Irwin | 17.8% | 13.5% | 38.3% | 47.2% |
| Jackson | 12.0% | 9.9% | 30.3% | 41.7% |
| Jasper | 14.2% | 10.9% | 35.2% | 40.7% |
| Jeff Davis | 19.4% | 16.8% | 30.8% | 43.6% |
| Jefferson | 23.0% | 19.3% | 39.3% | 48.4% |
| Jenkins | 28.4% | 22.3% | 40.4% | 49.5% |
| Johnson | 22.6% | 20.9% | 53.3% | 66.2% |
| Jones | 10.2% | 7.7% | 24.2% | 30.6% |
| Lamar | 11.2% | 8.1% | 26.0% | 37.3% |
| Lanier | 18.5% | 15.3% | 41.5% | 48.0% |
| Laurens | 18.4% | 14.7% | 42.1% | 50.1% |
| Lee | 8.2% | 6.5% | 24.1% | 28.0% |
| Liberty | 15.0% | 13.5% | 44.5% | 51.9% |
| Lincoln | 15.3% | 12.4% | 35.4% | 40.8% |
| Long | 19.5% | 17.6% | 47.5% | 54.2% |
| Lowndes | 18.3% | 13.9% | 39.6% | 47.6% |
| Lumpkin | 13.2% | 9.0% | 28.9% | 31.3% |
| McDuffie | 18.4% | 14.1% | 38.9% | 43.8% |
| McIntosh | 18.7% | 15.7% | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| Macon | 25.8% | 22.1% | 38.6% | 53.8% |
| Madison | 11.6% | 9.2% | 26.5% | 30.5% |
| Marion | 22.4% | 17.8% | 33.2% | 40.8% |
| Meriwether | 17.8% | 13.6% | 28.9% | 40.2% |
| Miller | 21.2% | 16.9% | 36.2% | 49.4% |
| Mitchell | 26.4% | 22.3% | 47.4% | 58.8% |
| Monroe | 9.8% | 7.3% | 27.4% | 38.9% |
| Montgomery | 19.9% | 15.8% | 35.5% | 41.1% |
| Morgan | 10.9% | 8.9% | 27.2% | 37.4% |
| Murray | 12.7% | 9.2% | 24.3% | 29.5% |
| Muscogee | 15.7% | 12.8% | 32.9% | 40.0% |
| Newton | 10.0% | 7.2% | 22.8% | 28.3% |
| Oconee | 6.5% | 4.9% | 23.3% | 31.9% |
| Oglethorpe | 13.2% | 10.0% | 29.1% | 35.4% |
| Paulding | 5.5% | 4.0% | 15.0% | 17.6% |
| Peach | 20.2% | 15.2% | 37.5% | 42.0% |
| Pickens | 9.2% | 6.2% | 22.2% | 26.8% |
| Pierce | 18.4% | 14.4% | 48.7% | 62.5% |
| Pike | 9.6% | 6.9% | 20.4% | 29.9% |
| Polk | 15.5% | 11.2% | 29.1% | 39.2% |
| Pulaski | 16.4% | 12.3% | 35.7% | 46.2% |
| Putnam | 14.6% | 10.5% | 36.2% | 52.0% |
| Quitman | 21.9% | 16.1% | 42.1% | 45.8% |
| Rabun | 11.1% | 8.1% | 14.1% | 22.6% |
| Randolph | 27.7% | 22.0% | 50.2% | 57.3% |
| Richmond | 19.6% | 16.2% | 36.6% | 44.1% |
| Rockdale | 8.2% | 5.7% | 16.0% | 18.8% |
| Schley | 19.9% | 15.8% | 37.3% | 36.9% |
| Screven | 20.1% | 15.5% | 36.6% | 46.4% |
| Seminole | 23.2% | 15.8% | 37.2% | 49.9% |
| Spalding | 15.5% | 12.4% | 32.1% | 40.8% |
| Stephens | 15.1% | 11.3% | 21.3% | 29.1% |
| Stewart | 22.2% | 17.2% | 33.0% | 45.5% |
| Sumter | 21.4% | 17.6% | 44.3% | 52.0% |
| Talbot | 24.2% | 19.9% | 45.0% | 56.6% |
| Taliaferro | 23.4% | 22.3% | 45.3% | 54.5% |
| Tattnall | 23.9% | 18.6% | 43.5% | 54.0% |
| Taylor | 26.0% | 20.2% | 43.1% | 54.8% |
| Telfair | 21.2% | 17.3% | 40.5% | 48.4% |
| Terrell | 28.6% | 22.7% | 42.2% | 51.6% |
| Thomas | 17.4% | 13.6% | 34.6% | 43.1% |
| Tift | 19.9% | 15.5% | 41.6% | 50.1% |
| Toombs | 23.9% | 17.8% | 38.6% | 45.9% |
| Towns | 11.8% | 8.8% | 26.9% | 35.1% |
| Treutlen | 26.3% | 20.8% | 35.8% | 40.8% |
| Troup | 14.8% | 12.2% | 32.6% | 40.0% |
| Turner | 26.7% | 20.5% | 42.3% | 53.7% |
| Twiggs | 19.7% | 15.5% | 34.1% | 46.4% |
| Union | 12.5% | 9.3% | 23.2% | 30.8% |
| Upson | 14.7% | 11.2% | 31.8% | 38.9% |
| Walker | 12.5% | 10.0% | 30.1% | 42.6% |
| Walton | 9.7% | 8.0% | 27.5% | 33.9% |
| Ware | 20.5% | 15.9% | 39.1% | 50.0% |
| Warren | 27.0% | 24.1% | 45.9% | 57.0% |
| Washington | 22.9% | 18.7% | 44.5% | 53.0% |
| Wayne | 16.7% | 13.4% | 39.0% | 48.2% |
| Webster | 19.3% | 17.2% | 40.0% | 51.0% |
| Wheeler | 25.3% | 21.6% | 44.5% | 46.0% |
| White | 10.5% | 8.4% | 31.0% | 38.7% |
| Whitfield | 11.5% | 8.6% | 20.3% | 24.9% |
| Wilcox | 21.0% | 16.8% | 50.4% | 62.7% |
| Wilkes | 17.5% | 13.0% | 34.0% | 41.7% |
| Wilkinson | 17.9% | 14.6% | 37.3% | 44.2% |
| Worth | 18.5% | 14.7% | 40.0% | 46.9% |
| ALBANY MSA | 21.4% | 16.7% | 41.6% | 48.7% |
| ATHENS MSA | 21.4% | 11.5% | 34.6% | 43.0% |
| ATLANTA MSA | 9.4% | 6.9% | 20.7% | 25.9% |
| AUGUSTA MSA* | 15.2% | 12.3% | 33.9% | 41.3% |
| CHATTANOOGA MSA* | 10.9% | 8.2% | 25.6% | 35.7% |
| COLUMBUS MSA* | 14.6% | 11.8% | 32.4% | 39.2% |
| MACON MSA | 15.5% | 12.3% | 34.6% | 42.4% |
| SAVANNAH MSA | 14.5% | 11.0% | 31.8% | 39.6% |
| *Georgia Counties Only | ||||