Poverty Rates, 2000: Appalachian Georgia

	Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000	Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000	Poverty Rate, 2000	Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000
United States	273,882,232	33,899,812	12.4%	100.0%
Appalachian Region	22,944,990	3,120,197	13.6%	109.9%
Georgia	7,959,649	1,033,793	13.0%	104.9%
Appalachian Georgia	2,169,854	200,543	9.2%	74.7%
County
Banks	14,394	1,806	12.5%	101.4%
Barrow	45,662	3,787	8.3%	67.0%
Bartow	75,097	6,445	8.6%	69.3%
Carroll	83,817	11,495	13.7%	110.8%
Catoosa	52,607	4,966	9.4%	76.3%
Chattooga	23,723	3,388	14.3%	115.4%
Cherokee	140,535	7,474	5.3%	43.0%
Dade	14,410	1,404	9.7%	78.7%
Dawson	15,903	1,210	7.6%	61.5%
Douglas	90,943	7,080	7.8%	62.9%
Elbert	20,186	3,498	17.3%	140.0%
Fannin	19,632	2,429	12.4%	100.0%
Floyd	86,783	12,538	14.4%	116.7%
Forsyth	97,812	5,382	5.5%	44.5%
Franklin	19,648	2,724	13.9%	112.0%
Gilmer	23,220	2,892	12.5%	100.6%
Gordon	43,540	4,293	9.9%	79.7%
Gwinnett	582,453	33,067	5.7%	45.9%
Habersham	34,072	4,148	12.2%	98.4%
Hall	136,771	16,980	12.4%	100.3%
Haralson	25,256	3,914	15.5%	125.2%
Hart	22,551	3,329	14.8%	119.3%
Heard	10,888	1,480	13.6%	109.8%
Jackson	40,725	4,878	12.0%	96.8%
Lumpkin	19,650	2,602	13.2%	107.0%
Madison	25,456	2,964	11.6%	94.1%
Murray	36,227	4,583	12.7%	102.2%
Paulding	80,970	4,454	5.5%	44.4%
Pickens	22,712	2,080	9.2%	74.0%
Polk	37,156	5,744	15.5%	124.9%
Rabun	14,843	1,649	11.1%	89.8%
Stephens	24,508	3,702	15.1%	122.0%
Towns	8,836	1,043	11.8%	95.4%
Union	16,880	2,113	12.5%	101.1%
Walker	59,844	7,466	12.5%	100.8%
White	19,384	2,042	10.5%	85.1%
Whitfield	82,760	9,494	11.5%	92.7%