| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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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% |
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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% |