| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1990 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1990 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
|
| United States | 241,977,859 | 31,742,864 | 13.1% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 21,134,742 | 3,238,002 | 15.3% | 116.8% |
| Georgia | 6,299,654 | 923,085 | 14.7% | 111.7% |
| Appalachian Georgia | 1,520,643 | 154,611 | 10.2% | 77.5% |
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| County |
| Banks | 10,263 | 1,553 | 15.1% | 115.4% |
| Barrow | 29,439 | 4,314 | 14.7% | 111.7% |
| Bartow | 55,373 | 5,900 | 10.7% | 81.2% |
| Carroll | 68,616 | 9,890 | 14.4% | 109.9% |
| Catoosa | 41,963 | 5,027 | 12.0% | 91.3% |
| Chattooga | 21,972 | 3,208 | 14.6% | 111.3% |
| Cherokee | 89,190 | 5,421 | 6.1% | 46.3% |
| Dade | 12,552 | 1,835 | 14.6% | 111.4% |
| Dawson | 9,361 | 1,201 | 12.8% | 97.8% |
| Douglas | 70,190 | 4,629 | 6.6% | 50.3% |
| Elbert | 18,588 | 3,669 | 19.7% | 150.5% |
| Fannin | 15,841 | 2,730 | 17.2% | 131.4% |
| Floyd | 77,810 | 10,606 | 13.6% | 103.9% |
| Forsyth | 43,613 | 2,954 | 6.8% | 51.6% |
| Franklin | 16,248 | 2,681 | 16.5% | 125.8% |
| Gilmer | 13,145 | 2,178 | 16.6% | 126.3% |
| Gordon | 34,631 | 3,852 | 11.1% | 84.8% |
| Gwinnett | 350,595 | 13,951 | 4.0% | 30.3% |
| Habersham | 25,787 | 2,982 | 11.6% | 88.2% |
| Hall | 93,729 | 9,957 | 10.6% | 81.0% |
| Haralson | 21,573 | 3,117 | 14.4% | 110.1% |
| Hart | 19,374 | 2,742 | 14.2% | 107.9% |
| Heard | 8,498 | 1,619 | 19.1% | 145.2% |
| Jackson | 29,385 | 4,157 | 14.1% | 107.8% |
| Lumpkin | 13,289 | 2,030 | 15.3% | 116.4% |
| Madison | 20,991 | 3,293 | 15.7% | 119.6% |
| Murray | 25,909 | 2,940 | 11.3% | 86.5% |
| Paulding | 41,201 | 3,606 | 8.8% | 66.7% |
| Pickens | 14,219 | 1,814 | 12.8% | 97.3% |
| Polk | 33,366 | 5,437 | 16.3% | 124.2% |
| Rabun | 11,450 | 1,561 | 13.6% | 103.9% |
| Stephens | 22,678 | 3,844 | 17.0% | 129.2% |
| Towns | 6,357 | 892 | 14.0% | 107.0% |
| Union | 11,765 | 2,152 | 18.3% | 139.4% |
| Walker | 57,411 | 7,326 | 12.8% | 97.3% |
| White | 12,572 | 1,575 | 12.5% | 95.5% |
| Whitfield | 71,699 | 7,968 | 11.1% | 84.7% |