Poverty Rates, 2006-2010: Appalachian Georgia

	Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2006–2010	Persons Below Poverty Level, 2006–2010	Poverty Rate, 2006–2010	Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010
United States	296,141,149	40,917,513	13.8%	100.0%
Appalachian Region	24,244,056	3,791,020	15.6%	113.2%
Georgia	9,204,793	1,445,752	15.7%	113.7%
Appalachian Georgia	2,802,406	365,389	13.0%	94.4%
County
Banks	17,835	2,833	15.9%	115.0%
Barrow	65,970	8,295	12.6%	91.0%
Bartow	96,181	13,472	14.0%	101.4%
Carroll	105,958	18,339	17.3%	125.3%
Catoosa	62,373	6,978	11.2%	81.0%
Chattooga	24,567	4,706	19.2%	138.6%
Cherokee	204,867	15,143	7.4%	53.5%
Dade	15,566	2,413	15.5%	112.2%
Dawson	21,536	2,584	12.0%	86.8%
Douglas	126,633	14,309	11.3%	81.8%
Elbert	20,261	4,657	23.0%	166.4%
Fannin	23,244	3,759	16.2%	117.0%
Floyd	91,497	17,085	18.7%	135.1%
Forsyth	163,338	9,828	6.0%	43.5%
Franklin	21,766	3,883	17.8%	129.1%
Gilmer	27,630	5,003	18.1%	131.1%
Gordon	53,127	9,099	17.1%	124.0%
Gwinnett	771,325	85,096	11.0%	79.8%
Habersham	37,799	7,410	19.6%	141.9%
Hall	170,332	25,132	14.8%	106.8%
Haralson	27,847	5,685	20.4%	147.8%
Hart	24,425	5,477	22.4%	162.3%
Heard	11,620	2,299	19.8%	143.2%
Jackson	57,536	8,677	15.1%	109.1%
Lumpkin	26,929	4,095	15.2%	110.1%
Madison	27,502	4,888	17.8%	128.6%
Murray	39,638	6,771	17.1%	123.6%
Paulding	134,120	10,967	8.2%	59.2%
Pickens	28,659	3,316	11.6%	83.7%
Polk	40,436	7,794	19.3%	139.5%
Rabun	16,124	2,977	18.5%	133.6%
Stephens	24,666	4,636	18.8%	136.0%
Towns	9,519	884	9.3%	67.2%
Union	20,607	2,858	13.9%	100.4%
Walker	66,439	10,050	15.1%	109.5%
White	26,173	5,081	19.4%	140.5%
Whitfield	98,361	18,910	19.2%	139.1%