Poverty Rates, 2011-2015: Appalachian Georgia

	Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2011–2015	Persons Below Poverty Level, 2011–2015	Poverty Rate, 2011–2015	Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015
United States	308,619,550	47,749,043	15.5%	100.0%
Appalachian Region	24,640,191	4,219,279	17.1%	110.7%
Georgia	9,737,146	1,788,947	18.4%	118.7%
Appalachian Georgia	3,003,691	461,383	15.4%	99.3%
County
Banks	18,272	3,026	16.6%	107.0%
Barrow	71,597	10,902	15.2%	98.4%
Bartow	100,350	15,819	15.8%	101.9%
Carroll	108,629	22,441	20.7%	133.5%
Catoosa	64,734	8,061	12.5%	80.5%
Chattooga	23,200	5,488	23.7%	152.9%
Cherokee	224,010	24,273	10.8%	70.0%
Dade	15,178	2,300	15.2%	97.9%
Dawson	22,289	3,156	14.2%	91.5%
Douglas	134,882	22,118	16.4%	106.0%
Elbert	19,250	3,664	19.0%	123.0%
Fannin	23,374	5,404	23.1%	149.4%
Floyd	92,079	19,605	21.3%	137.6%
Forsyth	195,371	13,547	6.9%	44.8%
Franklin	21,468	5,122	23.9%	154.2%
Gilmer	28,386	6,664	23.5%	151.7%
Gordon	54,954	11,188	20.4%	131.6%
Gwinnett	853,124	117,553	13.8%	89.1%
Habersham	40,517	7,220	17.8%	115.2%
Hall	185,412	34,120	18.4%	118.9%
Haralson	28,162	5,724	20.3%	131.4%
Hart	24,635	5,403	21.9%	141.8%
Heard	11,457	2,349	20.5%	132.5%
Jackson	60,866	8,314	13.7%	88.3%
Lumpkin	29,506	5,559	18.8%	121.8%
Madison	27,983	4,798	17.1%	110.8%
Murray	38,897	7,765	20.0%	129.0%
Paulding	146,447	18,445	12.6%	81.4%
Pickens	29,469	3,418	11.6%	75.0%
Polk	40,777	8,767	21.5%	139.0%
Rabun	15,991	3,458	21.6%	139.8%
Stephens	24,905	4,707	18.9%	122.2%
Towns	9,988	1,862	18.6%	120.5%
Union	21,227	2,860	13.5%	87.1%
Walker	66,520	11,818	17.8%	114.8%
White	27,349	5,195	19.0%	122.8%
Whitfield	102,436	19,270	18.8%	121.6%