Poverty Rate in Hancock County, GA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
30.6%
Rank #3,091/3,222 · #156 in GA
4th
Hancock 30.6%
GA 13.4% +128.8%
US 12.6% +143.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hancock County's poverty rate of 30.6% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Hancock County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,088 | Leslie County, KY | 30.3% |
| #3,089 | Roosevelt County, MT | 30.4% |
| #3,090 | Apache County, AZ | 30.5% |
| #3,091 | Hancock County, GA | 30.6% |
| #3,092 | Claiborne County, MS | 30.7% |
| #3,093 | Yazoo County, MS | 30.8% |
| #3,094 | Sharkey County, MS | 30.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Hancock County, Georgia has a poverty rate of 30.6%, ranking #3,091 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 143.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Georgia, it ranks #156 of 159. This places it in the 4th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.