Poverty Rate in Laurens County, GA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
22.6%
Rank #2,878/3,222 · #125 in GA
11th
Laurens 22.6%
GA 13.4% +68.8%
US 12.6% +79.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Laurens County's poverty rate of 22.6% 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 Laurens County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,875 | Fulton County, KY | 22.6% |
| #2,876 | Orleans Parish, LA | 22.6% |
| #2,877 | Payne County, OK | 22.6% |
| #2,878 | Laurens County, GA | 22.6% |
| #2,879 | Union County, SC | 22.6% |
| #2,880 | Chicot County, AR | 22.6% |
| #2,881 | Whitman County, WA | 22.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Laurens County, Georgia has a poverty rate of 22.6%, ranking #2,878 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 79.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Georgia, it ranks #125 of 159. This places it in the 11th 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.