Poverty Rate in Pulaski County, GA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.5%
Rank #2,223/3,222 · #72 in GA
31th
Pulaski 16.5%
GA 13.4% +23.5%
US 12.6% +31.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Pulaski County's poverty rate of 16.5% 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 Pulaski County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,220 | New York County, NY | 16.5% |
| #2,221 | McNairy County, TN | 16.5% |
| #2,222 | Wichita County, KS | 16.5% |
| #2,223 | Pulaski County, GA | 16.5% |
| #2,224 | Garden County, NE | 16.5% |
| #2,225 | Pendleton County, WV | 16.6% |
| #2,226 | Haskell County, TX | 16.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Pulaski County, Georgia has a poverty rate of 16.5%, ranking #2,223 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 31.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Georgia, it ranks #72 of 159. This places it in the 31th 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.