Poverty Rate in Walker County, GA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.3%
Rank #1,602/3,222 · #46 in GA
50th
Walker 13.3%
GA 13.4% -0.7%
US 12.6% +5.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Walker County's poverty rate of 13.3% 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 Walker County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,599 | Shasta County, CA | 13.3% |
| #1,600 | Allen County, OH | 13.3% |
| #1,601 | Nemaha County, NE | 13.3% |
| #1,602 | Walker County, GA | 13.3% |
| #1,603 | Towns County, GA | 13.3% |
| #1,604 | Grand County, UT | 13.3% |
| #1,605 | Pope County, IL | 13.3% |
About Poverty Rate
Walker County, Georgia has a poverty rate of 13.3%, ranking #1,602 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Georgia, it ranks #46 of 159. This places it in the 50th 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.