Chattooga County appears on a list of the poorest counties in the State of Georgia as ranked by 24/7 Wall St.

Georgia has a median household income of $71,355. But in many parts of the state, the typical household earns far less than the statewide median. Using five-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey, 24/7 Wall St. identified the 35 poorest counties in Georgia. Counties in the state are ranked on median household income. Population, poverty, and unemployment data are also five-year estimates from the 2022 ACS.

Among the counties on this list, median household incomes are anywhere from about $25,400 to $46,700 below the statewide median. In many of these counties, levels of financial hardship are underscored by widespread poverty. In every county on this list, the share of residents living below the poverty line exceeds the 13.5% statewide poverty rate.

According to the list, Chattooga County is the 25th poorest county in the state.  The median household income is $43,556 and the county has a poverty rate of 19.9%.  The five-year average unemployment rate is 4.7%.  The current population of the county stands at 24,902.

The poorest county in the state, according to the rankings, is Randolph County in southwest Georgia where the median household income is just $24,638 and there is a 28.1% poverty rate.