Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
Updated on June 21, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Death Rate per 1K for Georgia was 8.1. Among all Georgia counties, Quitman County had the highest death rate (19.62), followed by Towns County (16.5), and Seminole County (16.11).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2018 Census.
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Quitman County | 19.62 |
| 2 | Towns County | 16.5 |
| 3 | Seminole County | 16.11 |
| 4 | Wilkes County | 15.73 |
| 5 | Clay County | 15.67 |
| 6 | Twiggs County | 15.44 |
| 7 | Hancock County | 15.4 |
| 8 | Terrell County | 14.91 |
| 9 | Taliaferro County | 14.9 |
| 10 | Miller County | 14.83 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 14.81 |
| 12 | Upson County | 14.75 |
| 13 | Early County | 14.49 |
| 14 | Emanuel County | 14.45 |
| 15 | Stephens County | 14.34 |
| 16 | Union County | 14.31 |
| 17 | Elbert County | 14.26 |
| 17 | Wilkinson County | 14.26 |
| 18 | Decatur County | 14.21 |
| 19 | Clinch County | 14.03 |
| 20 | Sumter County | 13.9 |
| 21 | Franklin County | 13.85 |
| 22 | Bacon County | 13.72 |
| 23 | Fannin County | 13.71 |
| 24 | Treutlen County | 13.6 |
| 25 | Chattooga County | 13.59 |
| 26 | Haralson County | 13.51 |
| 27 | Ben Hill County | 13.47 |
| 28 | Irwin County | 13.44 |
| 29 | Ware County | 13.36 |
| 30 | Glascock County | 13.34 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 13.33 |
| 32 | Taylor County | 13.29 |
| 33 | Turner County | 13.28 |
| 34 | Candler County | 13.11 |
| 35 | McDuffie County | 13.1 |
| 36 | Warren County | 12.97 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 12.92 |
| 38 | Greene County | 12.87 |
| 39 | Mitchell County | 12.86 |
| 40 | Brooks County | 12.78 |
| 41 | Spalding County | 12.72 |
| 42 | Jasper County | 12.61 |
| 42 | Randolph County | 12.61 |
| 42 | Talbot County | 12.61 |
| 43 | Crisp County | 12.55 |
| 43 | Meriwether County | 12.55 |
| 44 | Berrien County | 12.44 |
| 45 | Evans County | 12.32 |
| 46 | Gilmer County | 12.3 |
| 47 | Macon County | 12.27 |
| 48 | Butts County | 12.23 |
| 49 | Worth County | 12.19 |
| 50 | Colquitt County | 12.09 |
| 51 | Hart County | 12.05 |
| 52 | Jeff Davis County | 11.98 |
| 52 | Laurens County | 11.98 |
| 53 | Jenkins County | 11.91 |
| 54 | Dade County | 11.81 |
| 55 | Rabun County | 11.79 |
| 56 | Screven County | 11.75 |
| 57 | Thomas County | 11.71 |
| 58 | Putnam County | 11.65 |
| 59 | Tift County | 11.63 |
| 60 | Wilcox County | 11.62 |
| 61 | Appling County | 11.57 |
| 62 | Lamar County | 11.54 |
| 63 | Floyd County | 11.46 |
| 64 | Toombs County | 11.45 |
| 65 | Stewart County | 11.44 |
| 66 | Walker County | 11.42 |
| 67 | Monroe County | 11.41 |
| 68 | Polk County | 11.38 |
| 69 | Marion County | 11.29 |
| 70 | Glynn County | 11.26 |
| 71 | Brantley County | 11.25 |
| 72 | Burke County | 11.19 |
| 73 | Bleckley County | 11.09 |
| 74 | Baldwin County | 10.98 |
| 75 | Washington County | 10.95 |
| 76 | Bibb County | 10.84 |
| 77 | Cook County | 10.82 |
| 78 | Grady County | 10.79 |
| 79 | Pickens County | 10.76 |
| 80 | Johnson County | 10.66 |
| 81 | Catoosa County | 10.64 |
| 81 | Oglethorpe County | 10.64 |
| 82 | Charlton County | 10.62 |
| 82 | Dougherty County | 10.62 |
| 83 | Montgomery County | 10.56 |
| 84 | Calhoun County | 10.52 |
| 85 | Troup County | 10.51 |
| 86 | Habersham County | 10.5 |
| 87 | Telfair County | 10.44 |
| 88 | Dawson County | 10.42 |
| 89 | Coffee County | 10.36 |
| 89 | Crawford County | 10.36 |
| 90 | Banks County | 10.29 |
| 91 | Morgan County | 10.27 |
| 92 | Wheeler County | 10.22 |
| 93 | Pierce County | 10.21 |
| 94 | Peach County | 10.19 |
| 95 | Dodge County | 10.18 |
| 96 | Muscogee County | 10.16 |
| 97 | Webster County | 10.08 |
| 98 | Heard County | 10.02 |
| 99 | Pike County | 9.99 |
| 100 | Jones County | 9.95 |
| 100 | Richmond County | 9.95 |
| 101 | Tattnall County | 9.86 |
| 102 | Lumpkin County | 9.8 |
| 103 | White County | 9.78 |
| 104 | Madison County | 9.74 |
| 104 | Walton County | 9.74 |
| 105 | Murray County | 9.6 |
| 106 | Atkinson County | 9.52 |
| 107 | Jackson County | 9.43 |
| 108 | McIntosh County | 9.32 |
| 109 | Gordon County | 9.19 |
| 110 | Carroll County | 9.13 |
| 111 | Bartow County | 9.03 |
| 112 | Pulaski County | 8.98 |
| 113 | Barrow County | 8.69 |
| 114 | Harris County | 8.61 |
| 115 | Lee County | 8.58 |
| 116 | Lanier County | 8.42 |
| 117 | Chatham County | 8.41 |
| 118 | Effingham County | 8.38 |
| 119 | Baker County | 8.32 |
| 119 | Houston County | 8.32 |
| 120 | Rockdale County | 8.27 |
| 121 | Newton County | 8.2 |
| 122 | Dooly County | 8.17 |
| 123 | Lowndes County | 8.15 |
| 124 | Fayette County | 8.05 |
| 125 | Hall County | 7.83 |
| 126 | Whitfield County | 7.79 |
| 127 | Bryan County | 7.6 |
| 128 | Camden County | 7.42 |
| 129 | Coweta County | 7.35 |
| 130 | Bulloch County | 7 |
| 131 | Douglas County | 6.94 |
| 132 | Oconee County | 6.93 |
| 133 | Schley County | 6.89 |
| 134 | Henry County | 6.86 |
| 135 | Cherokee County | 6.56 |
| 135 | Clayton County | 6.56 |
| 136 | Columbia County | 6.55 |
| 137 | Liberty County | 6.42 |
| 138 | DeKalb County | 6.37 |
| 139 | Paulding County | 6.25 |
| 140 | Clarke County | 6.24 |
| 141 | Fulton County | 6.16 |
| 142 | Cobb County | 5.97 |
| 143 | Echols County | 5.88 |
| 144 | Long County | 5.16 |
| 145 | Forsyth County | 5.12 |
| 146 | Gwinnett County | 4.72 |
| 147 | Chattahoochee County | 3.37 |