The very first recommendation in the final report from the Georgia Education Reform Commission was this: Develop a student-based funding formula.
What does this mean? According to education experts from the Reason Foundation, under a student-based budget, “Actual dollars follow students to the school level to be spent flexibly by school leaders.” In addition to enhancing equity and transparency, research has shown this can enhance student achievement.
The Reason Foundation’s Director of Education, Lisa Snell, speaking at a school finance forum hosted by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, noted a study that found, “holding all else constant, a school district that allocated 50 percent of its FY2011 budget to weighted student formula, where money follows the student, is nearly 10 times more likely to close achievement gaps than a district that only allocated 20 percent of its FY2011 budget to weighted student formula.”
Examining how much money is currently spent at the district level across the state highlights the extent of the opportunity to shift a portion of this funding to the school level.
Below are FY2014 operating expenditures for school systems across the state. This is reported to the State Department of Education by each school system. Each dollar of spending is assigned to a central office function or a school, based on where those funds were spent. While it may not mean the school controlled the spending just because money was spent at the school building level, this is the best data we have.
| System | Students | Total Operating Spending Per Student | Central Office Spending Per Student | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Public Schools | 49,023 | $13,630 | $4,932 | 1 |
| Hancock County | 936 | $12,160 | $2,506 | 2 |
| Rabun County | 2,177 | $11,606 | $2,276 | 3 |
| Thomasville City | 2,821 | $9,293 | $2,240 | 4 |
| White County | 3,862 | $9,509 | $2,120 | 5 |
| Dublin City | 2,460 | $9,774 | $2,054 | 6 |
| Twiggs County | 873 | $11,068 | $1,984 | 7 |
| Warren County | 629 | $10,563 | $1,924 | 8 |
| Clay County | 301 | $12,095 | $1,848 | 9 |
| Fulton County | 93,114 | $9,674 | $1,778 | 10 |
| Social Circle City | 1,639 | $8,638 | $1,704 | 11 |
| Liberty County | 9,752 | $8,804 | $1,626 | 12 |
| Calhoun County | 637 | $10,697 | $1,624 | 13 |
| Rockdale County | 15,731 | $8,439 | $1,597 | 14 |
| Spalding County | 10,131 | $8,501 | $1,518 | 15 |
| Stewart County | 500 | $11,401 | $1,494 | 16 |
| Johnson County | 1,107 | $8,489 | $1,490 | 17 |
| Taliaferro County | 187 | $15,400 | $1,473 | 18 |
| Miller County | 1,038 | $9,018 | $1,461 | 19 |
| Monroe County | 3,820 | $9,632 | $1,459 | 20 |
| Quitman County | 309 | $13,362 | $1,381 | 21 |
| Richmond County | 30,733 | $8,513 | $1,359 | 22 |
| Turner County | 1,385 | $9,959 | $1,338 | 23 |
| Hall County | 26,638 | $7,833 | $1,314 | 24 |
| Floyd County | 9,819 | $9,042 | $1,290 | 25 |
| Burke County | 4,080 | $11,946 | $1,240 | 26 |
| Lee County | 6,108 | $7,408 | $1,236 | 27 |
| Decatur City | 3,975 | $11,486 | $1,220 | 28 |
| Pulaski County | 1,309 | $9,340 | $1,200 | 29 |
| Baker County | 319 | $14,016 | $1,188 | 30 |
| Pelham City | 1,419 | $8,691 | $1,184 | 31 |
| Marion County | 1,305 | $8,765 | $1,169 | 32 |
| Putnam County | 2,684 | $10,294 | $1,166 | 33 |
| Talbot County | 502 | $11,289 | $1,148 | 34 |
| Chatham County | 35,890 | $9,457 | $1,143 | 35 |
| Randolph County | 971 | $10,044 | $1,118 | 36 |
| Charlton County | 1,574 | $8,587 | $1,099 | 37 |
| Webster County | 394 | $10,126 | $1,099 | 38 |
| McIntosh County | 1,571 | $9,148 | $1,097 | 39 |
| Peach County | 3,744 | $8,117 | $1,094 | 40 |
| Polk County | 7,365 | $7,608 | $1,087 | 41 |
| Macon County | 1,541 | $10,209 | $1,078 | 42 |
| Echols County | 781 | $9,199 | $1,065 | 43 |
| Buford City | 3,975 | $9,223 | $1,020 | 44 |
| Terrell County | 1,399 | $9,729 | $1,016 | 45 |
| Wilkes County | 1,565 | $10,646 | $1,014 | 46 |
| Brooks County | 2,098 | $9,756 | $1,012 | 47 |
| Coffee County | 7,386 | $8,645 | $988 | 48 |
| Wheeler County | 975 | $9,470 | $987 | 49 |
| Bibb County | 23,399 | $8,721 | $980 | 50 |
| Lanier County | 1,683 | $8,839 | $972 | 51 |
| Clayton County | 51,413 | $7,288 | $971 | 52 |
| Douglas County | 25,410 | $8,270 | $962 | 53 |
| Clinch County | 1,319 | $9,162 | $953 | 54 |
| Cherokee County | 39,315 | $7,787 | $948 | 55 |
| Treutlen County | 1,120 | $7,508 | $948 | 56 |
| Meriwether County | 2,912 | $9,671 | $939 | 57 |
| Evans County | 1,742 | $8,464 | $918 | 58 |
| Marietta City | 8,833 | $9,516 | $918 | 59 |
| Sumter County | 4,634 | $9,237 | $917 | 60 |
| Towns County | 1,071 | $10,830 | $912 | 61 |
| Glascock County | 593 | $9,192 | $911 | 62 |
| Telfair County | 1,613 | $8,653 | $899 | 63 |
| Bartow County | 13,729 | $8,567 | $896 | 64 |
| Jenkins County | 1,294 | $10,098 | $890 | 65 |
| Effingham County | 10,973 | $7,950 | $889 | 66 |
| Newton County | 18,844 | $7,905 | $881 | 67 |
| Hart County | 3,425 | $8,375 | $880 | 68 |
| Oglethorpe County | 2,225 | $9,296 | $873 | 69 |
| Chattahoochee County | 906 | $9,611 | $872 | 70 |
| McDuffie County | 4,193 | $8,277 | $871 | 71 |
| Madison County | 4,650 | $9,260 | $846 | 72 |
| Jones County | 5,246 | $8,668 | $842 | 73 |
| Screven County | 2,261 | $8,749 | $840 | 74 |
| Ware County | 5,681 | $9,003 | $836 | 75 |
| Mitchell County | 2,321 | $9,871 | $826 | 76 |
| Calhoun City | 3,660 | $7,758 | $825 | 77 |
| Harris County | 4,964 | $8,334 | $817 | 78 |
| Emanuel County | 4,097 | $8,138 | $813 | 79 |
| Gwinnett County | 168,225 | $7,951 | $813 | 80 |
| Commerce City | 1,466 | $8,178 | $812 | 81 |
| Whitfield County | 12,963 | $8,315 | $809 | 82 |
| Butts County | 3,359 | $7,915 | $786 | 83 |
| Jefferson City | 2,944 | $6,631 | $783 | 84 |
| Gainesville City | 7,463 | $8,354 | $782 | 85 |
| Pike County | 3,312 | $7,303 | $778 | 86 |
| Dalton City | 7,369 | $8,950 | $770 | 87 |
| Pickens County | 4,314 | $9,435 | $765 | 88 |
| Appling County | 3,389 | $8,949 | $761 | 89 |
| Walker County | 8,864 | $8,500 | $756 | 90 |
| Lamar County | 2,483 | $8,858 | $754 | 91 |
| Bremen City | 2,072 | $8,081 | $739 | 92 |
| Fayette County | 19,908 | $8,188 | $738 | 93 |
| Trion City | 1,312 | $8,193 | $735 | 94 |
| Wilcox County | 1,150 | $9,926 | $730 | 95 |
| Dawson County | 3,472 | $9,150 | $723 | 96 |
| Habersham County | 6,775 | $8,935 | $721 | 97 |
| Stephens County | 3,904 | $9,401 | $709 | 98 |
| Lincoln County | 1,130 | $9,439 | $705 | 99 |
| Dooly County | 1,331 | $9,093 | $703 | 100 |
| Crisp County | 3,992 | $8,958 | $703 | 101 |
| Haralson County | 3,384 | $9,134 | $699 | 102 |
| Worth County | 3,244 | $8,319 | $680 | 103 |
| Jasper County | 2,184 | $8,027 | $678 | 104 |
| Henry County | 40,495 | $7,628 | $678 | 105 |
| Cartersville City | 4,044 | $8,695 | $671 | 106 |
| Candler County | 2,029 | $8,481 | $668 | 107 |
| Irwin County | 1,688 | $8,713 | $666 | 108 |
| Ben Hill County | 3,105 | $8,660 | $665 | 109 |
| Chickamauga City | 1,380 | $6,779 | $663 | 110 |
| Schley County | 1,307 | $7,488 | $663 | 111 |
| Thomas County | 5,261 | $7,989 | $663 | 112 |
| Tattnall County | 3,460 | $8,434 | $656 | 113 |
| Jackson County | 7,078 | $8,632 | $642 | 114 |
| Barrow County | 12,785 | $7,886 | $638 | 115 |
| Walton County | 13,246 | $7,868 | $624 | 116 |
| Long County | 2,983 | $7,588 | $619 | 117 |
| DeKalb County | 96,563 | $8,722 | $619 | 118 |
| Bacon County | 1,990 | $8,303 | $618 | 119 |
| Grady County | 4,400 | $7,748 | $618 | 120 |
| Atkinson County | 1,646 | $8,773 | $614 | 121 |
| Dade County | 2,091 | $8,558 | $610 | 122 |
| Lumpkin County | 3,771 | $8,527 | $609 | 123 |
| Early County | 2,090 | $9,385 | $603 | 124 |
| Forsyth County | 40,414 | $7,342 | $598 | 125 |
| Toombs County | 2,885 | $8,352 | $596 | 126 |
| Dodge County | 3,144 | $8,048 | $595 | 127 |
| Rome City | 5,836 | $8,249 | $591 | 128 |
| Catoosa County | 10,616 | $8,652 | $582 | 129 |
| Thomaston-Upson County | 4,212 | $8,508 | $577 | 130 |
| Greene County | 2,117 | $13,631 | $577 | 131 |
| Berrien County | 3,089 | $8,121 | $572 | 132 |
| Gilmer County | 4,138 | $8,839 | $570 | 133 |
| Paulding County | 28,274 | $7,628 | $566 | 134 |
| Fannin County | 2,940 | $10,153 | $565 | 135 |
| Oconee County | 6,728 | $8,180 | $563 | 136 |
| Taylor County | 1,432 | $8,619 | $563 | 137 |
| Baldwin County | 5,577 | $7,642 | $560 | 138 |
| Dougherty County | 15,330 | $9,230 | $556 | 139 |
| Tift County | 7,537 | $8,152 | $547 | 140 |
| Jefferson County | 2,653 | $9,217 | $545 | 141 |
| Franklin County | 3,631 | $7,800 | $519 | 142 |
| Murray County | 7,286 | $7,517 | $517 | 143 |
| Banks County | 2,846 | $8,618 | $517 | 144 |
| Heard County | 1,919 | $9,152 | $517 | 145 |
| Elbert County | 2,907 | $9,303 | $516 | 146 |
| Morgan County | 3,187 | $8,565 | $514 | 147 |
| Colquitt County | 9,018 | $8,379 | $512 | 148 |
| Glynn County | 12,272 | $9,150 | $506 | 149 |
| Lowndes County | 10,103 | $7,765 | $501 | 150 |
| Camden County | 8,914 | $8,212 | $500 | 151 |
| Brantley County | 3,327 | $8,298 | $498 | 152 |
| Seminole County | 1,604 | $8,349 | $494 | 153 |
| Union County | 2,671 | $9,517 | $489 | 154 |
| Bleckley County | 2,261 | $8,312 | $486 | 155 |
| Montgomery County | 1,518 | $6,069 | $477 | 156 |
| Coweta County | 21,891 | $7,978 | $476 | 157 |
| Vidalia City | 2,505 | $7,294 | $474 | 158 |
| Crawford County | 1,744 | $8,194 | $450 | 159 |
| Gordon County | 6,398 | $8,257 | $437 | 160 |
| Wilkinson County | 1,459 | $11,005 | $420 | 161 |
| Houston County | 26,880 | $8,569 | $413 | 162 |
| Valdosta City | 7,796 | $7,896 | $381 | 163 |
| Decatur County | 5,126 | $8,284 | $370 | 164 |
| Carrollton City | 4,705 | $8,217 | $365 | 165 |
| Bryan County | 7,987 | $6,765 | $362 | 166 |
| Laurens County | 6,368 | $7,624 | $343 | 167 |
| Wayne County | 5,140 | $8,178 | $335 | 168 |
| Jeff Davis County | 2,912 | $7,596 | $319 | 169 |
| Carroll County | 14,089 | $7,883 | $317 | 170 |
| Bulloch County | 9,573 | $8,026 | $310 | 171 |
| Chattooga County | 2,717 | $8,152 | $288 | 172 |
| Cobb County | 109,202 | $8,069 | $286 | 173 |
| Clarke County | 12,019 | $10,955 | $277 | 174 |
| Washington County | 3,014 | $9,009 | $259 | 175 |
| Cook County | 3,127 | $7,542 | $143 | 176 |
| Pierce County | 3,587 | $7,997 | $131 | 177 |
| Columbia County | 24,554 | $7,364 | $55 | 178 |
| Troup County | 12,140 | $8,520 | $38 | 179 |
| Muscogee County | 30,952 | $9,211 | $19 | 180 |
The very first recommendation in the final report from the Georgia Education Reform Commission was this: Develop a student-based funding formula.
What does this mean? According to education experts from the Reason Foundation, under a student-based budget, “Actual dollars follow students to the school level to be spent flexibly by school leaders.” In addition to enhancing equity and transparency, research has shown this can enhance student achievement.
The Reason Foundation’s Director of Education, Lisa Snell, speaking at a school finance forum hosted by the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, noted a study that found, “holding all else constant, a school district that allocated 50 percent of its FY2011 budget to weighted student formula, where money follows the student, is nearly 10 times more likely to close achievement gaps than a district that only allocated 20 percent of its FY2011 budget to weighted student formula.”
Examining how much money is currently spent at the district level across the state highlights the extent of the opportunity to shift a portion of this funding to the school level.
Below are FY2014 operating expenditures for school systems across the state. This is reported to the State Department of Education by each school system. Each dollar of spending is assigned to a central office function or a school, based on where those funds were spent. While it may not mean the school controlled the spending just because money was spent at the school building level, this is the best data we have.
| System | Students | Total Operating Spending Per Student | Central Office Spending Per Student | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Public Schools | 49,023 | $13,630 | $4,932 | 1 |
| Hancock County | 936 | $12,160 | $2,506 | 2 |
| Rabun County | 2,177 | $11,606 | $2,276 | 3 |
| Thomasville City | 2,821 | $9,293 | $2,240 | 4 |
| White County | 3,862 | $9,509 | $2,120 | 5 |
| Dublin City | 2,460 | $9,774 | $2,054 | 6 |
| Twiggs County | 873 | $11,068 | $1,984 | 7 |
| Warren County | 629 | $10,563 | $1,924 | 8 |
| Clay County | 301 | $12,095 | $1,848 | 9 |
| Fulton County | 93,114 | $9,674 | $1,778 | 10 |
| Social Circle City | 1,639 | $8,638 | $1,704 | 11 |
| Liberty County | 9,752 | $8,804 | $1,626 | 12 |
| Calhoun County | 637 | $10,697 | $1,624 | 13 |
| Rockdale County | 15,731 | $8,439 | $1,597 | 14 |
| Spalding County | 10,131 | $8,501 | $1,518 | 15 |
| Stewart County | 500 | $11,401 | $1,494 | 16 |
| Johnson County | 1,107 | $8,489 | $1,490 | 17 |
| Taliaferro County | 187 | $15,400 | $1,473 | 18 |
| Miller County | 1,038 | $9,018 | $1,461 | 19 |
| Monroe County | 3,820 | $9,632 | $1,459 | 20 |
| Quitman County | 309 | $13,362 | $1,381 | 21 |
| Richmond County | 30,733 | $8,513 | $1,359 | 22 |
| Turner County | 1,385 | $9,959 | $1,338 | 23 |
| Hall County | 26,638 | $7,833 | $1,314 | 24 |
| Floyd County | 9,819 | $9,042 | $1,290 | 25 |
| Burke County | 4,080 | $11,946 | $1,240 | 26 |
| Lee County | 6,108 | $7,408 | $1,236 | 27 |
| Decatur City | 3,975 | $11,486 | $1,220 | 28 |
| Pulaski County | 1,309 | $9,340 | $1,200 | 29 |
| Baker County | 319 | $14,016 | $1,188 | 30 |
| Pelham City | 1,419 | $8,691 | $1,184 | 31 |
| Marion County | 1,305 | $8,765 | $1,169 | 32 |
| Putnam County | 2,684 | $10,294 | $1,166 | 33 |
| Talbot County | 502 | $11,289 | $1,148 | 34 |
| Chatham County | 35,890 | $9,457 | $1,143 | 35 |
| Randolph County | 971 | $10,044 | $1,118 | 36 |
| Charlton County | 1,574 | $8,587 | $1,099 | 37 |
| Webster County | 394 | $10,126 | $1,099 | 38 |
| McIntosh County | 1,571 | $9,148 | $1,097 | 39 |
| Peach County | 3,744 | $8,117 | $1,094 | 40 |
| Polk County | 7,365 | $7,608 | $1,087 | 41 |
| Macon County | 1,541 | $10,209 | $1,078 | 42 |
| Echols County | 781 | $9,199 | $1,065 | 43 |
| Buford City | 3,975 | $9,223 | $1,020 | 44 |
| Terrell County | 1,399 | $9,729 | $1,016 | 45 |
| Wilkes County | 1,565 | $10,646 | $1,014 | 46 |
| Brooks County | 2,098 | $9,756 | $1,012 | 47 |
| Coffee County | 7,386 | $8,645 | $988 | 48 |
| Wheeler County | 975 | $9,470 | $987 | 49 |
| Bibb County | 23,399 | $8,721 | $980 | 50 |
| Lanier County | 1,683 | $8,839 | $972 | 51 |
| Clayton County | 51,413 | $7,288 | $971 | 52 |
| Douglas County | 25,410 | $8,270 | $962 | 53 |
| Clinch County | 1,319 | $9,162 | $953 | 54 |
| Cherokee County | 39,315 | $7,787 | $948 | 55 |
| Treutlen County | 1,120 | $7,508 | $948 | 56 |
| Meriwether County | 2,912 | $9,671 | $939 | 57 |
| Evans County | 1,742 | $8,464 | $918 | 58 |
| Marietta City | 8,833 | $9,516 | $918 | 59 |
| Sumter County | 4,634 | $9,237 | $917 | 60 |
| Towns County | 1,071 | $10,830 | $912 | 61 |
| Glascock County | 593 | $9,192 | $911 | 62 |
| Telfair County | 1,613 | $8,653 | $899 | 63 |
| Bartow County | 13,729 | $8,567 | $896 | 64 |
| Jenkins County | 1,294 | $10,098 | $890 | 65 |
| Effingham County | 10,973 | $7,950 | $889 | 66 |
| Newton County | 18,844 | $7,905 | $881 | 67 |
| Hart County | 3,425 | $8,375 | $880 | 68 |
| Oglethorpe County | 2,225 | $9,296 | $873 | 69 |
| Chattahoochee County | 906 | $9,611 | $872 | 70 |
| McDuffie County | 4,193 | $8,277 | $871 | 71 |
| Madison County | 4,650 | $9,260 | $846 | 72 |
| Jones County | 5,246 | $8,668 | $842 | 73 |
| Screven County | 2,261 | $8,749 | $840 | 74 |
| Ware County | 5,681 | $9,003 | $836 | 75 |
| Mitchell County | 2,321 | $9,871 | $826 | 76 |
| Calhoun City | 3,660 | $7,758 | $825 | 77 |
| Harris County | 4,964 | $8,334 | $817 | 78 |
| Emanuel County | 4,097 | $8,138 | $813 | 79 |
| Gwinnett County | 168,225 | $7,951 | $813 | 80 |
| Commerce City | 1,466 | $8,178 | $812 | 81 |
| Whitfield County | 12,963 | $8,315 | $809 | 82 |
| Butts County | 3,359 | $7,915 | $786 | 83 |
| Jefferson City | 2,944 | $6,631 | $783 | 84 |
| Gainesville City | 7,463 | $8,354 | $782 | 85 |
| Pike County | 3,312 | $7,303 | $778 | 86 |
| Dalton City | 7,369 | $8,950 | $770 | 87 |
| Pickens County | 4,314 | $9,435 | $765 | 88 |
| Appling County | 3,389 | $8,949 | $761 | 89 |
| Walker County | 8,864 | $8,500 | $756 | 90 |
| Lamar County | 2,483 | $8,858 | $754 | 91 |
| Bremen City | 2,072 | $8,081 | $739 | 92 |
| Fayette County | 19,908 | $8,188 | $738 | 93 |
| Trion City | 1,312 | $8,193 | $735 | 94 |
| Wilcox County | 1,150 | $9,926 | $730 | 95 |
| Dawson County | 3,472 | $9,150 | $723 | 96 |
| Habersham County | 6,775 | $8,935 | $721 | 97 |
| Stephens County | 3,904 | $9,401 | $709 | 98 |
| Lincoln County | 1,130 | $9,439 | $705 | 99 |
| Dooly County | 1,331 | $9,093 | $703 | 100 |
| Crisp County | 3,992 | $8,958 | $703 | 101 |
| Haralson County | 3,384 | $9,134 | $699 | 102 |
| Worth County | 3,244 | $8,319 | $680 | 103 |
| Jasper County | 2,184 | $8,027 | $678 | 104 |
| Henry County | 40,495 | $7,628 | $678 | 105 |
| Cartersville City | 4,044 | $8,695 | $671 | 106 |
| Candler County | 2,029 | $8,481 | $668 | 107 |
| Irwin County | 1,688 | $8,713 | $666 | 108 |
| Ben Hill County | 3,105 | $8,660 | $665 | 109 |
| Chickamauga City | 1,380 | $6,779 | $663 | 110 |
| Schley County | 1,307 | $7,488 | $663 | 111 |
| Thomas County | 5,261 | $7,989 | $663 | 112 |
| Tattnall County | 3,460 | $8,434 | $656 | 113 |
| Jackson County | 7,078 | $8,632 | $642 | 114 |
| Barrow County | 12,785 | $7,886 | $638 | 115 |
| Walton County | 13,246 | $7,868 | $624 | 116 |
| Long County | 2,983 | $7,588 | $619 | 117 |
| DeKalb County | 96,563 | $8,722 | $619 | 118 |
| Bacon County | 1,990 | $8,303 | $618 | 119 |
| Grady County | 4,400 | $7,748 | $618 | 120 |
| Atkinson County | 1,646 | $8,773 | $614 | 121 |
| Dade County | 2,091 | $8,558 | $610 | 122 |
| Lumpkin County | 3,771 | $8,527 | $609 | 123 |
| Early County | 2,090 | $9,385 | $603 | 124 |
| Forsyth County | 40,414 | $7,342 | $598 | 125 |
| Toombs County | 2,885 | $8,352 | $596 | 126 |
| Dodge County | 3,144 | $8,048 | $595 | 127 |
| Rome City | 5,836 | $8,249 | $591 | 128 |
| Catoosa County | 10,616 | $8,652 | $582 | 129 |
| Thomaston-Upson County | 4,212 | $8,508 | $577 | 130 |
| Greene County | 2,117 | $13,631 | $577 | 131 |
| Berrien County | 3,089 | $8,121 | $572 | 132 |
| Gilmer County | 4,138 | $8,839 | $570 | 133 |
| Paulding County | 28,274 | $7,628 | $566 | 134 |
| Fannin County | 2,940 | $10,153 | $565 | 135 |
| Oconee County | 6,728 | $8,180 | $563 | 136 |
| Taylor County | 1,432 | $8,619 | $563 | 137 |
| Baldwin County | 5,577 | $7,642 | $560 | 138 |
| Dougherty County | 15,330 | $9,230 | $556 | 139 |
| Tift County | 7,537 | $8,152 | $547 | 140 |
| Jefferson County | 2,653 | $9,217 | $545 | 141 |
| Franklin County | 3,631 | $7,800 | $519 | 142 |
| Murray County | 7,286 | $7,517 | $517 | 143 |
| Banks County | 2,846 | $8,618 | $517 | 144 |
| Heard County | 1,919 | $9,152 | $517 | 145 |
| Elbert County | 2,907 | $9,303 | $516 | 146 |
| Morgan County | 3,187 | $8,565 | $514 | 147 |
| Colquitt County | 9,018 | $8,379 | $512 | 148 |
| Glynn County | 12,272 | $9,150 | $506 | 149 |
| Lowndes County | 10,103 | $7,765 | $501 | 150 |
| Camden County | 8,914 | $8,212 | $500 | 151 |
| Brantley County | 3,327 | $8,298 | $498 | 152 |
| Seminole County | 1,604 | $8,349 | $494 | 153 |
| Union County | 2,671 | $9,517 | $489 | 154 |
| Bleckley County | 2,261 | $8,312 | $486 | 155 |
| Montgomery County | 1,518 | $6,069 | $477 | 156 |
| Coweta County | 21,891 | $7,978 | $476 | 157 |
| Vidalia City | 2,505 | $7,294 | $474 | 158 |
| Crawford County | 1,744 | $8,194 | $450 | 159 |
| Gordon County | 6,398 | $8,257 | $437 | 160 |
| Wilkinson County | 1,459 | $11,005 | $420 | 161 |
| Houston County | 26,880 | $8,569 | $413 | 162 |
| Valdosta City | 7,796 | $7,896 | $381 | 163 |
| Decatur County | 5,126 | $8,284 | $370 | 164 |
| Carrollton City | 4,705 | $8,217 | $365 | 165 |
| Bryan County | 7,987 | $6,765 | $362 | 166 |
| Laurens County | 6,368 | $7,624 | $343 | 167 |
| Wayne County | 5,140 | $8,178 | $335 | 168 |
| Jeff Davis County | 2,912 | $7,596 | $319 | 169 |
| Carroll County | 14,089 | $7,883 | $317 | 170 |
| Bulloch County | 9,573 | $8,026 | $310 | 171 |
| Chattooga County | 2,717 | $8,152 | $288 | 172 |
| Cobb County | 109,202 | $8,069 | $286 | 173 |
| Clarke County | 12,019 | $10,955 | $277 | 174 |
| Washington County | 3,014 | $9,009 | $259 | 175 |
| Cook County | 3,127 | $7,542 | $143 | 176 |
| Pierce County | 3,587 | $7,997 | $131 | 177 |
| Columbia County | 24,554 | $7,364 | $55 | 178 |
| Troup County | 12,140 | $8,520 | $38 | 179 |
| Muscogee County | 30,952 | $9,211 | $19 | 180 |