Before a collapse in Georgia’s rural counties population, a decade of drops in per capita income lay the foundation for future trouble. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.| The Current
The demographic crisis in rural Georgia has been exacerbated by the widening divide between the greater Atlanta area and the rest of the state, with the number of counties reporting more deaths than births increasing from less than 20 to nearly 100 in less than 20 years.| The Current