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Columbia County ranked fourth among counties in Georgia by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Columbia County residents was an inflation-adjusted $34,808 per year. Columbia County had 45,823 households in 2017, with a population of 143,723.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Forsyth County. Forsyth County's median income was $41,295 per year after adjusting for inflation – $6,487 more than Columbia County. It had 70,468 households in 2017 and a population of 211,300.

Clay County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Georgia, with a median income of only $16,588 per year. That was $18,220 less than the median income in Columbia County at the time. Clay County had 1,154 households in 2017 and a population of 3,024.

The table below shows the top 100 counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	County	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Forsyth County	41,295
2	Fayette County	40,369
3	Lee County	34,907
4	Columbia County	34,808
5	Cobb County	34,774
6	Oconee County	34,724
7	Cherokee County	33,998
8	Fulton County	33,168
9	Bryan County	32,989
10	Coweta County	32,273
11	Paulding County	31,753
12	Henry County	31,218
13	Harris County	31,075
14	Effingham County	31,002
15	Gwinnett County	30,594
16	DeKalb County	30,152
17	Houston County	29,968
18	Dawson County	29,370
19	Jones County	28,832
20	Rockdale County	28,364
21	Douglas County	28,276
22	Pickens County	28,232
23	Walton County	27,802
24	Jackson County	27,529
25	Pike County	27,451
26	Liberty County	27,066
27	Baker County	26,860
28	Camden County	26,796
29	Chatham County	26,788
30	Catoosa County	26,600
31	Morgan County	26,492
32	Barrow County	26,446
33	Bartow County	26,274
34	Hall County	26,060
35	Long County	26,042
36	Glynn County	25,675
37	Newton County	25,524
38	Madison County	25,375
39	Schley County	25,253
40	Peach County	25,245
41	McIntosh County	25,238
42	Monroe County	24,618
43	Putnam County	24,417
44	Crawford County	24,334
45	Chattahoochee County	23,924
46	Clayton County	23,909
47	Echols County	23,849
48	Haralson County	23,849
49	Gordon County	23,844
50	Whitfield County	23,721
51	Turner County	23,609
52	Webster County	23,370
53	Muscogee County	23,248
54	Decatur County	23,185
55	Evans County	23,090
56	Miller County	23,083
57	White County	23,008
58	Heard County	22,931
59	Troup County	22,787
60	Habersham County	22,785
61	Carroll County	22,777
62	Greene County	22,750
63	Brooks County	22,725
64	Union County	22,709
65	Glascock County	22,697
66	Tift County	22,696
67	Berrien County	22,610
68	Oglethorpe County	22,589
69	Lincoln County	22,565
70	Floyd County	22,485
71	Thomas County	22,473
72	Bibb County	22,449
73	Bleckley County	22,435
74	Fannin County	22,423
75	Jeff Davis County	22,396
76	Seminole County	22,375
77	Murray County	22,199
78	Polk County	22,196
79	Rabun County	22,195
80	Pierce County	22,184
81	Walker County	22,144
82	Chattooga County	22,053
83	Dodge County	22,032
84	Hart County	22,022
85	Burke County	22,002
86	McDuffie County	21,921
87	Spalding County	21,887
88	Grady County	21,806
89	Gilmer County	21,752
90	Bacon County	21,665
91	Coffee County	21,613
92	Worth County	21,579
93	Toombs County	21,539
94	Lowndes County	21,516
95	Ware County	21,511
96	Dade County	21,506
97	Laurens County	21,486
98	Richmond County	21,369
99	Wilcox County	21,348
100	Wilkinson County	21,289

* All values are inflation-adjusted