Juvenile justice involvement by county
Youth referred to juvenile court during the year (unique youth). 2025 compared with 2024. Good ●●●
Select a column heading to sort. Blank means the publisher did not report that area; "suppressed" means the publisher withheld a small number; "not shown" means this site withheld it (fewer than 30 survey respondents).
County figures describe where students live. To find a school district's county, use the district-to-county table; a city district is matched to the county where its office is.
| County | 2025 | 2024 | Change | Years with data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | 39 | 39 | 0 | 16 |
| Atkinson | 11 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| Bacon | 27 | 17 | +10 | 16 |
| Baker | 3 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| Baldwin | 88 | 116 | -28 | 16 |
| Banks | 39 | 15 | +24 | 16 |
| Barrow | 154 | 213 | -59 | 16 |
| Bartow | 129 | 164 | -35 | 16 |
| Ben Hill | 61 | 73 | -12 | 16 |
| Berrien | 36 | 61 | -25 | 16 |
| Bibb | 144 | 204 | -60 | 16 |
| Bleckley | 29 | 47 | -18 | 16 |
| Brantley | 11 | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| Brooks | 54 | 40 | +14 | 16 |
| Bryan | 71 | 96 | -25 | 16 |
| Bulloch | 224 | 221 | +3 | 16 |
| Burke | 60 | 112 | -52 | 16 |
| Butts | 25 | 35 | -10 | 16 |
| Calhoun | 7 | 4 | +3 | 16 |
| Camden | 71 | 73 | -2 | 16 |
| Candler | 46 | 40 | +6 | 16 |
| Carroll | 103 | 130 | -27 | 16 |
| Catoosa | 200 | 205 | -5 | 16 |
| Charlton | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| Chatham | 145 | 118 | +27 | 16 |
| Chattahoochee | 4 | 3 | +1 | 16 |
| Chattooga | 65 | 47 | +18 | 16 |
| Cherokee | 241 | 212 | +29 | 16 |
| Clarke | 254 | 222 | +32 | 16 |
| Clay | 6 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| Clayton | 156 | 191 | -35 | 16 |
| Clinch | 3 | 13 | -10 | 16 |
| Cobb | 216 | 245 | -29 | 16 |
| Coffee | 91 | 110 | -19 | 16 |
| Colquitt | 237 | 298 | -61 | 16 |
| Columbia | 62 | 70 | -8 | 16 |
| Cook | 28 | 41 | -13 | 16 |
| Coweta | 94 | 89 | +5 | 16 |
| Crawford | 3 | 2 | +1 | 16 |
| Crisp | 76 | 100 | -24 | 16 |
| Dade | 47 | 42 | +5 | 16 |
| Dawson | 59 | 48 | +11 | 16 |
| Decatur | 80 | 83 | -3 | 16 |
| Dekalb | 166 | 179 | -13 | 16 |
| Dodge | 62 | 94 | -32 | 16 |
| Dooly | 20 | 12 | +8 | 16 |
| Dougherty | 109 | 148 | -39 | 16 |
| Douglas | 383 | 417 | -34 | 16 |
| Early | 17 | 18 | -1 | 16 |
| Echols | 5 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| Effingham | 178 | 161 | +17 | 16 |
| Elbert | 86 | 108 | -22 | 16 |
| Emanuel | 77 | 71 | +6 | 16 |
| Evans | 53 | 32 | +21 | 16 |
| Fannin | 54 | 91 | -37 | 16 |
| Fayette | 209 | 258 | -49 | 16 |
| Floyd | 46 | 61 | -15 | 16 |
| Forsyth | 128 | 207 | -79 | 16 |
| Franklin | 36 | 58 | -22 | 16 |
| Fulton | 295 | 242 | +53 | 16 |
| Gilmer | 53 | 62 | -9 | 16 |
| Glascock | 7 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| Glynn | 44 | 25 | +19 | 16 |
| Gordon | 50 | 76 | -26 | 16 |
| Grady | 43 | 67 | -24 | 16 |
| Greene | 27 | 46 | -19 | 16 |
| Gwinnett | 218 | 243 | -25 | 16 |
| Habersham | 114 | 161 | -47 | 16 |
| Hall | 78 | 90 | -12 | 16 |
| Hancock | 11 | 5 | +6 | 16 |
| Haralson | 34 | 35 | -1 | 16 |
| Harris | 23 | 32 | -9 | 16 |
| Hart | 45 | 60 | -15 | 16 |
| Heard | 1 | 11 | -10 | 16 |
| Henry | 64 | 74 | -10 | 16 |
| Houston | 275 | 199 | +76 | 16 |
| Irwin | 2 | 8 | -6 | 16 |
| Jackson | 140 | 184 | -44 | 16 |
| Jasper | 25 | 35 | -10 | 16 |
| Jeff Davis | 17 | 32 | -15 | 16 |
| Jefferson | 90 | 70 | +20 | 16 |
| Jenkins | 20 | 12 | +8 | 16 |
| Johnson | 41 | 40 | +1 | 16 |
| Jones | 62 | 71 | -9 | 16 |
| Lamar | 12 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| Lanier | 40 | 25 | +15 | 16 |
| Laurens | 163 | 166 | -3 | 16 |
| Lee | 65 | 100 | -35 | 16 |
| Liberty | 232 | 160 | +72 | 16 |
| Lincoln | 11 | 6 | +5 | 16 |
| Long | 23 | 28 | -5 | 16 |
| Lowndes | 448 | 453 | -5 | 16 |
| Lumpkin | 87 | 102 | -15 | 16 |
| Macon | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| Madison | 82 | 68 | +14 | 16 |
| Marion | 14 | 45 | -31 | 16 |
| Mcduffie | 73 | 100 | -27 | 16 |
| Mcintosh | 29 | 32 | -3 | 16 |
| Meriwether | 23 | 28 | -5 | 16 |
| Miller | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| Mitchell | 61 | 72 | -11 | 16 |
| Monroe | 25 | 51 | -26 | 16 |
| Montgomery | 9 | 5 | +4 | 16 |
| Morgan | 18 | 23 | -5 | 16 |
| Murray | 108 | 123 | -15 | 16 |
| Muscogee | 492 | 539 | -47 | 16 |
| Newton | 110 | 114 | -4 | 16 |
| Oconee | 40 | 70 | -30 | 16 |
| Oglethorpe | 47 | 14 | +33 | 16 |
| Out Of State | 81 | 118 | -37 | 16 |
| Paulding | 439 | 487 | -48 | 16 |
| Peach | 10 | 20 | -10 | 16 |
| Pickens | 62 | 74 | -12 | 16 |
| Pierce | 26 | 32 | -6 | 16 |
| Pike | 27 | 33 | -6 | 16 |
| Polk | 106 | 126 | -20 | 16 |
| Pulaski | 28 | 42 | -14 | 16 |
| Putnam | 47 | 51 | -4 | 16 |
| Quitman | 9 | 1 | +8 | 15 |
| Rabun | 54 | 59 | -5 | 16 |
| Randolph | 13 | 20 | -7 | 16 |
| Richmond | 644 | 677 | -33 | 16 |
| Rockdale | 233 | 218 | +15 | 16 |
| Schley | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| Screven | 25 | 39 | -14 | 16 |
| Seminole | 6 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| Spalding | 18 | 26 | -8 | 16 |
| Stephens | 83 | 156 | -73 | 16 |
| Stewart | 4 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| Sumter | 89 | 97 | -8 | 16 |
| Talbot | 2 | 11 | -9 | 16 |
| Taliaferro | 2 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| Tattnall | 37 | 30 | +7 | 16 |
| Taylor | 9 | 20 | -11 | 16 |
| Telfair | 26 | 31 | -5 | 16 |
| Terrell | 17 | 16 | +1 | 16 |
| Thomas | 112 | 119 | -7 | 16 |
| Tift | 32 | 45 | -13 | 16 |
| Toombs | 112 | 125 | -13 | 16 |
| Towns | 4 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| Treutlen | 18 | 13 | +5 | 16 |
| Troup | 55 | 71 | -16 | 16 |
| Turner | 14 | 10 | +4 | 16 |
| Twiggs | 12 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| Union | 16 | 19 | -3 | 16 |
| Upson | 120 | 135 | -15 | 16 |
| Walker | 110 | 101 | +9 | 16 |
| Walton | 70 | 89 | -19 | 16 |
| Ware | 83 | 100 | -17 | 16 |
| Warren | 6 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| Washington | 140 | 172 | -32 | 16 |
| Wayne | 63 | 63 | 0 | 16 |
| Webster | 1 | 7 | -6 | 15 |
| Wheeler | 12 | 8 | +4 | 16 |
| White | 62 | 54 | +8 | 16 |
| Whitfield | 37 | 51 | -14 | 16 |
| Wilcox | 5 | 3 | +2 | 15 |
| Wilkes | 21 | 18 | +3 | 16 |
| Wilkinson | 8 | 21 | -13 | 16 |
| Worth | 7 | 25 | -18 | 16 |
Source: Georgia Juvenile Justice Data Clearinghouse, raw data file (one row per youth per year, all court types), by county and state. Counts each youth once per year in each county where they had a referral, and once statewide. Calendar years. The Clearinghouse dashboard counts referrals, which can be several per youth, and its displayed totals differ from this file (the raw file posted June 2026 shows 29,063 offenses for 2025; the dashboard displayed 31,461 referrals in October 2026). A rate per 1,000 youth needs county youth population from the Census and is planned.