We used science to determine which cities in Georgia are redneck heaven.

This article is an opinion based on facts and is meant as info-tainment. Don’t freak out.


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Is there anything really wrong with being called a Georgia redneck? Most rednecks would say, “I don’t care what you call me, as long as you call me for supper.”

Rednecks are a part of our culture. They are hailed as being great in our song lyrics. They’re prominently featured in reality television. There are even video games about rednecks.

So, you’d think people who are rednecks would be proud to be called a redneck.

Wait. What is a redneck anyways? Well, according to the official bible of literature, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a redneck is:

“ a white person who lives in a small town or in the country especially in the southern U.S., who typically has a working-class job, and who is seen by others as being uneducated and having opinions and attitudes that are offensive”

Plus, we thought why not add in a few stereotypes? Cause, you know, rednecks live in mobile home parks and they like to hunt, drink, smoke and shoot things. And shop at Bass Pro Shops, Walmart and Piggly Wiggly.

Using that criteria, it’s not hard to scrape the internet, run some scientific data on where rednecks might live in Georgia, and then put out a list.

Because, the data never lies, does it? So hold our beers and watch while we run some rankings!

After analyzing all 618 cities in The Peach State, we came up with this list as The Most Redneck Cities in Georgia:

Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and how your town ranked. And remember, these definitely aren’t the worst places to live in Georgia.


What redneck criteria did we use?

In order to rank the most redneck cities in Georgia, we had to determine what criteria makes a redneck.

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Yelp and Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

The dictionary definition categories

Small towns

Least amount of high school graduates

Lives in the south

And the stereotypical categories

Number of dive bars per city

Number of mobile home parks per capita

Number of tobacco stores per city

Number of guns and ammo stores per city

Walmarts, Bass Pro Shops, Dollar Generals and Piggly Wigglys nearby

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a city’s border, as well as within a short driving distance.

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, from most to least redneck, we put in a list of the top 150 cities in a chart at the bottom. Hope you’re on there if you want to be.

Edit: Due to popular demand, we have Ellijay, GA #1 Redneck City T-Shirts. Click here to get one!


1. Ellijay

The Pourhouse, Ellijay, GA. Source: Google Maps

Population: 1,530

Gun stores per capita: 21st

Fishing shops per capita: 4th

Mobile home parks per capita: 10th in the state

High school graduation rate: 66%

Congratulations, Ellijay. You have the official bragging rights as being named the most redneck city in the entire state of Georgia. You may now brag to your friends and share this endlessly on your Facebook walls.

Lets see why. First off, this town has the second number of bars per capita in the state. That means when you come in from trolling at the Ellijay or Cartecay/Coosawatee Rivers, you have several options for a cold one. Or, you can skip on down to Carters Lake, where you can get some great Walleye.

And, you’re right at the base of the Rich Mountain Wilderness Area, which has great hunting, including bear. Ellijay is way up on Route 5 in the northern part of the state.

When you factor in the number of tobacco shops, and that there are two Dollar Generals and a Walmart within short driving distance, can you argue with the data?

Oh, don’t forget, probably one of the most redneck presidents of all time, Jimmy Carter, has a cabin here. Remember, his redneck brother Billy Carter once started a company called Billy Beer.

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2. Acworth

Striper Soup Bait & Tackle, Acworth, GA. Source: Google Maps

Population: 20,799

High school graduation rate: 89%

Gun stores per capita: 12th highest

Bars per capita: 12th in Georgia

Mobile home parks per capita: 24th in the state

Do you remember that study that came out two years ago that said Atlanta was the most redneck city in the nation? Many people were stumped, but the fact is, the surrounding areas of Atlanta are what made Atlanta win. Acworth might be the most redneck of them all.

Acworth has a high number of places to buy guns and fishing gear, plus a lot of bars, per capita. Rednecks can have a field day here. You’ve got Striper Soup Bait and Tackle, Cabelas, two Walmarts and two Dollar Generals nearby, where the Misses can get her shop on as well.

Most importantly, Acworth is right at the base of Lake Acworth, a huge lake with a ton of bass options. And you’re right down the road from Kennesaw, the Georgia city that voted to ban mosques within their city limits.

If that isn’t redneck, what is?

3. Pembroke

Inside the Southern Sportsman, Pembroke, GA. Google Maps

Population: 2,645

High school graduation rate: 73%

Gun stores per capita: 13th in Georgia

Fishing shops per capita: 26th in the state

Pembroke is a teeny town on Route 280 about an hour outside of Savannah. While they don’t have a sheer number of redneck things, they have a high number per capita. That means the rednecks here get the redneckery all to themselves.

You can get your gear at Southern Sportsman, and then head on down to one of several small creeks and streams nearby to get your fish on. While many might be on private land, when did a ‘No Fishing’ sign ever stop a redneck?

You’ve got a Dollar General all to yourselves way out here, and Savannah has a Bass Pro Shops. Fire up that truck and grab the kids, there’s probably a sale on camo this weekend!

Most of the folks in Pembroke have blue collar jobs. That’s so redneck.

4. Adairsville

Adairsville, GA. Google Maps

Population: 4,660

Gun stores per capita: 26th in Georgia

Fishing gear per capita: 30th in the state

Tobacco stores per capita: 18th

Adairsville is interesting, since 81% of the population here has a high school degree. According to the definition of a redneck, most have blue collar jobs. So, that means there are a lot of smart rednecks here.

Plus, it makes sense that Adairsville ranks so high. Not too far away is the small city of White, Georgia, which hosts the annual Northern Georgia Redneck Games. So you know there are lots of rednecks up here.

Adairsville is located along I-75, at the base of Johns Mountain Wildlife Area, where you can bet there’s great hunting all year long.

5. Doraville

Angler’s Corner, Doraville, GA. Google Maps

Population: 10,048

Fishing and bait shops per capita: 30th in Georgia

High school graduation rate: 55%

Bars in the area: 5th in the state

Tobacco stores per capita: 9th in the state

Well, we have our 2nd of three Atlanta suburbs on this list. Doraville is a smallish city with a lot of options in the general area if you want to drink, buy your chew and get your fishing gear.

Of course, having a population with about half blue collar workers really made Doraville rank higher than many other cities. We’re pretty sure that while Doraville isn’t the ‘traditional looking’ redneck city, the people there won’t complain about the compliment.

6. Cumming

One of the many fishing areas in Cumming, GA. Google Maps

Population: 5,504

Mobile home parks per capita in area: 11th in Georgia

Bars per capita and nearby: 12th most in the state

Tobacco shops per capita: 6th most

Fishing stores per capita: 3rd most

Cumming is considered an Atlanta suburb, but lets be real. It’s 45 minutes from downtown, and separated enough that rednecks can thrive in peace. Let’s call them city-slicker rednecks.

Cumming has a high number of fishing gear options, tobacco outlets, and has a large number of camping and RV/trailer parks nearby. Plus, it’s two-thirds white.

For all of the professional rednecks who do the ATL commute, you’ve got a lot of weekend options. Lake Lanier is just huge, and at 38,000 acres, a redneck could be entertained all summer long, pulling out bass and striper on a Saturday afternoon, listening to the Bulldogs on the radio.

Plus there’s this comment on City-Data: “I went to a bank in downtown Cumming and a guy in line was spitting his gross tobacco juice into an empty water bottle he was holding and nobody else seemed to even notice.”

7. Gainesville

Lock N Load, one of many gun stores in Gainesville, GA. Google Maps

Population: 14,363

Bars per capita and the area: 17th most in Georgia

Gun stores per capita: 7th in the state

Tobacco stores per capita: 17th in the state

Mobile home parks in area: 10th most

Gainesville is located on the northern end of Lake Lanier, where the Chattahoochee River ends. So you know they’ve got some great fishing.

Did you know there are a bunch of mobile home parks/trailer parks/RV parks in the area? There are. And any good redneck knows that those are some of the best places to meet folks, share fishing stories, and talk about that big buck that got away.

Plus, up the road is the far southern base of the Appalachian Mountains, where you’ve got some of the biggest bucks in the state.

No wonder there are so many rednecks here.

8. Bainbridge

Westside Bait & Tackle, Bainbridge, GA. Google Maps

Population: 12,624

Tobacco stores per capita: 26th in state

Fishing stores per capita: 19th in the state

Bars per capita: 21st in the state

In reading the forums and chatter on the web, it seems as if there’s a debate as to whether northern or southern Georgia have the most rednecks in the state. Well, Bainbridge is the first true southern Georgia city to make this list. Does that settle the argument?

Bainbridge is a true southern Georgia redneck city. It has a lot of options for getting fishing gear and tobacco, and for saddling up to the bar to get a beer and some good southern food, such as at Boyd’s Bar-Be-Que. Plus, Bainbridge has a Walmart and three Dollar Generals, where the kids can get their cheap candy and pops before heading out to Lake Seminole with dad.

The Flint River meanders right through downtown Bainbridge as well. There’s no length limit on spotted bass here, and spots are aggressive and ready to strike most lures used for largemouth and shoal bass. Get ‘er done!

9. Chickamauga

One of the many fishing spots in Chickamauga, GA. Google Maps

Population: 3,103

Walmarts per capita: 2nd in Georgia

Fishing stores per capita: 32nd in the state

Tobacco stores per person: 3rd

Mobile home parks per capita: 5th

If you’re driving up Route 27 on your way to Chattanooga, you’ll come to Chickamauga, where it’s 98% white and there are two Walmarts, plenty of fishing opportunities on the Chickamauga Creek, and hunting is a redneck’s dream.

Nearby, you have plenty of deer, rabbit, turkey, opossum, dove, and coon hunting. And there’s no one around for miles and miles.

And when you look at the numbers above, why would a redneck want to live anywhere else?

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Downtown Clayton, GA. Google Maps

Population: 2,089

Fishing stores per capita: 5th most

Bars per capita: 8th most in Georgia

Walmarts per person: 1st in the state

Up in the hills on Route 15, near the North Carolina border, is the tiny town of Clayton. If word gets out how rednecky it is here, they might put up a new sign as you pull into town.

You’ve got some of the best hunting and fishing in the state, a ton of bars, and two Walmarts and a Dollar General nearby. What do you do when one Walmart is out of bait or doe urine spray? You go to the other one.

It’s 80% white up here, and you know most of the folks here are of the blue collar variety.

There You Have It

According to the official dictionary definition of a redneck, and based on stereotypes that the internet says are true, using science to determine the most redneck cities in a state can’t be too far off. If you’re analyzing smaller towns in Georgia with blue collar workers, where people have lots of options for drinking, smoking, hunting and Walmarting, this is an accurate list.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least redneck cities in Georgia, according to science.

Dutch Island (Pop. 1,019) Heron Bay (Pop. 4,003) Druid Hills (Pop. 13,811) Henderson (Pop. 2,048) Dawsonville (Pop. 2,547)

If you’re curious, we also identified the worst places to live in Georgia. You can check it out here.

City Population Rank Ellijay 1530 1 Acworth 20799 2 Pembroke 2645 3 Adairsville 4660 4 Doraville 10048 5 Cumming 5504 6 Gainesville 34429 7 Bainbridge 12674 8 Chickamauga 3103 9 Clayton 2089 10 Cornelia 4179 11 Dalton 33217 12 Butler 1635 13 Hull 214 14 Norcross 14363 15 Buchanan 1180 16 Cedartown 9782 17 Pendergrass 599 18 Morven 428 19 Dacula 4556 20 Collins 598 21 Forsyth 3943 22 Pearson 2032 23 Payne 151 24 Nicholson 1436 25 Jeffersonville 1123 26 Helena 2943 27 Andersonville 211 28 Calhoun 15727 29 Clarkston 7658 30 Mansfield 400 31 Pavo 731 32 Greensboro 3388 33 Jackson 5013 34 Cairo 9716 35 Dawson 4500 36 Buford 12754 37 Nashville 4957 38 Nahunta 1491 38 Lavonia 1929 40 Blackshear 3481 41 Bowdon 2385 42 Hapeville 6535 43 Hoboken 673 44 Franklin 927 45 Cedar Springs 33 45 Dewy Rose 235 47 Lakeview Estates 2523 48 Norwood 377 49 Bronwood 317 50 Metter 4150 51 Ellenton 147 52 Dooling 188 53 Alto 1406 54 Jonesboro 4671 55 Matthews 126 56 Canon 819 57 Midville 272 58 Hilltop 429 59 Byromville 529 60 East Griffin 1198 61 Orchard Hill 160 62 Talking Rock 61 63 Experiment 2617 64 Jacksonville 181 65 Greenville 901 66 Harrison 465 67 Stapleton 393 68 Morgan 2327 69 Siloam 431 70 Rayle 226 70 Argyle 153 72 Alma 3505 73 Fair Oaks 9277 74 Baldwin 3412 75 Unionville 1409 76 Meigs 1107 77 Lincoln Park 767 78 Plains 528 79 Rockingham 341 80 Kite 257 81 Aldora 83 82 Cordele 11246 83 Ashburn 4008 84 Blairsville 734 85 Crawford 954 86 Plainville 424 87 Cecil 256 88 Du Pont 202 88 Elberton 4564 90 Homerville 2540 91 Morrow 6677 92 Richland 2011 93 East Newnan 1457 94 Blue Ridge 1352 95 East Ellijay 910 96 Ambrose 378 97 Baxley 4414 98 Hazlehurst 4244 99 hogansville 3040 100 Milner 1203 101 Nicholls 3176 101 Abbeville 2889 103 Talbotton 1282 104 Ochlocknee 908 105 Fargo 358 106 Carlton 252 107 Davisboro 1980 108 Boston 1522 109 Arcade 1315 110 Homeland 1309 111 Edison 985 112 Eton 833 113 Ideal 506 114 Barwick 489 114 Good Hope 462 116 Ila 411 117 Covington 13267 117 Ocilla 3485 119 Brunswick 15564 120 Chatsworth 4291 121 Kingston 966 122 Lilburn 12019 123 Pelham 3906 124 Forest Park 18731 125 Monroe 13341 126 Summerville 4472 126 Sparta 2231 128 Oglethorpe 1388 128 Omega 1361 130 Baconton 982 131 Woodland 417 132 Avalon 259 133 Culloden 231 134 Blakely 4950 135 Jasper 3687 136 Lakeland 3387 137 Sylvester 6254 138 Unadilla 3751 139 Royston 2588 140 Warrenton 2342 141 Wadley 2054 142 Russell 1663 143 Norman Park 1162 144 Shellman 1150 145 Hiawassee 977 146 Crawfordville 592 147 Attapulgus 555 148 Waco 517 149 epworth 385 150

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