Ranking of Georgia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 99.56K people in Georgia with African ancestry (0.94% of Georgia population). Among all Georgia cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Riverdale city had the highest percentage of its population with African ancestry (6.00%), followed by Union City city (4.81%), and McDonough city (3.65%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having African ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Georgia.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Georgia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

Riverdale city

Union City city

McDonough city

Stockbridge city

Gainesville city

Suwanee city

Brunswick city

Lovejoy city

South Fulton city

East Point city

Ranking of Georgia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Riverdale city	6.00
2	Union City city	4.81
3	McDonough city	3.65
4	Stockbridge city	3.47
5	Gainesville city	3.35
6	Suwanee city	2.56
7	Brunswick city	2.37
8	Lovejoy city	2.33
9	South Fulton city	2.31
10	East Point city	2.14
11	Snellville city	2.06
12	Georgetown CDP	1.95
13	Dalton city	1.94
14	North Druid Hills CDP	1.91
15	Clarkston city	1.88
15	Garden City city	1.88
16	Mableton CDP	1.87
17	College Park city	1.82
18	Milledgeville city	1.75
19	Douglasville city	1.66
20	Powder Springs city	1.58
20	Tucker city	1.58
21	Redan CDP	1.57
21	Stonecrest city	1.57
22	Smyrna city	1.56
23	Belvedere Park CDP	1.54
24	Hinesville city	1.52
25	Albany city	1.46
26	Fairburn city	1.38
26	Lawrenceville city	1.38
26	Marietta city	1.38
27	Griffin city	1.35
28	Forest Park city	1.34
29	Roswell city	1.33
30	Rincon city	1.31
31	Dallas city	1.30
32	Lithia Springs CDP	1.26
33	Savannah city	1.21
34	Jefferson city	1.16
35	Macon-Bibb County	1.14
36	Atlanta city	1.09
36	Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance)	1.09
36	Johns Creek city	1.09
37	LaGrange city	1.08
38	Candler-McAfee CDP	1.07
39	Grovetown city	1.06
40	Peachtree Corners city	1.02
41	Newnan city	1.00
42	Waycross city	0.98
43	Warner Robins city	0.93
44	Richmond Hill city	0.92
45	Alpharetta city	0.85
46	Kennesaw city	0.83
47	Acworth city	0.82
48	Duluth city	0.79
49	Fayetteville city	0.78
50	Lilburn city	0.76
50	Sandy Springs city	0.76
51	Villa Rica city	0.75
52	Columbus city	0.74
52	Conyers city	0.74
52	Decatur city	0.74
53	Thomasville city	0.73
54	Vinings CDP	0.70
55	Dublin city	0.69
56	Buford city	0.68
57	Cordele city	0.67
58	Valdosta city	0.64
59	Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance)	0.62
60	Woodstock city	0.54
61	Milton city	0.50
61	North Decatur CDP	0.50
62	Peachtree City city	0.49
63	Brookhaven city	0.47
64	Cedartown city	0.43
64	Covington city	0.43
64	Loganville city	0.43
64	Tifton city	0.43
65	Douglas city	0.42
65	Holly Springs city	0.42
66	Cartersville city	0.37
67	Americus city	0.36
68	Pooler city	0.34
69	Canton city	0.32
69	Sugar Hill city	0.32
70	Winder city	0.31
71	Chamblee city	0.30
71	Dunwoody city	0.30
72	Evans CDP	0.23
72	Moultrie city	0.23
73	Bainbridge city	0.19
73	Scottdale CDP	0.19
74	Calhoun city	0.18
74	Rome city	0.18
74	Statesboro city	0.18
75	Monroe city	0.16
76	Perry city	0.13
77	Doraville city	0.12
78	Vidalia city	0.11
79	Martinez CDP	0.10
80	Fort Oglethorpe city	0.09
81	Norcross city	0.06
82	Carrollton city	0.05
83	St. Simons CDP	0.01