Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 966.98K people in Georgia with American ancestry (9.10% of Georgia population). Among all Georgia counties, Chattooga County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (45.95%), followed by Spalding County (41.36%), and Butts County (39.65%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
Chattooga County
Spalding County
Butts County
Haralson County
Tift County
Carroll County
Jasper County
Glascock County
Putnam County
Morgan County
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Chattooga County 45.95
2 Spalding County 41.36
3 Butts County 39.65
4 Haralson County 32.29
4 Tift County 32.29
5 Carroll County 27.23
6 Jasper County 24.81
7 Glascock County 24.04
8 Putnam County 23.49
9 Morgan County 23.24
10 Lee County 22.04
11 Polk County 21.44
12 Catoosa County 19.81
13 Gordon County 19.59
14 Emanuel County 19.55
15 Effingham County 19.10
16 Floyd County 18.87
17 Worth County 18.63
18 Twiggs County 18.47
19 Heard County 18.42
20 Jones County 18.09
21 Bartow County 17.75
22 Walker County 17.39
23 Habersham County 17.25
24 Colquitt County 17.22
25 Banks County 16.95
26 Franklin County 16.89
27 Stephens County 16.65
28 Wheeler County 16.60
29 Rabun County 16.59
30 Marion County 15.88
31 Clay County 15.85
32 Randolph County 15.81
33 Paulding County 15.72
34 Webster County 15.64
35 Taylor County 15.62
36 Calhoun County 15.46
37 Dade County 15.23
38 Turner County 15.20
39 Pierce County 14.71
40 Telfair County 14.39
41 Hart County 14.14
42 Bleckley County 14.01
43 Newton County 13.86
44 Seminole County 13.75
45 Oglethorpe County 13.24
46 Dooly County 13.23
47 Irwin County 13.19
48 Peach County 13.14
49 Houston County 13.12
50 Schley County 12.87
51 Wilkinson County 12.68
52 Quitman County 12.54
53 Terrell County 12.49
54 Monroe County 12.43
55 Coweta County 12.37
56 McIntosh County 12.20
57 Meriwether County 12.16
58 Candler County 11.98
59 Pulaski County 11.96
60 Crisp County 11.78
61 Pike County 11.75
62 Walton County 11.72
63 Baker County 11.71
63 Wilcox County 11.71
64 Madison County 11.68
65 Baldwin County 11.63
65 Lincoln County 11.63
66 Toombs County 11.60
67 Wayne County 11.38
68 White County 11.27
69 McDuffie County 11.23
70 Jackson County 11.14
71 Elbert County 11.02
72 Johnson County 10.89
73 Grady County 10.72
74 Crawford County 10.62
75 Dawson County 10.61
76 Greene County 10.60
77 Appling County 10.52
77 Towns County 10.52
78 Jeff Davis County 10.41
79 Miller County 10.24
80 Union County 10.22
81 Columbia County 10.13
82 Oconee County 10.07
83 Brantley County 9.82
84 Long County 9.70
85 Brooks County 9.68
86 Lamar County 9.59
87 Upson County 9.53
88 Ware County 9.47
89 Murray County 9.35
90 Fannin County 9.26
91 Henry County 9.19
92 Cook County 9.18
93 Gilmer County 9.05
94 Fayette County 9.04
95 Lumpkin County 8.87
96 Harris County 8.85
96 Wilkes County 8.85
97 Camden County 8.75
98 Laurens County 8.59
99 Hall County 8.53
100 Montgomery County 8.44
100 Treutlen County 8.44
101 Pickens County 8.39
102 Mitchell County 8.36
103 Talbot County 8.33
104 Forsyth County 8.29
105 Bryan County 8.25
106 Douglas County 8.18
107 Cherokee County 8.15
108 Barrow County 8.12
109 Muscogee County 8.08
110 Sumter County 8.05
111 Berrien County 8.01
112 Troup County 7.99
113 Echols County 7.83
114 Ben Hill County 7.81
115 Coffee County 7.75
116 Decatur County 7.68
117 Charlton County 7.65
118 Glynn County 7.63
119 Rockdale County 7.61
119 Washington County 7.61
120 Thomas County 7.48
121 Dodge County 7.44
122 Bibb County 7.39
123 Dougherty County 7.35
124 Tattnall County 7.32
125 Whitfield County 7.22
126 Clinch County 7.10
127 Stewart County 7.01
128 Hancock County 6.74
129 Warren County 6.65
130 Burke County 6.61
131 Lowndes County 6.53
132 Richmond County 6.49
133 Jenkins County 6.38
134 Atkinson County 6.33
135 Jefferson County 6.29
136 DeKalb County 6.28
137 Screven County 5.87
138 Macon County 5.79
139 Evans County 5.68
140 Lanier County 5.58
141 Bacon County 5.45
142 Early County 5.44
143 Bulloch County 5.22
144 Cobb County 4.85
145 Clayton County 4.81
146 Fulton County 4.80
147 Chatham County 4.74
148 Liberty County 4.65
149 Gwinnett County 4.58
150 Taliaferro County 4.57
151 Clarke County 3.69
152 Chattahoochee County 3.03