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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 888.66K people in Georgia with English ancestry (8.36% of Georgia population). Among all Georgia counties, Murray County had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (33.38%), followed by Whitfield County (23.24%), and Fannin County (17.76%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having English 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 English Ancestry in 2021
Murray County
Whitfield County
Fannin County
Towns County
Oconee County
Pickens County
Morgan County
Lumpkin County
Gilmer County
Union County
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Murray County 33.38
2 Whitfield County 23.24
3 Fannin County 17.76
4 Towns County 17.52
5 Oconee County 17.19
6 Pickens County 16.91
7 Morgan County 15.92
8 Lumpkin County 15.58
9 Gilmer County 15.44
10 Union County 14.98
11 White County 14.27
12 Catoosa County 14.02
13 Oglethorpe County 13.86
14 Dawson County 13.77
15 Cherokee County 13.54
16 Forsyth County 13.50
17 Harris County 13.46
18 Toombs County 13.14
19 Dade County 12.95
19 Rabun County 12.95
20 Bryan County 12.76
21 Stephens County 12.30
22 Walker County 11.74
23 Jackson County 11.58
24 Coweta County 11.48
25 Greene County 11.46
26 Habersham County 11.41
27 Madison County 11.35
28 Banks County 11.12
29 Glynn County 11.04
30 Pike County 10.95
31 Fayette County 10.93
32 Echols County 10.92
33 Walton County 10.88
34 Hall County 10.81
35 Cobb County 10.70
35 McIntosh County 10.70
36 Jasper County 10.66
37 Columbia County 10.46
38 Floyd County 10.45
39 Bartow County 10.31
40 Barrow County 10.06
41 Polk County 9.84
42 Putnam County 9.78
43 Clarke County 9.75
44 Bulloch County 9.74
45 Hart County 9.71
45 Miller County 9.71
46 Jones County 9.52
47 Jenkins County 9.48
48 Lee County 9.47
49 Monroe County 9.40
50 Paulding County 9.39
51 Carroll County 9.38
52 Taliaferro County 9.34
53 Montgomery County 9.23
54 Franklin County 9.19
55 Effingham County 9.06
56 Camden County 8.99
57 Haralson County 8.83
58 Crawford County 8.71
59 Heard County 8.65
60 Wilkinson County 8.53
61 Elbert County 8.50
62 Evans County 8.41
63 Gordon County 8.31
64 Twiggs County 8.16
65 Wilkes County 8.13
66 Chatham County 8.05
67 Bleckley County 8.01
68 Houston County 7.96
69 Thomas County 7.94
70 Fulton County 7.85
71 Chattooga County 7.84
72 Mitchell County 7.64
73 Taylor County 7.51
74 Upson County 7.36
75 Berrien County 7.34
76 Lowndes County 7.28
77 Lincoln County 7.27
78 Quitman County 7.25
79 Pierce County 7.13
80 Baldwin County 7.10
80 Tattnall County 7.10
81 Irwin County 7.05
81 Troup County 7.05
82 Brantley County 7.03
83 Clinch County 6.99
84 Grady County 6.94
85 Decatur County 6.68
86 Marion County 6.60
87 Pulaski County 6.51
88 Worth County 6.50
89 Burke County 6.49
90 Johnson County 6.48
91 Colquitt County 6.41
92 Washington County 6.40
93 Baker County 6.39
94 Turner County 6.36
95 Butts County 6.27
95 Charlton County 6.27
96 Henry County 6.26
97 Muscogee County 6.24
98 Seminole County 6.15
99 Jeff Davis County 6.11
99 Lamar County 6.11
100 Treutlen County 5.93
101 Tift County 5.89
102 Wayne County 5.86
103 Gwinnett County 5.81
103 Sumter County 5.81
104 Chattahoochee County 5.80
105 Bibb County 5.74
106 DeKalb County 5.71
107 Peach County 5.69
107 Spalding County 5.69
108 Screven County 5.67
109 Coffee County 5.61
110 Glascock County 5.51
111 Schley County 5.50
112 Macon County 5.49
113 Newton County 5.47
114 Dooly County 5.31
115 Douglas County 5.27
116 Cook County 5.25
117 Meriwether County 5.22
118 Ware County 5.18
119 Bacon County 5.15
120 Dodge County 5.12
121 McDuffie County 5.09
122 Emanuel County 5.03
123 Ben Hill County 5.02
124 Lanier County 4.98
125 Laurens County 4.88
126 Talbot County 4.83
127 Liberty County 4.72
128 Clay County 4.58
129 Brooks County 4.49
129 Candler County 4.49
130 Appling County 4.33
131 Stewart County 4.32
132 Rockdale County 4.29
133 Long County 4.28
134 Richmond County 4.27
135 Atkinson County 4.18
136 Wilcox County 3.93
137 Webster County 3.79
138 Hancock County 3.70
139 Dougherty County 3.48
140 Early County 3.37
141 Jefferson County 3.33
142 Randolph County 2.88
142 Warren County 2.88
143 Crisp County 2.79
143 Terrell County 2.79
144 Telfair County 2.29
145 Wheeler County 1.61
146 Clayton County 1.53
147 Calhoun County 0.99