Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 4.47M people in Georgia with Other Groups ancestry (42.09% of Georgia population). Among all Georgia counties, Calhoun County had the highest percentage of its population with Other Groups ancestry (71.35%), followed by Wheeler County (70.65%), and Telfair County (69.42%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Other Groups 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 Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Calhoun County
Wheeler County
Telfair County
Hancock County
Clayton County
Randolph County
Dougherty County
Baker County
Early County
Richmond County
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Calhoun County 71.35
2 Wheeler County 70.65
3 Telfair County 69.42
4 Hancock County 67.11
5 Clayton County 65.67
6 Randolph County 65.05
7 Dougherty County 64.48
8 Baker County 63.63
9 Early County 62.65
10 Richmond County 62.16
11 Terrell County 62.10
12 Talbot County 61.20
13 Laurens County 60.79
14 Dodge County 60.02
15 Stewart County 59.92
16 Ware County 59.73
17 Decatur County 59.18
18 Miller County 58.92
19 Macon County 58.52
20 Wilcox County 57.82
21 Warren County 55.21
22 Mitchell County 54.69
23 Bleckley County 53.81
24 Muscogee County 53.70
25 Webster County 53.42
26 Seminole County 53.13
27 DeKalb County 53.03
28 Taliaferro County 52.92
29 Clay County 52.58
30 Jefferson County 52.29
30 Rockdale County 52.29
31 Marion County 51.95
32 Wilkinson County 51.76
33 Washington County 51.21
34 Gwinnett County 51.08
35 Taylor County 50.96
36 Brantley County 50.94
37 Douglas County 50.65
38 Appling County 50.53
39 Evans County 50.24
40 Fulton County 50.01
41 Ben Hill County 49.19
42 Sumter County 49.00
43 Colquitt County 48.98
44 Liberty County 48.16
45 Echols County 47.95
46 Meriwether County 47.10
47 Twiggs County 46.70
48 Clinch County 46.36
49 Bulloch County 46.11
50 Coffee County 46.07
51 Bibb County 45.95
52 Charlton County 45.86
53 Chatham County 45.55
54 Lowndes County 45.23
55 Pulaski County 45.21
56 Burke County 44.91
57 Tattnall County 44.85
57 Troup County 44.85
58 Screven County 44.68
59 Wilkes County 44.57
60 Jeff Davis County 44.28
61 Elbert County 44.11
62 Quitman County 43.93
63 Wayne County 43.85
64 Pierce County 43.72
65 Chattahoochee County 43.48
66 Baldwin County 43.36
67 Long County 43.26
68 Jenkins County 42.87
69 Whitfield County 42.68
70 Atkinson County 42.58
71 Thomas County 42.55
72 Newton County 42.49
73 Grady County 41.81
74 McDuffie County 41.71
75 Henry County 41.62
76 Irwin County 41.32
77 Emanuel County 41.26
78 Johnson County 40.81
79 Clarke County 40.36
80 Brooks County 40.02
81 Toombs County 39.86
82 Cook County 39.70
83 McIntosh County 39.55
84 Glynn County 39.03
85 Hall County 39.01
86 Candler County 38.57
87 Tift County 37.90
88 Greene County 37.68
89 Cobb County 36.89
90 Peach County 36.80
91 Lincoln County 36.42
92 Lanier County 36.41
93 Dooly County 36.38
94 Fayette County 36.07
95 Jones County 35.86
96 Lamar County 35.80
97 Montgomery County 35.04
98 Treutlen County 34.70
99 Bacon County 34.66
100 Worth County 34.18
101 Camden County 33.51
102 Floyd County 33.19
103 Schley County 32.43
104 Polk County 32.40
105 Columbia County 32.39
106 Houston County 32.32
107 Putnam County 32.29
108 Lee County 30.41
109 Forsyth County 30.14
110 Oglethorpe County 30.06
111 Turner County 29.77
112 Walton County 29.76
113 Habersham County 29.74
114 Harris County 29.39
115 Bryan County 29.01
116 Carroll County 28.86
117 Gordon County 28.61
118 Hart County 28.41
119 Stephens County 28.32
120 Barrow County 28.25
121 Upson County 28.14
122 Paulding County 27.92
123 Madison County 27.90
124 Berrien County 27.62
125 Monroe County 27.48
126 Jasper County 27.46
127 Coweta County 27.09
128 Crawford County 25.73
129 Effingham County 25.67
130 Morgan County 25.03
131 Walker County 25.02
132 Rabun County 25.00
133 Bartow County 24.98
134 Franklin County 24.81
135 Gilmer County 24.32
136 Crisp County 24.22
137 Murray County 24.09
138 Banks County 24.05
139 Spalding County 23.69
140 Cherokee County 23.47
141 Jackson County 23.30
142 Dade County 21.69
143 Heard County 21.59
144 Pickens County 21.55
145 Towns County 20.81
146 Chattooga County 20.71
147 Glascock County 20.29
148 Fannin County 20.04
149 Lumpkin County 19.61
150 Oconee County 19.33
151 White County 19.07
152 Catoosa County 19.06
153 Butts County 18.87
154 Haralson County 18.34
155 Pike County 17.57
156 Dawson County 15.14
157 Union County 14.84