Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2012

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, the Black or African American Alone population in Georgia was 3,101,234 and represented 31.31% of the total Georgia population (9,903,580).

Among Georgia counties, Fulton County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (436,648), followed by DeKalb County (390,413), and Gwinnett County (215,520). Towns County had the lowest (67).

In the map below, we show the number and percentage of each county's Black or African American Alone population, as well as the gender percentages when you interact with the map. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2012
Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2012
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Appling 3543 19.27
Atkinson 1473 17.85
Bacon 1745 15.65
Baker 1549 45.96
Baldwin 19348 41.59
Banks 473 2.61
Barrow 8013 11.43
Bartow 10474 10.45
Ben Hill 6136 34.85
Berrien 2109 11.01
Bibb 83361 53.2
Bleckley 3367 26.13
Brantley 549 2.96
Brooks 5459 34.96
Bryan 4720 14.62
Bulloch 21531 29.45
Burke 11330 49.15
Butts 6541 27.92
Calhoun 4065 61.89
Camden 9874 19.21
Candler 2817 25.4
Carroll 20703 18.58
Catoosa 1540 2.37
Charlton 4231 31.69
Chatham 111636 40.41
Chattahoochee 2403 19.55
Chattooga 2915 11.37
Cherokee 13191 5.98
Clarke 32576 27.17
Clay 1873 60.28
Clayton 181315 68.33
Clinch 1801 26.93
Cobb 186189 26.35
Coffee 12029 27.89
Colquitt 10730 23.31
Columbia 21025 15.86
Cook 4609 27.26
Coweta 23130 17.71
Crawford 2739 21.8
Crisp 10399 44.08
Dade 186 1.13
Dawson 153 0.68
Decatur 11475 41.81
DeKalb 390413 54.93
Dodge 6448 29.98
Dooly 7105 49.29
Dougherty 64492 68.09
Douglas 55286 41.38
Early 5225 49.1
Echols 226 5.7
Effingham 7205 13.5
Elbert 5797 29.61
Emanuel 7802 34.33
Evans 3290 30.81
Fannin 104 0.44
Fayette 22444 20.91
Floyd 14166 14.77
Forsyth 5479 2.93
Franklin 1955 8.92
Fulton 436648 44.86
Gilmer 227 0.8
Glascock 273 8.79
Glynn 21610 26.72
Gordon 2198 3.95
Grady 7397 29.26
Greene 5992 37.18
Gwinnett 215520 25.75
Habersham 1656 3.82
Hall 14451 7.85
Hancock 6688 73.67
Haralson 1287 4.54
Harris 5592 17.17
Hart 4749 18.61
Heard 1213 10.41
Henry 80642 38.76
Houston 42842 29.42
Irwin 2610 27.19
Jackson 4196 6.9
Jasper 2996 21.97
Jeff Davis 2319 15.26
Jefferson 8835 54.03
Jenkins 3921 43.02
Johnson 3440 34.37
Jones 6990 24.43
Lamar 5554 30.81
Lanier 2494 23.84
Laurens 17297 36.17
Lee 5639 19.64
Liberty 26624 41.29
Lincoln 2499 32.19
Long 4072 25.43
Lowndes 42105 36.89
Lumpkin 473 1.54
McDuffie 8777 40.58
McIntosh 4879 35.13
Macon 8607 60.2
Madison 2454 8.74
Marion 2827 32.6
Meriwether 8328 39.04
Miller 1701 28.33
Mitchell 11128 48.2
Monroe 6071 23.05
Montgomery 2341 26.35
Morgan 4163 23.38
Murray 400 1.02
Muscogee 91821 46.12
Newton 42405 42
Oconee 1692 5.05
Oglethorpe 2492 17.19
Paulding 25160 17.38
Peach 12807 45.72
Pickens 362 1.24
Pierce 1613 8.53
Pike 1830 10.29
Polk 5249 12.77
Pulaski 3643 31.09
Putnam 5686 26.9
Quitman 1193 49.56
Rabun 220 1.35
Randolph 4451 60.89
Richmond 111729 55.36
Rockdale 41609 48.69
Schley 1080 21.5
Screven 6000 42.34
Seminole 2986 33.67
Spalding 21260 33.38
Stephens 2842 11.05
Stewart 3087 50.56
Sumter 16652 52.85
Talbot 3840 57.81
Taliaferro 1005 60.07
Tattnall 7528 29.57
Taylor 3249 38.52
Telfair 6029 36.84
Terrell 5606 60.77
Thomas 16547 37.16
Tift 12717 31.06
Toombs 6916 25.46
Towns 67 0.63
Treutlen 2227 32.81
Troup 23491 34.38
Turner 3450 40.85
Twiggs 3543 41.39
Union 128 0.6
Upson 7477 28.15
Walker 2866 4.18
Walton 13828 16.27
Ware 10656 29.69
Warren 3366 60.69
Washington 10989 52.86
Wayne 6224 20.52
Webster 1185 42.84
Wheeler 2965 37.38
White 513 1.86
Whitfield 4125 4.01
Wilcox 3219 35.49
Wilkes 4263 42.24
Wilkinson 3670 38.71
Worth 6189 28.98