Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2015

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, the Black or African American Alone population in Georgia was 3,246,027 and represented 31.88% of the total Georgia population (10,183,353).

Among Georgia counties, Fulton County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (449,855), followed by DeKalb County (406,563), and Gwinnett County (246,097). Towns County had the lowest (105).

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 2015
Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2015
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Appling 3551 19.28
Atkinson 1470 17.65
Bacon 1865 16.61
Baker 1471 46.08
Baldwin 19217 42.17
Banks 499 2.72
Barrow 8679 11.58
Bartow 11067 10.84
Ben Hill 6188 35.63
Berrien 2049 10.79
Bibb 84357 54.75
Bleckley 3343 26.3
Brantley 562 3.05
Brooks 5583 35.62
Bryan 5180 14.86
Bulloch 21520 29.42
Burke 10899 48.13
Butts 6615 28.13
Calhoun 4047 61.92
Camden 10153 19.32
Candler 2690 24.76
Carroll 21861 19.09
Catoosa 1702 2.59
Charlton 4236 32
Chatham 115951 40.51
Chattahoochee 2166 19.56
Chattooga 2546 10.22
Cherokee 15315 6.51
Clarke 34597 27.99
Clay 1875 60.88
Clayton 192294 70.47
Clinch 1896 27.77
Cobb 205540 27.8
Coffee 12109 28.16
Colquitt 10643 23.4
Columbia 24401 16.95
Cook 4648 27.22
Coweta 24694 17.87
Crawford 2633 21.32
Crisp 10124 44.09
Dade 189 1.17
Dawson 195 0.83
Decatur 11496 42.48
DeKalb 406563 55.33
Dodge 6353 30.06
Dooly 6981 49.75
Dougherty 63669 69.54
Douglas 62645 44.66
Early 5218 49.89
Echols 220 5.47
Effingham 7824 13.7
Elbert 5727 29.67
Emanuel 7795 34.7
Evans 3340 31.24
Fannin 176 0.72
Fayette 24759 22.46
Floyd 14063 14.62
Forsyth 7203 3.41
Franklin 2143 9.62
Fulton 449855 44.73
Gilmer 335 1.14
Glascock 275 9.11
Glynn 22388 26.85
Gordon 2388 4.24
Grady 7399 29.47
Greene 5937 35.72
Gwinnett 246097 27.7
Habersham 1621 3.7
Hall 15446 8.03
Hancock 6217 72.47
Haralson 1378 4.8
Harris 5616 16.94
Hart 4747 18.68
Heard 1160 10.04
Henry 90907 41.98
Houston 45665 30.61
Irwin 2469 27.02
Jackson 4451 7.02
Jasper 2852 20.85
Jeff Davis 2325 15.49
Jefferson 8494 53.33
Jenkins 3875 43.51
Johnson 3300 33.96
Jones 7007 24.65
Lamar 5527 30.32
Lanier 2289 22.3
Laurens 17332 36.49
Lee 5883 20.15
Liberty 26312 42.6
Lincoln 2412 31.24
Long 4558 25.76
Lowndes 41496 36.56
Lumpkin 529 1.69
McDuffie 8860 41.27
McIntosh 4785 34.1
Macon 8227 60.1
Madison 2570 9.04
Marion 2686 31.38
Meriwether 8340 39.4
Miller 1590 27.19
Mitchell 10776 48
Monroe 6271 23.5
Montgomery 2382 26.65
Morgan 4202 23.41
Murray 453 1.15
Muscogee 93136 46.82
Newton 46029 43.87
Oconee 1850 5.16
Oglethorpe 2544 17.28
Paulding 27817 18.34
Peach 11798 43.35
Pickens 360 1.19
Pierce 1695 8.88
Pike 1741 9.71
Polk 5377 13.05
Pulaski 3579 31.37
Putnam 5723 26.86
Quitman 1069 46.95
Rabun 226 1.39
Randolph 4425 61.86
Richmond 113402 56.24
Rockdale 46688 52.8
Schley 1077 20.68
Screven 5965 42.43
Seminole 2899 33.87
Spalding 21612 33.86
Stephens 2827 11.1
Stewart 3069 51.42
Sumter 16335 53.34
Talbot 3629 55.84
Taliaferro 954 58.14
Tattnall 7448 29.33
Taylor 3203 38.52
Telfair 6165 37.48
Terrell 5435 60.28
Thomas 16479 36.77
Tift 12261 30.25
Toombs 7099 26.15
Towns 105 0.94
Treutlen 2177 31.98
Troup 24841 35.66
Turner 3152 39.46
Twiggs 3448 41.28
Union 164 0.74
Upson 7425 28.3
Walker 2953 4.3
Walton 15023 17
Ware 10401 29.43
Warren 3267 60.78
Washington 11060 53.34
Wayne 5780 19.62
Webster 1121 42.59
Wheeler 2976 37.63
White 536 1.89
Whitfield 4389 4.24
Wilcox 3201 35.51
Wilkes 4188 42.19
Wilkinson 3533 38.91
Worth 5892 28.48