Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2022

Updated on January 30, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, the Black or African American Alone population in Georgia was 3,613,543 and represented 33.11% of the total Georgia population (10,912,876).

Among Georgia counties, Fulton County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (483,783), followed by DeKalb County (416,407), and Gwinnett County (305,665). Towns County had the lowest (136).

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 2022
Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2022
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Appling 3565 19.35
Atkinson 1301 15.9
Bacon 1910 17.07
Baker 1145 41.07
Baldwin 18341 42.03
Banks 659 3.41
Barrow 13370 14.97
Bartow 13092 11.61
Ben Hill 6313 36.99
Berrien 2052 11.27
Bibb 89140 57.07
Bleckley 3049 24.88
Brantley 748 4.11
Brooks 5530 34.02
Bryan 7649 15.86
Bulloch 24536 29.54
Burke 11181 45.85
Butts 7591 28.49
Calhoun 3358 61.4
Camden 10668 18.71
Candler 2771 25.19
Carroll 25353 20.35
Catoosa 2372 3.45
Charlton 3813 29.83
Chatham 124226 41.26
Chattahoochee 1650 18.71
Chattooga 2442 9.79
Cherokee 23226 8.26
Clarke 35745 27.52
Clay 1665 58.52
Clayton 218254 73.59
Clinch 1824 27.38
Cobb 227711 29.5
Coffee 12400 28.72
Colquitt 11000 24.04
Columbia 33511 20.63
Cook 4853 27.88
Coweta 30051 19.66
Crawford 2501 20.6
Crisp 8814 44.72
Dade 256 1.59
Dawson 515 1.71
Decatur 12316 42.5
DeKalb 416407 54.59
Dodge 6024 30.42
Dooly 5157 48.78
Dougherty 59457 71.66
Douglas 78867 53.54
Early 5545 52.44
Echols 306 8.3
Effingham 10826 15.68
Elbert 5589 28.21
Emanuel 8024 34.99
Evans 3380 31.6
Fannin 293 1.14
Fayette 33395 27.37
Floyd 14783 14.87
Forsyth 13048 4.88
Franklin 2304 9.55
Fulton 483783 45.02
Gilmer 476 1.47
Glascock 253 8.61
Glynn 22183 26.07
Gordon 2711 4.6
Grady 7722 29.69
Greene 6070 30.14
Gwinnett 305665 31.34
Habersham 1850 3.9
Hall 18052 8.49
Hancock 5660 67.49
Haralson 1504 4.8
Harris 5961 16.43
Hart 4890 18.17
Heard 1151 9.82
Henry 135121 54.4
Houston 58417 34.44
Irwin 2297 25.17
Jackson 7084 8.44
Jasper 2762 17.32
Jeff Davis 2308 15.5
Jefferson 7915 51.69
Jenkins 3611 41.56
Johnson 3154 34.13
Jones 7276 25.56
Lamar 5243 26.93
Lanier 2304 22.65
Laurens 18545 37.34
Lee 8420 25.03
Liberty 30312 44.56
Lincoln 2049 26.13
Long 5265 28.7
Lowndes 45473 37.98
Lumpkin 654 1.88
McDuffie 8896 40.97
McIntosh 3459 30.94
Macon 6975 59.29
Madison 3182 10.11
Marion 2200 29.53
Meriwether 7551 36.23
Miller 1640 28.24
Mitchell 9829 46.55
Monroe 6405 21.77
Montgomery 2283 26.38
Morgan 4288 20.39
Murray 637 1.57
Muscogee 99321 49.02
Newton 59968 50.98
Oconee 2204 5.06
Oglethorpe 2541 16.43
Paulding 45399 25.45
Peach 12849 44.99
Pickens 521 1.5
Pierce 1819 9.02
Pike 1727 8.64
Polk 5606 12.83
Pulaski 3152 31.57
Putnam 5999 26.1
Quitman 1021 45.4
Rabun 271 1.58
Randolph 3648 59.65
Richmond 121622 58.86
Rockdale 59222 62.35
Schley 893 19.86
Screven 5555 39.74
Seminole 3032 33.22
Spalding 25521 37.03
Stephens 2797 10.45
Stewart 2228 47.94
Sumter 15162 52.51
Talbot 3080 53.59
Taliaferro 849 53.06
Tattnall 6956 28.91
Taylor 2783 35.97
Telfair 4540 36.75
Terrell 5065 57.86
Thomas 16412 36.02
Tift 12858 31.05
Toombs 7173 26.73
Towns 136 1.05
Treutlen 1965 30.87
Troup 25696 36.61
Turner 3496 39.54
Twiggs 3056 39.79
Union 322 1.22
Upson 7958 28.33
Walker 3284 4.76
Walton 21757 21.11
Ware 10607 29.78
Warren 2892 56.1
Washington 10501 53.2
Wayne 6180 20
Webster 979 42.05
Wheeler 2752 37.63
White 639 2.22
Whitfield 4488 4.35
Wilcox 2959 33.78
Wilkes 3795 39.53
Wilkinson 3167 36.48
Worth 5762 28.21