Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2022

Updated on July 31, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, the Black or African American Alone population in Georgia was 3,611,116 and represented 33.09% of the total Georgia population (10,913,150).

Among Georgia counties, Fulton County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (482,722), followed by DeKalb County (410,848), and Gwinnett County (303,581). 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 3586 19.45
Atkinson 1329 16.29
Bacon 1910 17.1
Baker 1180 42.26
Baldwin 18480 42.35
Banks 684 3.54
Barrow 13376 14.99
Bartow 13171 11.68
Ben Hill 6388 37.45
Berrien 2100 11.53
Bibb 89086 57.06
Bleckley 3067 24.98
Brantley 777 4.27
Brooks 5703 35.02
Bryan 7710 15.99
Bulloch 24592 29.62
Burke 11273 46.14
Butts 7666 28.66
Calhoun 3446 62.95
Camden 10746 18.86
Candler 2770 25.27
Carroll 25368 20.37
Catoosa 2406 3.5
Charlton 3503 27.39
Chatham 123639 41.07
Chattahoochee 1666 19.05
Chattooga 2450 9.82
Cherokee 23297 8.29
Clarke 36065 27.8
Clay 1680 58.89
Clayton 217906 73.03
Clinch 1850 27.7
Cobb 226754 29.38
Coffee 12408 28.69
Colquitt 11176 24.39
Columbia 33588 20.67
Cook 4915 28.23
Coweta 30240 19.78
Crawford 2538 20.86
Crisp 8915 45.19
Dade 289 1.8
Dawson 541 1.79
Decatur 12342 42.53
DeKalb 410848 53.93
Dodge 6094 30.67
Dooly 5178 48.92
Dougherty 59603 71.9
Douglas 78821 53.46
Early 5575 52.79
Echols 309 8.38
Effingham 10895 15.78
Elbert 5680 28.58
Emanuel 8067 35.16
Evans 3404 31.94
Fannin 310 1.21
Fayette 33447 27.42
Floyd 14903 14.99
Forsyth 13168 4.93
Franklin 2312 9.57
Fulton 482722 44.96
Gilmer 499 1.54
Glascock 252 8.61
Glynn 22234 26.11
Gordon 2740 4.66
Grady 7694 29.6
Greene 6094 30.3
Gwinnett 303581 31.1
Habersham 1850 3.9
Hall 18272 8.59
Hancock 5818 69.12
Haralson 1540 4.91
Harris 5988 16.52
Hart 4934 18.35
Heard 1189 10.15
Henry 135464 54.52
Houston 58519 34.47
Irwin 2267 24.87
Jackson 7139 8.5
Jasper 2717 17
Jeff Davis 2365 15.88
Jefferson 7967 52.09
Jenkins 3671 42.42
Johnson 3187 34.6
Jones 7332 25.72
Lamar 5240 26.91
Lanier 2342 23.01
Laurens 18701 37.62
Lee 8495 25.22
Liberty 30488 44.89
Lincoln 2106 26.8
Long 5278 28.69
Lowndes 45474 38.05
Lumpkin 736 2.12
McDuffie 8910 41.08
McIntosh 3497 31.27
Macon 7034 59.73
Madison 3257 10.36
Marion 2245 30.19
Meriwether 7695 36.84
Miller 1651 28.59
Mitchell 9931 46.86
Monroe 6445 21.87
Montgomery 2282 26.4
Morgan 4288 20.4
Murray 647 1.6
Muscogee 99463 49.13
Newton 60182 51.11
Oconee 2204 5.05
Oglethorpe 2585 16.64
Paulding 45680 25.56
Peach 12726 44.68
Pickens 527 1.51
Pierce 1908 9.45
Pike 1738 8.71
Polk 5635 12.9
Pulaski 3192 32.04
Putnam 6060 26.43
Quitman 1027 45.46
Rabun 269 1.56
Randolph 3704 60.46
Richmond 121651 58.96
Rockdale 59353 62.51
Schley 934 20.77
Screven 5597 40.06
Seminole 3062 33.49
Spalding 25563 37.04
Stephens 2948 11.02
Stewart 2361 51.28
Sumter 15254 52.85
Talbot 3118 54.16
Taliaferro 842 52.36
Tattnall 7012 29.23
Taylor 2827 36.42
Telfair 4620 37.32
Terrell 5165 58.75
Thomas 16548 36.33
Tift 12856 31.1
Toombs 7242 27.01
Towns 136 1.05
Treutlen 1978 31.11
Troup 25774 36.69
Turner 3517 39.8
Twiggs 3096 40.33
Union 320 1.21
Upson 7999 28.47
Walker 3318 4.81
Walton 21816 21.17
Ware 10632 29.87
Warren 2898 56.2
Washington 10675 54.01
Wayne 6186 20.13
Webster 1030 44.07
Wheeler 2766 37.84
White 653 2.27
Whitfield 4537 4.4
Wilcox 3040 34.74
Wilkes 3846 40.21
Wilkinson 3196 36.83
Worth 5883 28.79