Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in Census 2020

Updated on February 11, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, there were 3,320,513 people in Georgia who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 31.00% of the total population of Georgia. Fulton County had the highest number of people who identify as Black or African American Alone (453,834), followed by DeKalb County (388,963), and Gwinnett County (262,709). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identify as Black or African American Alone were: Fannin County (85), Rabun County (114), and Towns County (128).

In terms of the percentage of each county's total population, Dougherty County had the highest percentage, with 69.92% of its population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Clayton County (69.89%), and Hancock County (69.01%).

You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in Georgia.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's population that identify as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in Census 2020
Georgia Black or African American Alone Population By County in Census 2020
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Appling County 3387 18.36
Atkinson County 1213 14.64
Bacon County 1763 15.83
Baker County 1130 39.29
Baldwin County 18404 42.02
Banks County 395 2.19
Barrow County 10369 12.42
Bartow County 11512 10.57
Ben Hill County 6267 36.45
Berrien County 1954 10.76
Bibb County 85885 54.58
Bleckley County 2818 22.40
Brantley County 568 3.15
Brooks County 5714 35.05
Bryan County 6486 14.50
Bulloch County 23052 28.43
Burke County 11027 44.83
Butts County 6832 26.86
Calhoun County 3581 64.26
Camden County 9697 17.71
Candler County 2695 24.54
Carroll County 22126 18.57
Catoosa County 1858 2.74
Charlton County 2627 20.99
Chatham County 109313 37.02
Chattahoochee County 1511 15.80
Chattooga County 2408 9.65
Cherokee County 17785 6.67
Clarke County 31660 24.61
Clay County 1597 56.07
Clayton County 207981 69.89
Clinch County 1965 29.12
Cobb County 203840 26.61
Coffee County 11972 27.78
Colquitt County 10068 21.94
Columbia County 28315 18.15
Cook County 4772 27.70
Coweta County 25867 17.70
Crawford County 2268 18.70
Crisp County 8879 44.11
Dade County 142 0.87
Dawson County 209 0.78
Decatur County 12241 41.68
DeKalb County 388963 50.89
Dodge County 5870 29.46
Dooly County 5561 49.62
Dougherty County 59988 69.92
Douglas County 69870 48.44
Early County 5562 51.24
Echols County 157 4.25
Effingham County 8845 13.66
Elbert County 5280 26.89
Emanuel County 7264 31.90
Evans County 3114 28.90
Fannin County 85 0.34
Fayette County 29559 24.80
Floyd County 14087 14.29
Forsyth County 10721 4.27
Franklin County 1904 8.13
Fulton County 453834 42.55
Gilmer County 146 0.47
Glascock County 196 6.80
Glynn County 20676 24.47
Gordon County 2147 3.73
Grady County 7336 27.96
Greene County 5810 30.72
Gwinnett County 262709 27.45
Habersham County 1749 3.80
Hall County 14660 7.22
Hancock County 6028 69.01
Haralson County 1253 4.19
Harris County 5237 15.11
Hart County 4334 16.78
Heard County 942 8.25
Henry County 118124 49.07
Houston County 52610 32.15
Irwin County 2229 23.06
Jackson County 5232 6.89
Jasper County 2464 16.89
Jeff Davis County 2307 15.61
Jefferson County 7976 50.77
Jenkins County 3545 40.87
Johnson County 3032 33.00
Jones County 6767 23.87
Lamar County 4914 26.56
Lanier County 2173 22.00
Laurens County 18332 36.98
Lee County 7375 22.24
Liberty County 28095 43.05
Lincoln County 2124 27.62
Long County 4125 25.51
Lowndes County 44434 37.58
Lumpkin County 429 1.28
McDuffie County 8682 40.14
McIntosh County 3192 29.08
Macon County 7164 59.30
Madison County 2769 9.19
Marion County 2150 28.67
Meriwether County 7286 35.35
Miller County 1751 29.18
Mitchell County 10114 46.49
Monroe County 6113 21.87
Montgomery County 2133 24.77
Morgan County 4122 20.51
Murray County 282 0.71
Muscogee County 96163 46.47
Newton County 52794 46.94
Oconee County 1921 4.60
Oglethorpe County 2260 15.25
Paulding County 37353 22.15
Peach County 12219 43.67
Pickens County 301 0.91
Pierce County 1603 8.13
Pike County 1447 7.66
Polk County 5212 12.16
Pulaski County 3170 32.17
Putnam County 5419 24.58
Quitman County 919 41.12
Rabun County 114 0.68
Randolph County 3877 60.34
Richmond County 114201 55.28
Rockdale County 54409 58.15
Schley County 877 19.29
Screven County 5308 37.73
Seminole County 2995 32.74
Spalding County 23301 34.62
Stephens County 2976 11.11
Stewart County 2466 46.41
Sumter County 15120 51.05
Talbot County 3079 53.71
Taliaferro County 833 53.43
Tattnall County 6018 26.35
Taylor County 2826 36.16
Telfair County 4630 37.11
Terrell County 5565 60.59
Thomas County 16343 35.69
Tift County 12131 29.34
Toombs County 7023 25.98
Towns County 128 1.02
Treutlen County 2024 31.60
Troup County 24287 34.98
Turner County 3666 40.71
Twiggs County 3124 38.94
Union County 129 0.52
Upson County 7899 28.52
Walker County 2871 4.24
Walton County 17325 17.92
Ware County 10768 29.70
Warren County 3053 58.54
Washington County 10724 53.65
Wayne County 5978 19.83
Webster County 1063 45.27
Wheeler County 2882 38.58
White County 476 1.70
Whitfield County 3765 3.66
Wilcox County 3099 35.35
Wilkes County 3846 40.21
Wilkinson County 3175 35.77
Worth County 5273 25.37