Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Updated on February 25, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Georgia counties, in April 2020, among all Georgia counties, Dougherty County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (69.92%), followed by Clayton County (69.89%), and Hancock County (69.01%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Georgia.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Georgia Counties By
Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dougherty County | 69.92 |
| 2 | Clayton County | 69.89 |
| 3 | Hancock County | 69.01 |
| 4 | Calhoun County | 64.26 |
| 5 | Terrell County | 60.59 |
| 6 | Randolph County | 60.34 |
| 7 | Macon County | 59.30 |
| 8 | Warren County | 58.54 |
| 9 | Rockdale County | 58.15 |
| 10 | Clay County | 56.07 |
| 11 | Richmond County | 55.28 |
| 12 | Bibb County | 54.58 |
| 13 | Talbot County | 53.71 |
| 14 | Washington County | 53.65 |
| 15 | Taliaferro County | 53.43 |
| 16 | Early County | 51.24 |
| 17 | Sumter County | 51.05 |
| 18 | DeKalb County | 50.89 |
| 19 | Jefferson County | 50.77 |
| 20 | Dooly County | 49.62 |
| 21 | Henry County | 49.07 |
| 22 | Douglas County | 48.44 |
| 23 | Newton County | 46.94 |
| 24 | Mitchell County | 46.49 |
| 25 | Muscogee County | 46.47 |
| 26 | Stewart County | 46.41 |
| 27 | Webster County | 45.27 |
| 28 | Burke County | 44.83 |
| 29 | Crisp County | 44.11 |
| 30 | Peach County | 43.67 |
| 31 | Liberty County | 43.05 |
| 32 | Fulton County | 42.55 |
| 33 | Baldwin County | 42.02 |
| 34 | Decatur County | 41.68 |
| 35 | Quitman County | 41.12 |
| 36 | Jenkins County | 40.87 |
| 37 | Turner County | 40.71 |
| 38 | Wilkes County | 40.21 |
| 39 | McDuffie County | 40.14 |
| 40 | Baker County | 39.29 |
| 41 | Twiggs County | 38.94 |
| 42 | Wheeler County | 38.58 |
| 43 | Screven County | 37.73 |
| 44 | Lowndes County | 37.58 |
| 45 | Telfair County | 37.11 |
| 46 | Chatham County | 37.02 |
| 47 | Laurens County | 36.98 |
| 48 | Ben Hill County | 36.45 |
| 49 | Taylor County | 36.16 |
| 50 | Wilkinson County | 35.77 |
| 51 | Thomas County | 35.69 |
| 52 | Meriwether County | 35.35 |
| 53 | Wilcox County | 35.35 |
| 54 | Brooks County | 35.05 |
| 55 | Troup County | 34.98 |
| 56 | Spalding County | 34.62 |
| 57 | Johnson County | 33.00 |
| 58 | Seminole County | 32.74 |
| 59 | Pulaski County | 32.17 |
| 60 | Houston County | 32.15 |
| 61 | Emanuel County | 31.90 |
| 62 | Treutlen County | 31.60 |
| 63 | Greene County | 30.72 |
| 64 | Ware County | 29.70 |
| 65 | Dodge County | 29.46 |
| 66 | Tift County | 29.34 |
| 67 | Miller County | 29.18 |
| 68 | Clinch County | 29.12 |
| 69 | McIntosh County | 29.08 |
| 70 | Evans County | 28.90 |
| 71 | Marion County | 28.67 |
| 72 | Upson County | 28.52 |
| 73 | Bulloch County | 28.43 |
| 74 | Grady County | 27.96 |
| 75 | Coffee County | 27.78 |
| 76 | Cook County | 27.70 |
| 77 | Lincoln County | 27.62 |
| 78 | Gwinnett County | 27.45 |
| 79 | Elbert County | 26.89 |
| 80 | Butts County | 26.86 |
| 81 | Cobb County | 26.61 |
| 82 | Lamar County | 26.56 |
| 83 | Tattnall County | 26.35 |
| 84 | Toombs County | 25.98 |
| 85 | Long County | 25.51 |
| 86 | Worth County | 25.37 |
| 87 | Fayette County | 24.80 |
| 88 | Montgomery County | 24.77 |
| 89 | Clarke County | 24.61 |
| 90 | Putnam County | 24.58 |
| 91 | Candler County | 24.54 |
| 92 | Glynn County | 24.47 |
| 93 | Jones County | 23.87 |
| 94 | Irwin County | 23.06 |
| 95 | Bleckley County | 22.40 |
| 96 | Lee County | 22.24 |
| 97 | Paulding County | 22.15 |
| 98 | Lanier County | 22.00 |
| 99 | Colquitt County | 21.94 |
| 100 | Monroe County | 21.87 |
| 101 | Charlton County | 20.99 |
| 102 | Morgan County | 20.51 |
| 103 | Wayne County | 19.83 |
| 104 | Schley County | 19.29 |
| 105 | Crawford County | 18.70 |
| 106 | Carroll County | 18.57 |
| 107 | Appling County | 18.36 |
| 108 | Columbia County | 18.15 |
| 109 | Walton County | 17.92 |
| 110 | Camden County | 17.71 |
| 111 | Coweta County | 17.70 |
| 112 | Jasper County | 16.89 |
| 113 | Hart County | 16.78 |
| 114 | Bacon County | 15.83 |
| 115 | Chattahoochee County | 15.80 |
| 116 | Jeff Davis County | 15.61 |
| 117 | Oglethorpe County | 15.25 |
| 118 | Harris County | 15.11 |
| 119 | Atkinson County | 14.64 |
| 120 | Bryan County | 14.50 |
| 121 | Floyd County | 14.29 |
| 122 | Effingham County | 13.66 |
| 123 | Barrow County | 12.42 |
| 124 | Polk County | 12.16 |
| 125 | Stephens County | 11.11 |
| 126 | Berrien County | 10.76 |
| 127 | Bartow County | 10.57 |
| 128 | Chattooga County | 9.65 |
| 129 | Madison County | 9.19 |
| 130 | Heard County | 8.25 |
| 131 | Franklin County | 8.13 |
| 132 | Pierce County | 8.13 |
| 133 | Pike County | 7.66 |
| 134 | Hall County | 7.22 |
| 135 | Jackson County | 6.89 |
| 136 | Glascock County | 6.80 |
| 137 | Cherokee County | 6.67 |
| 138 | Oconee County | 4.60 |
| 139 | Forsyth County | 4.27 |
| 140 | Echols County | 4.25 |
| 141 | Walker County | 4.24 |
| 142 | Haralson County | 4.19 |
| 143 | Habersham County | 3.80 |
| 144 | Gordon County | 3.73 |
| 145 | Whitfield County | 3.66 |
| 146 | Brantley County | 3.15 |
| 147 | Catoosa County | 2.74 |
| 148 | Banks County | 2.19 |
| 149 | White County | 1.70 |
| 150 | Lumpkin County | 1.28 |
| 151 | Towns County | 1.02 |
| 152 | Pickens County | 0.91 |
| 153 | Dade County | 0.87 |
| 154 | Dawson County | 0.78 |
| 155 | Murray County | 0.71 |
| 156 | Rabun County | 0.68 |
| 157 | Union County | 0.52 |
| 158 | Gilmer County | 0.47 |
| 159 | Fannin County | 0.34 |