Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Georgia counties, Clayton County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (69.68%), followed by Dougherty County (67.57%), and Hancock County (67.22%).

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 voting-age 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 in Georgia.

Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Clayton
69.68%
Dougherty
67.57%
Hancock
67.22%
Calhoun
63.37%
Macon
59.86%
Terrell
58.16%
Randolph
57.63%
Rockdale
56.27%
Warren
55.76%
Taliaferro
54.23%
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Clayton County 69.68
2 Dougherty County 67.57
3 Hancock County 67.22
4 Calhoun County 63.37
5 Macon County 59.86
6 Terrell County 58.16
7 Randolph County 57.63
8 Rockdale County 56.27
9 Warren County 55.76
10 Taliaferro County 54.23
11 Clay County 53.83
12 Richmond County 52.62
13 Talbot County 52.37
14 Washington County 52.23
15 Bibb County 51.79
16 DeKalb County 50.68
17 Jefferson County 50.33
18 Dooly County 48.75
19 Sumter County 48.72
20 Early County 48.26
21 Henry County 47.64
22 Douglas County 47.06
23 Newton County 45.62
24 Mitchell County 45.50
25 Muscogee County 45.29
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