Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2016

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, there were 3,212,732 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Georgia and they represented 31.17% of the total population of Georgia in 2016. Fulton County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (447,257), followed by DeKalb County (403,056), and Gwinnett County (240,428). On the other hand, Towns County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (106), followed by Gilmer County (144), and Union County (146).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Hancock County had the highest percentage (71.67%), followed by Dougherty County (69.31%), and Clayton County (68.93%).

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

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Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2016
Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2016
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Appling 3429 18.59
Atkinson 1341 16.17
Bacon 1826 16.2
Baker 1420 44.58
Baldwin 19133 42.27
Banks 463 2.53
Barrow 8758 11.36
Bartow 11012 10.65
Ben Hill 6155 35.65
Berrien 1945 10.25
Bibb 83480 54.49
Bleckley 3375 26.23
Brantley 578 3.14
Brooks 5480 34.83
Bryan 5034 14.02
Bulloch 21751 29.13
Burke 10751 47.49
Butts 6654 28.03
Calhoun 3886 61.11
Camden 9783 18.6
Candler 2663 24.57
Carroll 21877 18.83
Catoosa 1683 2.54
Charlton 3851 29.97
Chatham 114572 39.64
Chattahoochee 1903 18.91
Chattooga 2410 9.7
Cherokee 15170 6.27
Clarke 34687 27.78
Clay 1811 60.07
Clayton 192556 68.93
Clinch 1814 26.83
Cobb 201046 26.85
Coffee 11928 27.79
Colquitt 10373 22.81
Columbia 24288 16.45
Cook 4592 26.74
Coweta 24681 17.56
Crawford 2529 20.65
Crisp 10112 44.19
Dade 177 1.09
Dawson 153 0.65
Decatur 11135 41.73
DeKalb 403056 53.94
Dodge 6100 29.23
Dooly 6734 48.55
Dougherty 62634 69.31
Douglas 62900 44.35
Early 5145 49.9
Echols 185 4.7
Effingham 7911 13.48
Elbert 5453 28.52
Emanuel 7664 34.21
Evans 3158 29.7
Fannin 166 0.66
Fayette 25042 22.5
Floyd 13783 14.25
Forsyth 7248 3.28
Franklin 1997 8.94
Fulton 447257 43.69
Gilmer 144 0.48
Glascock 259 8.7
Glynn 22016 26.14
Gordon 2163 3.79
Grady 7089 28.48
Greene 5810 34.4
Gwinnett 240428 26.56
Habersham 1503 3.4
Hall 14422 7.35
Hancock 6195 71.67
Haralson 1325 4.59
Harris 5583 16.61
Hart 4778 18.77
Heard 1137 9.82
Henry 93478 42.29
Houston 46093 30.47
Irwin 2547 27.37
Jackson 4446 6.83
Jasper 2751 19.97
Jeff Davis 2216 14.82
Jefferson 8316 52.72
Jenkins 3693 41.86
Johnson 3262 33.7
Jones 7098 24.84
Lamar 5506 29.82
Lanier 2215 21.21
Laurens 17241 36.46
Lee 5952 20.38
Liberty 25323 41.06
Lincoln 2403 30.58
Long 4580 24.9
Lowndes 41620 36.36
Lumpkin 451 1.44
McDuffie 8804 40.99
McIntosh 4769 33.9
Macon 8086 59.97
Madison 2527 8.76
Marion 2577 30.35
Meriwether 8221 39.05
Miller 1547 26.33
Mitchell 10643 47.42
Monroe 6163 22.93
Montgomery 2275 25.29
Morgan 4085 22.57
Murray 266 0.68
Muscogee 89962 45.82
Newton 46755 43.89
Oconee 1762 4.77
Oglethorpe 2459 16.72
Paulding 28551 18.37
Peach 11816 43.58
Pickens 311 1.01
Pierce 1608 8.41
Pike 1663 9.28
Polk 5245 12.61
Pulaski 3575 31.65
Putnam 5601 26.05
Quitman 1097 47.22
Rabun 209 1.27
Randolph 4383 61.3
Richmond 112034 55.41
Rockdale 46871 52.67
Schley 1058 20.43
Screven 5816 41.5
Seminole 2826 33.55
Spalding 21680 33.6
Stephens 2761 10.75
Stewart 2685 43.81
Sumter 15932 52.52
Talbot 3498 54.99
Taliaferro 914 56.56
Tattnall 7243 28.57
Taylor 3143 38.07
Telfair 5520 34.59
Terrell 5311 59.86
Thomas 16327 36.31
Tift 11988 29.56
Toombs 6944 25.59
Towns 106 0.93
Treutlen 2155 32.07
Troup 24930 35.62
Turner 3124 39.2
Twiggs 3396 41.1
Union 146 0.64
Upson 7351 28.01
Walker 2893 4.22
Walton 15375 17.11
Ware 10543 29.55
Warren 3171 59.22
Washington 10768 52.92
Wayne 5861 19.51
Webster 1098 42.12
Wheeler 2982 37.22
White 522 1.81
Whitfield 3727 3.57
Wilcox 2996 33.91
Wilkes 4046 41.25
Wilkinson 3489 38.68
Worth 5801 27.98