Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2017

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, there were 3,264,726 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Georgia and they represented 31.34% of the total population of Georgia in 2017. Fulton County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (453,865), followed by DeKalb County (404,985), and Gwinnett County (248,594). On the other hand, Towns County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (120), followed by Fannin County (172), and Union County (175).

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 (71.14%), followed by Clayton County (69.6%), and Dougherty County (69.48%).

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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 2017
Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2017
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Appling 3427 18.58
Atkinson 1312 15.89
Bacon 1805 16.11
Baker 1401 44.36
Baldwin 19079 42.4
Banks 455 2.44
Barrow 9331 11.8
Bartow 11345 10.79
Ben Hill 6099 35.75
Berrien 1999 10.48
Bibb 83789 54.79
Bleckley 3329 26.07
Brantley 623 3.31
Brooks 5407 34.57
Bryan 5248 14.15
Bulloch 22131 29.1
Burke 10688 47.39
Butts 6793 28.23
Calhoun 3851 60.24
Camden 9738 18.3
Candler 2608 24.38
Carroll 22262 18.96
Catoosa 1790 2.69
Charlton 3777 29.56
Chatham 115493 39.86
Chattahoochee 1918 18.81
Chattooga 2436 9.84
Cherokee 16282 6.57
Clarke 35364 27.92
Clay 1797 60.49
Clayton 197788 69.6
Clinch 1767 26.54
Cobb 204991 27.21
Coffee 11921 27.81
Colquitt 10482 23.04
Columbia 26013 17.14
Cook 4714 27.38
Coweta 25401 17.74
Crawford 2492 20.37
Crisp 10003 44.12
Dade 190 1.17
Dawson 175 0.72
Decatur 11185 41.85
DeKalb 404985 53.88
Dodge 6098 29.35
Dooly 6619 48.34
Dougherty 62208 69.48
Douglas 65560 45.67
Early 5203 50.45
Echols 185 4.76
Effingham 8164 13.58
Elbert 5401 28.27
Emanuel 7763 34.46
Evans 3186 29.65
Fannin 172 0.68
Fayette 25996 23.08
Floyd 13919 14.28
Forsyth 8036 3.5
Franklin 2044 8.94
Fulton 453865 43.64
Gilmer 180 0.59
Glascock 274 9.04
Glynn 22279 26.26
Gordon 2139 3.74
Grady 7015 28.33
Greene 5821 33.79
Gwinnett 248594 27.06
Habersham 1576 3.53
Hall 14512 7.3
Hancock 6079 71.14
Haralson 1322 4.51
Harris 5601 16.5
Hart 4854 18.88
Heard 1147 9.76
Henry 98725 43.83
Houston 47629 31.18
Irwin 2589 27.65
Jackson 4618 6.82
Jasper 2751 19.82
Jeff Davis 2210 14.7
Jefferson 8193 52.39
Jenkins 3695 41.78
Johnson 3288 33.72
Jones 7044 24.75
Lamar 5496 29.58
Lanier 2210 21.14
Laurens 17425 36.79
Lee 6138 20.86
Liberty 25827 41.78
Lincoln 2314 29.44
Long 4839 25.71
Lowndes 42058 36.42
Lumpkin 472 1.44
McDuffie 8886 41.3
McIntosh 4729 33.56
Macon 7986 60.25
Madison 2563 8.76
Marion 2560 30.34
Meriwether 8219 39.12
Miller 1590 27.34
Mitchell 10619 47.59
Monroe 6187 22.79
Montgomery 2283 25.28
Morgan 4107 22.35
Murray 290 0.73
Muscogee 89628 46.23
Newton 48199 44.67
Oconee 1850 4.85
Oglethorpe 2456 16.54
Paulding 30700 19.23
Peach 11845 43.58
Pickens 330 1.05
Pierce 1605 8.36
Pike 1709 9.38
Polk 5200 12.43
Pulaski 3549 31.7
Putnam 5662 26.12
Quitman 1101 47.17
Rabun 215 1.3
Randolph 4272 61.26
Richmond 112525 55.72
Rockdale 48716 54.25
Schley 1047 20
Screven 5688 40.77
Seminole 2717 32.94
Spalding 22137 33.88
Stephens 2739 10.62
Stewart 2747 43.4
Sumter 15677 52.54
Talbot 3437 54.96
Taliaferro 900 55.83
Tattnall 7241 28.49
Taylor 3122 38.16
Telfair 5443 34.21
Terrell 5168 59.42
Thomas 16119 36.12
Tift 11981 29.62
Toombs 6867 25.56
Towns 120 1.04
Treutlen 2150 31.85
Troup 25137 35.85
Turner 3091 39.12
Twiggs 3378 40.86
Union 175 0.75
Upson 7383 28.16
Walker 2902 4.2
Walton 15934 17.43
Ware 10684 29.92
Warren 3097 58.85
Washington 10790 53.12
Wayne 5741 19.24
Webster 1054 40.76
Wheeler 2956 37.15
White 530 1.8
Whitfield 3709 3.56
Wilcox 2991 34.07
Wilkes 4077 41.32
Wilkinson 3422 38.22
Worth 5777 28.14