Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2020

Updated on August 2, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, there were 3,410,223 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Georgia and they represented 31.78% of the total population of Georgia in 2020. Fulton County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (463,787), followed by DeKalb County (400,441), and Gwinnett County (269,200). On the other hand, Towns County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (124), followed by Rabun County (197), and Fannin County (208).

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 (71.7%), followed by Dougherty County (71.01%), and Clayton County (70.19%).

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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 2020
Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2020
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Appling 3461 18.83
Atkinson 1314 15.82
Bacon 1767 15.9
Baker 1222 42.85
Baldwin 18528 42.31
Banks 509 2.82
Barrow 11057 13.17
Bartow 11945 10.93
Ben Hill 6342 36.94
Berrien 1935 10.67
Bibb 87661 55.82
Bleckley 3301 26.36
Brantley 662 3.67
Brooks 5737 35.26
Bryan 6768 15.03
Bulloch 23194 29.02
Burke 11443 46.45
Butts 7188 28.13
Calhoun 3488 62.58
Camden 10154 18.49
Candler 2816 25.55
Carroll 22848 19.12
Catoosa 1955 2.88
Charlton 3223 25.71
Chatham 118143 40.04
Chattahoochee 1720 18.15
Chattooga 2403 9.64
Cherokee 19166 7.15
Clarke 35683 27.76
Clay 1700 60.11
Clayton 210178 70.19
Clinch 1826 27.17
Cobb 210590 27.48
Coffee 12190 28.31
Colquitt 10845 23.63
Columbia 29067 18.53
Cook 4796 27.83
Coweta 26792 18.26
Crawford 2536 20.95
Crisp 9029 45.03
Dade 227 1.4
Dawson 317 1.17
Decatur 12385 42.23
DeKalb 400441 52.38
Dodge 5959 29.87
Dooly 5466 49
Dougherty 60468 71.01
Douglas 71172 49.2
Early 5618 52.05
Echols 223 5.99
Effingham 9216 14.14
Elbert 5625 28.6
Emanuel 7955 34.75
Evans 3236 29.99
Fannin 208 0.82
Fayette 30253 25.32
Floyd 14393 14.6
Forsyth 10787 4.26
Franklin 2157 9.19
Fulton 463787 43.37
Gilmer 253 0.81
Glascock 263 9.07
Glynn 21903 25.93
Gordon 2288 3.96
Grady 7348 28.02
Greene 6057 31.83
Gwinnett 269200 28.09
Habersham 1751 3.8
Hall 15148 7.45
Hancock 6246 71.7
Haralson 1332 4.43
Harris 5607 16.07
Hart 4872 18.83
Heard 1101 9.62
Henry 118448 48.98
Houston 53700 32.67
Irwin 2468 25.58
Jackson 5519 7.19
Jasper 2694 18.37
Jeff Davis 2216 14.97
Jefferson 8232 52.51
Jenkins 3704 42.76
Johnson 3236 35.24
Jones 7256 25.55
Lamar 5324 28.7
Lanier 2175 21.91
Laurens 18475 37.3
Lee 7763 23.37
Liberty 28247 43.25
Lincoln 2232 28.98
Long 4294 26.39
Lowndes 43794 36.98
Lumpkin 604 1.8
McDuffie 8839 40.91
McIntosh 3622 32.97
Macon 7231 60.15
Madison 2841 9.38
Marion 2256 29.96
Meriwether 7856 38.1
Miller 1719 28.69
Mitchell 10238 47.24
Monroe 6329 22.56
Montgomery 2143 24.99
Morgan 4262 21.1
Murray 373 0.93
Muscogee 97148 46.93
Newton 53815 47.67
Oconee 2013 4.79
Oglethorpe 2465 16.58
Paulding 37584 22.16
Peach 12207 43.54
Pickens 391 1.17
Pierce 1700 8.61
Pike 1651 8.71
Polk 5381 12.54
Pulaski 3165 32.07
Putnam 5710 25.76
Quitman 1057 47.46
Rabun 197 1.17
Randolph 3865 60.69
Richmond 117993 57.13
Rockdale 54933 58.68
Schley 915 20.17
Screven 5627 39.97
Seminole 3031 33.19
Spalding 23761 35.22
Stephens 2927 10.91
Stewart 2274 42.88
Sumter 15534 52.62
Talbot 3129 54.65
Taliaferro 815 52.28
Tattnall 7053 29
Taylor 2884 36.89
Telfair 4342 34.83
Terrell 5470 59.85
Thomas 16638 36.35
Tift 12560 30.35
Toombs 7182 26.52
Towns 124 0.99
Treutlen 1982 30.98
Troup 25172 36.31
Turner 3464 38.55
Twiggs 3214 40.11
Union 238 0.96
Upson 7810 28.15
Walker 2914 4.3
Walton 18425 18.96
Ware 10853 29.96
Warren 3043 58.44
Washington 10773 54
Wayne 5921 19.64
Webster 1038 44.15
Wheeler 2825 37.92
White 552 1.96
Whitfield 3779 3.68
Wilcox 3007 34.22
Wilkes 3891 40.74
Wilkinson 3356 37.99
Worth 5891 28.42