Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2021

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, there were 3,443,551 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Georgia and they represented 31.92% of the total population of Georgia in 2021. Fulton County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (465,712), followed by DeKalb County (404,450), and Gwinnett County (279,414). On the other hand, Towns County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (137), followed by Dade County (203), and Rabun County (208).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Clayton County had the highest percentage (71.03%), followed by Dougherty County (70.61%), and Hancock County (68.77%).

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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 2021
Georgia Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2021
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Appling 3447 18.72
Atkinson 1281 15.33
Bacon 1740 15.72
Baker 1163 41.14
Baldwin 18279 41.86
Banks 515 2.78
Barrow 11659 13.45
Bartow 12094 10.91
Ben Hill 6273 36.57
Berrien 1991 10.98
Bibb 87721 56.24
Bleckley 2980 24.32
Brantley 648 3.58
Brooks 5457 33.51
Bryan 7024 14.96
Bulloch 23404 29.02
Burke 11096 45.6
Butts 7289 27.91
Calhoun 3339 60.34
Camden 9986 17.91
Candler 2743 24.94
Carroll 23514 19.34
Catoosa 2007 2.93
Charlton 3721 29.04
Chatham 119387 40.38
Chattahoochee 1559 17.24
Chattooga 2332 9.39
Cherokee 20301 7.39
Clarke 35144 27.2
Clay 1672 58.48
Clayton 211169 71.03
Clinch 1799 26.86
Cobb 214173 27.94
Coffee 12014 27.94
Colquitt 10512 22.97
Columbia 30451 19.08
Cook 4739 27.45
Coweta 27727 18.49
Crawford 2524 20.79
Crisp 8829 44.09
Dade 203 1.25
Dawson 354 1.24
Decatur 12167 41.89
DeKalb 404450 53.27
Dodge 5760 29.28
Dooly 5242 48.18
Dougherty 58093 70.61
Douglas 73311 50.34
Early 5507 51.7
Echols 247 6.66
Effingham 9729 14.58
Elbert 5492 28.09
Emanuel 7805 34.1
Evans 3205 29.92
Fannin 231 0.9
Fayette 31395 26.02
Floyd 14145 14.36
Forsyth 11788 4.52
Franklin 2062 8.77
Fulton 465712 43.83
Gilmer 237 0.74
Glascock 252 8.67
Glynn 21717 25.64
Gordon 2227 3.82
Grady 7301 28.21
Greene 5983 30.6
Gwinnett 279414 28.95
Habersham 1747 3.74
Hall 15290 7.37
Hancock 5958 68.77
Haralson 1368 4.47
Harris 5545 15.57
Hart 4753 18.05
Heard 1106 9.59
Henry 124415 50.78
Houston 55386 33.13
Irwin 2374 25.32
Jackson 6096 7.59
Jasper 2703 17.71
Jeff Davis 2189 14.74
Jefferson 8000 51.63
Jenkins 3580 40.79
Johnson 3047 33.73
Jones 7121 25.07
Lamar 5017 26.85
Lanier 2190 21.79
Laurens 18413 37.18
Lee 7903 23.81
Liberty 28647 42.86
Lincoln 2119 27.34
Long 4517 26.43
Lowndes 43996 37
Lumpkin 487 1.48
McDuffie 8760 40.49
McIntosh 3478 31.47
Macon 7009 59.24
Madison 2942 9.53
Marion 2163 29.13
Meriwether 7562 36.51
Miller 1649 28.02
Mitchell 9886 46.49
Monroe 6256 21.78
Montgomery 2161 24.97
Morgan 4242 20.54
Murray 383 0.96
Muscogee 96295 46.97
Newton 56017 48.58
Oconee 2044 4.75
Oglethorpe 2443 16.13
Paulding 40278 23.16
Peach 12367 43.79
Pickens 397 1.17
Pierce 1688 8.45
Pike 1686 8.63
Polk 5383 12.42
Pulaski 2988 31.18
Putnam 5794 25.59
Quitman 1052 47.05
Rabun 208 1.22
Randolph 3707 59.28
Richmond 117861 57.39
Rockdale 55829 59.42
Schley 859 19.19
Screven 5559 39.55
Seminole 2966 32.44
Spalding 24181 35.72
Stephens 2734 10.22
Stewart 1899 38.65
Sumter 15076 52.03
Talbot 3082 53.64
Taliaferro 808 51.8
Tattnall 6669 27.64
Taylor 2812 36.27
Telfair 4167 33.8
Terrell 5204 58.45
Thomas 16537 36.1
Tift 12460 30.3
Toombs 7066 26.29
Towns 137 1.07
Treutlen 1977 30.98
Troup 25048 36.05
Turner 3420 38.29
Twiggs 3115 39.44
Union 243 0.95
Upson 7752 28.01
Walker 2940 4.3
Walton 19417 19.45
Ware 10366 29.16
Warren 2959 56.75
Washington 10432 52.78
Wayne 5779 19.11
Webster 971 41.21
Wheeler 2939 37.93
White 544 1.92
Whitfield 3625 3.53
Wilcox 2850 32.59
Wilkes 3737 39.27
Wilkinson 3247 36.94
Worth 5747 27.96