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

Updated on August 2, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, there were 3,437,034 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Georgia and they represented 31.85% of the total population of Georgia in 2021. Fulton County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (463,709), followed by DeKalb County (397,001), and Gwinnett County (276,410). On the other hand, Towns County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (137), followed by Rabun County (209), and Dade County (242).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Dougherty County had the highest percentage (70.99%), followed by Hancock County (70.61%), and Clayton County (70.38%).

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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 3467 18.82
Atkinson 1308 15.67
Bacon 1751 15.82
Baker 1199 42.46
Baldwin 18444 42.21
Banks 546 2.95
Barrow 11738 13.53
Bartow 12180 10.98
Ben Hill 6323 36.92
Berrien 2019 11.14
Bibb 87573 56.14
Bleckley 3008 24.52
Brantley 688 3.8
Brooks 5632 34.6
Bryan 7149 15.22
Bulloch 23450 29.07
Burke 11188 45.92
Butts 7367 28.16
Calhoun 3474 62.7
Camden 10126 18.15
Candler 2736 24.99
Carroll 23524 19.35
Catoosa 2041 2.98
Charlton 3272 25.52
Chatham 118344 40.02
Chattahoochee 1597 17.66
Chattooga 2340 9.42
Cherokee 20269 7.38
Clarke 35525 27.5
Clay 1685 58.77
Clayton 210581 70.38
Clinch 1831 27.32
Cobb 212688 27.74
Coffee 12035 27.96
Colquitt 10684 23.35
Columbia 30494 19.1
Cook 4798 27.8
Coweta 27906 18.61
Crawford 2530 20.84
Crisp 8947 44.74
Dade 242 1.49
Dawson 371 1.3
Decatur 12225 42.02
DeKalb 397001 52.3
Dodge 5875 29.77
Dooly 5269 48.48
Dougherty 58376 70.99
Douglas 73217 50.24
Early 5543 52.12
Echols 250 6.76
Effingham 9782 14.65
Elbert 5577 28.5
Emanuel 7867 34.35
Evans 3227 30.17
Fannin 245 0.95
Fayette 31519 26.11
Floyd 14282 14.5
Forsyth 11871 4.55
Franklin 2075 8.83
Fulton 463709 43.65
Gilmer 280 0.87
Glascock 253 8.72
Glynn 21750 25.65
Gordon 2291 3.93
Grady 7271 28.13
Greene 6005 30.73
Gwinnett 276410 28.63
Habersham 1758 3.76
Hall 15589 7.53
Hancock 6127 70.61
Haralson 1391 4.55
Harris 5596 15.72
Hart 4795 18.22
Heard 1143 9.91
Henry 124700 50.88
Houston 55387 33.12
Irwin 2297 24.52
Jackson 6128 7.62
Jasper 2673 17.51
Jeff Davis 2250 15.14
Jefferson 8081 52.22
Jenkins 3717 42.41
Johnson 3128 34.76
Jones 7191 25.32
Lamar 5029 26.9
Lanier 2246 22.35
Laurens 18524 37.4
Lee 7964 23.98
Liberty 28941 43.33
Lincoln 2190 28.26
Long 4498 26.29
Lowndes 44037 37.03
Lumpkin 566 1.72
McDuffie 8803 40.72
McIntosh 3503 31.69
Macon 7072 59.67
Madison 2973 9.63
Marion 2215 29.8
Meriwether 7654 36.93
Miller 1656 28.29
Mitchell 9994 46.88
Monroe 6291 21.88
Montgomery 2168 25.08
Morgan 4253 20.6
Murray 393 0.98
Muscogee 96511 47.07
Newton 56147 48.68
Oconee 2051 4.77
Oglethorpe 2474 16.29
Paulding 40466 23.26
Peach 12287 43.5
Pickens 398 1.17
Pierce 1761 8.82
Pike 1699 8.7
Polk 5446 12.57
Pulaski 3019 31.55
Putnam 5816 25.72
Quitman 1057 47.15
Rabun 209 1.22
Randolph 3765 60.12
Richmond 117897 57.43
Rockdale 55978 59.62
Schley 899 20.04
Screven 5605 39.86
Seminole 3012 32.88
Spalding 24264 35.81
Stephens 2889 10.79
Stewart 2151 43.76
Sumter 15160 52.31
Talbot 3121 54.23
Taliaferro 810 51.63
Tattnall 6827 28.34
Taylor 2850 36.68
Telfair 4282 34.77
Terrell 5295 59.33
Thomas 16693 36.43
Tift 12490 30.4
Toombs 7135 26.58
Towns 137 1.06
Treutlen 1991 31.28
Troup 25116 36.13
Turner 3448 38.66
Twiggs 3180 40.35
Union 243 0.95
Upson 7806 28.19
Walker 2975 4.35
Walton 19501 19.54
Ware 10437 29.36
Warren 2984 57.3
Washington 10602 53.66
Wayne 5835 19.31
Webster 1036 43.86
Wheeler 2984 38.57
White 552 1.94
Whitfield 3705 3.61
Wilcox 2936 33.6
Wilkes 3813 40.18
Wilkinson 3270 37.22
Worth 5858 28.49