Ranking of Georgia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Georgia counties, Fulton County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (474.78K), followed by DeKalb County (408.02K), and Gwinnett County (295.44K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Fulton County 474781
2 DeKalb County 408015
3 Gwinnett County 295435
4 Cobb County 222835
5 Clayton County 218020
6 Henry County 128571
7 Chatham County 121714
8 Richmond County 120407
9 Muscogee County 99622
10 Bibb County 88706
11 Douglas County 75750
12 Dougherty County 58880
13 Newton County 57586
14 Rockdale County 57437
15 Houston County 56607
16 Lowndes County 45016
17 Paulding County 42139
18 Clarke County 36334
19 Fayette County 32371
20 Columbia County 32043
21 Liberty County 30299
22 Coweta County 28772
23 Troup County 25387
24 Spalding County 24608
25 Carroll County 24285
26 Bulloch County 23947
27 Glynn County 22288
28 Cherokee County 22087
29 Walton County 20068
30 Laurens County 18674
31 Baldwin County 18650
32 Hall County 17151
33 Thomas County 16869
34 Sumter County 15370
35 Floyd County 14801
36 Forsyth County 12855
37 Tift County 12831
38 Bartow County 12778
39 Peach County 12473
40 Decatur County 12440
41 Barrow County 12391
42 Coffee County 12271
43 Burke County 11351
44 Colquitt County 11065
45 Washington County 10666
46 Ware County 10614
47 Camden County 10571
48 Mitchell County 10115
49 Effingham County 10099
50 Crisp County 9050
51 McDuffie County 8923
52 Jefferson County 8146
53 Lee County 8080
54 Emanuel County 7999
55 Upson County 7938
56 Meriwether County 7727
57 Grady County 7614
58 Bryan County 7539
59 Butts County 7484
60 Toombs County 7289
61 Jones County 7269
62 Macon County 7129
63 Tattnall County 7084
64 Jackson County 6455
65 Ben Hill County 6402
66 Monroe County 6369
67 Hancock County 6132
68 Greene County 6123
69 Wayne County 6047
70 Dodge County 5992
71 Putnam County 5956
72 Worth County 5940
73 Harris County 5778
74 Brooks County 5726
75 Elbert County 5719
76 Polk County 5706
77 Screven County 5669
78 Early County 5585
79 Dooly County 5407
80 Terrell County 5329
81 Lamar County 5089
82 Cook County 4879
83 Hart County 4861
84 Long County 4780
85 Telfair County 4644
86 Whitfield County 4476
87 Morgan County 4333
88 Wilkes County 3869
89 Randolph County 3799
90 Jenkins County 3774
91 Appling County 3606
92 McIntosh County 3541
93 Charlton County 3530
94 Turner County 3524
95 Calhoun County 3484
96 Evans County 3426
97 Wilkinson County 3286
98 Twiggs County 3205
99 Talbot County 3175
100 Johnson County 3136
101 Madison County 3107
102 Pulaski County 3059
103 Bleckley County 3057
104 Walker County 3056
105 Seminole County 3051
106 Wheeler County 3042
107 Warren County 3001
108 Wilcox County 2994
109 Stephens County 2972
110 Taylor County 2893
111 Candler County 2793
112 Jasper County 2731
113 Gordon County 2606
114 Crawford County 2567
115 Oglethorpe County 2557
116 Stewart County 2448
117 Chattooga County 2424
118 Irwin County 2395
119 Jeff Davis County 2359
120 Marion County 2306
121 Lanier County 2296
122 Montgomery County 2251
123 Catoosa County 2199
123 Franklin County 2199
124 Lincoln County 2195
125 Oconee County 2187
126 Berrien County 2091
127 Treutlen County 2015
128 Habersham County 1885
129 Clinch County 1871
130 Pierce County 1820
131 Bacon County 1809
132 Pike County 1736
133 Chattahoochee County 1717
134 Miller County 1691
135 Clay County 1690
136 Haralson County 1416
137 Atkinson County 1399
138 Baker County 1227
139 Heard County 1172
140 Quitman County 1063
141 Webster County 1036
142 Schley County 920
143 Taliaferro County 830
144 Brantley County 739
145 Lumpkin County 658
146 White County 600
147 Banks County 595
148 Murray County 566
149 Gilmer County 503
150 Pickens County 465
151 Dawson County 438
152 Echols County 292
153 Fannin County 291
154 Union County 289
155 Dade County 270
156 Rabun County 267
157 Glascock County 258
158 Towns County 145