Ranking of Georgia Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (463.71K), followed by DeKalb County (397.00K), and Gwinnett County (276.41K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Fulton County 463709
2 DeKalb County 397001
3 Gwinnett County 276410
4 Cobb County 212688
5 Clayton County 210581
6 Henry County 124700
7 Chatham County 118344
8 Richmond County 117897
9 Muscogee County 96511
10 Bibb County 87573
11 Douglas County 73217
12 Dougherty County 58376
13 Newton County 56147
14 Rockdale County 55978
15 Houston County 55387
16 Lowndes County 44037
17 Paulding County 40466
18 Clarke County 35525
19 Fayette County 31519
20 Columbia County 30494
21 Liberty County 28941
22 Coweta County 27906
23 Troup County 25116
24 Spalding County 24264
25 Carroll County 23524
26 Bulloch County 23450
27 Glynn County 21750
28 Cherokee County 20269
29 Walton County 19501
30 Laurens County 18524
31 Baldwin County 18444
32 Thomas County 16693
33 Hall County 15589
34 Sumter County 15160
35 Floyd County 14282
36 Tift County 12490
37 Peach County 12287
38 Decatur County 12225
39 Bartow County 12180
40 Coffee County 12035
41 Forsyth County 11871
42 Barrow County 11738
43 Burke County 11188
44 Colquitt County 10684
45 Washington County 10602
46 Ware County 10437
47 Camden County 10126
48 Mitchell County 9994
49 Effingham County 9782
50 Crisp County 8947
51 McDuffie County 8803
52 Jefferson County 8081
53 Lee County 7964
54 Emanuel County 7867
55 Upson County 7806
56 Meriwether County 7654
57 Butts County 7367
58 Grady County 7271
59 Jones County 7191
60 Bryan County 7149
61 Toombs County 7135
62 Macon County 7072
63 Tattnall County 6827
64 Ben Hill County 6323
65 Monroe County 6291
66 Jackson County 6128
67 Hancock County 6127
68 Greene County 6005
69 Dodge County 5875
70 Worth County 5858
71 Wayne County 5835
72 Putnam County 5816
73 Brooks County 5632
74 Screven County 5605
75 Harris County 5596
76 Elbert County 5577
77 Early County 5543
78 Polk County 5446
79 Terrell County 5295
80 Dooly County 5269
81 Lamar County 5029
82 Cook County 4798
83 Hart County 4795
84 Long County 4498
85 Telfair County 4282
86 Morgan County 4253
87 Wilkes County 3813
88 Randolph County 3765
89 Jenkins County 3717
90 Whitfield County 3705
91 McIntosh County 3503
92 Calhoun County 3474
93 Appling County 3467
94 Turner County 3448
95 Charlton County 3272
96 Wilkinson County 3270
97 Evans County 3227
98 Twiggs County 3180
99 Johnson County 3128
100 Talbot County 3121
101 Pulaski County 3019
102 Seminole County 3012
103 Bleckley County 3008
104 Warren County 2984
104 Wheeler County 2984
105 Walker County 2975
106 Madison County 2973
107 Wilcox County 2936
108 Stephens County 2889
109 Taylor County 2850
110 Candler County 2736
111 Jasper County 2673
112 Crawford County 2530
113 Oglethorpe County 2474
114 Chattooga County 2340
115 Irwin County 2297
116 Gordon County 2291
117 Jeff Davis County 2250
118 Lanier County 2246
119 Marion County 2215
120 Lincoln County 2190
121 Montgomery County 2168
122 Stewart County 2151
123 Franklin County 2075
124 Oconee County 2051
125 Catoosa County 2041
126 Berrien County 2019
127 Treutlen County 1991
128 Clinch County 1831
129 Pierce County 1761
130 Habersham County 1758
131 Bacon County 1751
132 Pike County 1699
133 Clay County 1685
134 Miller County 1656
135 Chattahoochee County 1597
136 Haralson County 1391
137 Atkinson County 1308
138 Baker County 1199
139 Heard County 1143
140 Quitman County 1057
141 Webster County 1036
142 Schley County 899
143 Taliaferro County 810
144 Brantley County 688
145 Lumpkin County 566
146 White County 552
147 Banks County 546
148 Pickens County 398
149 Murray County 393
150 Dawson County 371
151 Gilmer County 280
152 Glascock County 253
153 Echols County 250
154 Fannin County 245
155 Union County 243
156 Dade County 242
157 Rabun County 209
158 Towns County 137