Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (73.67%), followed by Clayton County (68.33%), and Dougherty County (68.09%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock County | 73.67 |
| 2 | Clayton County | 68.33 |
| 3 | Dougherty County | 68.09 |
| 4 | Calhoun County | 61.89 |
| 5 | Randolph County | 60.89 |
| 6 | Terrell County | 60.77 |
| 7 | Warren County | 60.69 |
| 8 | Clay County | 60.28 |
| 9 | Macon County | 60.2 |
| 10 | Taliaferro County | 60.07 |
| 11 | Talbot County | 57.81 |
| 12 | Richmond County | 55.36 |
| 13 | DeKalb County | 54.93 |
| 14 | Jefferson County | 54.03 |
| 15 | Bibb County | 53.2 |
| 16 | Washington County | 52.86 |
| 17 | Sumter County | 52.85 |
| 18 | Stewart County | 50.56 |
| 19 | Quitman County | 49.56 |
| 20 | Dooly County | 49.29 |
| 21 | Burke County | 49.15 |
| 22 | Early County | 49.1 |
| 23 | Rockdale County | 48.69 |
| 24 | Mitchell County | 48.2 |
| 25 | Muscogee County | 46.12 |
| 26 | Baker County | 45.96 |
| 27 | Peach County | 45.72 |
| 28 | Fulton County | 44.86 |
| 29 | Crisp County | 44.08 |
| 30 | Jenkins County | 43.02 |
| 31 | Webster County | 42.84 |
| 32 | Screven County | 42.34 |
| 33 | Wilkes County | 42.24 |
| 34 | Newton County | 42 |
| 35 | Decatur County | 41.81 |
| 36 | Baldwin County | 41.59 |
| 37 | Twiggs County | 41.39 |
| 38 | Douglas County | 41.38 |
| 39 | Liberty County | 41.29 |
| 40 | Turner County | 40.85 |
| 41 | McDuffie County | 40.58 |
| 42 | Chatham County | 40.41 |
| 43 | Meriwether County | 39.04 |
| 44 | Henry County | 38.76 |
| 45 | Wilkinson County | 38.71 |
| 46 | Taylor County | 38.52 |
| 47 | Wheeler County | 37.38 |
| 48 | Greene County | 37.18 |
| 49 | Thomas County | 37.16 |
| 50 | Lowndes County | 36.89 |
| 51 | Telfair County | 36.84 |
| 52 | Laurens County | 36.17 |
| 53 | Wilcox County | 35.49 |
| 54 | McIntosh County | 35.13 |
| 55 | Brooks County | 34.96 |
| 56 | Ben Hill County | 34.85 |
| 57 | Troup County | 34.38 |
| 58 | Johnson County | 34.37 |
| 59 | Emanuel County | 34.33 |
| 60 | Seminole County | 33.67 |
| 61 | Spalding County | 33.38 |
| 62 | Treutlen County | 32.81 |
| 63 | Marion County | 32.6 |
| 64 | Lincoln County | 32.19 |
| 65 | Charlton County | 31.69 |
| 66 | Pulaski County | 31.09 |
| 67 | Tift County | 31.06 |
| 68 | Evans County | 30.81 |
| 68 | Lamar County | 30.81 |
| 69 | Dodge County | 29.98 |
| 70 | Ware County | 29.69 |
| 71 | Elbert County | 29.61 |
| 72 | Tattnall County | 29.57 |
| 73 | Bulloch County | 29.45 |
| 74 | Houston County | 29.42 |
| 75 | Grady County | 29.26 |
| 76 | Worth County | 28.98 |
| 77 | Miller County | 28.33 |
| 78 | Upson County | 28.15 |
| 79 | Butts County | 27.92 |
| 80 | Coffee County | 27.89 |
| 81 | Cook County | 27.26 |
| 82 | Irwin County | 27.19 |
| 83 | Clarke County | 27.17 |
| 84 | Clinch County | 26.93 |
| 85 | Putnam County | 26.9 |
| 86 | Glynn County | 26.72 |
| 87 | Cobb County | 26.35 |
| 87 | Montgomery County | 26.35 |
| 88 | Bleckley County | 26.13 |
| 89 | Gwinnett County | 25.75 |
| 90 | Toombs County | 25.46 |
| 91 | Long County | 25.43 |
| 92 | Candler County | 25.4 |
| 93 | Jones County | 24.43 |
| 94 | Lanier County | 23.84 |
| 95 | Morgan County | 23.38 |
| 96 | Colquitt County | 23.31 |
| 97 | Monroe County | 23.05 |
| 98 | Jasper County | 21.97 |
| 99 | Crawford County | 21.8 |
| 100 | Schley County | 21.5 |
| 101 | Fayette County | 20.91 |
| 102 | Wayne County | 20.52 |
| 103 | Lee County | 19.64 |
| 104 | Chattahoochee County | 19.55 |
| 105 | Appling County | 19.27 |
| 106 | Camden County | 19.21 |
| 107 | Hart County | 18.61 |
| 108 | Carroll County | 18.58 |
| 109 | Atkinson County | 17.85 |
| 110 | Coweta County | 17.71 |
| 111 | Paulding County | 17.38 |
| 112 | Oglethorpe County | 17.19 |
| 113 | Harris County | 17.17 |
| 114 | Walton County | 16.27 |
| 115 | Columbia County | 15.86 |
| 116 | Bacon County | 15.65 |
| 117 | Jeff Davis County | 15.26 |
| 118 | Floyd County | 14.77 |
| 119 | Bryan County | 14.62 |
| 120 | Effingham County | 13.5 |
| 121 | Polk County | 12.77 |
| 122 | Barrow County | 11.43 |
| 123 | Chattooga County | 11.37 |
| 124 | Stephens County | 11.05 |
| 125 | Berrien County | 11.01 |
| 126 | Bartow County | 10.45 |
| 127 | Heard County | 10.41 |
| 128 | Pike County | 10.29 |
| 129 | Franklin County | 8.92 |
| 130 | Glascock County | 8.79 |
| 131 | Madison County | 8.74 |
| 132 | Pierce County | 8.53 |
| 133 | Hall County | 7.85 |
| 134 | Jackson County | 6.9 |
| 135 | Cherokee County | 5.98 |
| 136 | Echols County | 5.7 |
| 137 | Oconee County | 5.05 |
| 138 | Haralson County | 4.54 |
| 139 | Walker County | 4.18 |
| 140 | Whitfield County | 4.01 |
| 141 | Gordon County | 3.95 |
| 142 | Habersham County | 3.82 |
| 143 | Brantley County | 2.96 |
| 144 | Forsyth County | 2.93 |
| 145 | Banks County | 2.61 |
| 146 | Catoosa County | 2.37 |
| 147 | White County | 1.86 |
| 148 | Lumpkin County | 1.54 |
| 149 | Rabun County | 1.35 |
| 150 | Pickens County | 1.24 |
| 151 | Dade County | 1.13 |
| 152 | Murray County | 1.02 |
| 153 | Gilmer County | 0.8 |
| 154 | Dawson County | 0.68 |
| 155 | Towns County | 0.63 |
| 156 | Union County | 0.6 |
| 157 | Fannin County | 0.44 |