Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Georgia counties, Clayton County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (72.38%), followed by Hancock County (71.27%), and Dougherty County (70.73%).

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

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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
Clayton
Hancock
Dougherty
Randolph
Calhoun
Macon
Clay
Terrell
Warren
Richmond
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Clayton County 72.38
2 Hancock County 71.27
3 Dougherty County 70.73
4 Randolph County 61.59
5 Calhoun County 60.85
6 Macon County 60.4
7 Clay County 60.26
8 Terrell County 60.23
9 Warren County 59.06
10 Richmond County 57.24
11 Rockdale County 57.23
12 Bibb County 55.68
13 DeKalb County 54.95
14 Talbot County 54.71
15 Taliaferro County 54.16
16 Washington County 53.63
17 Sumter County 53.23
18 Jefferson County 52.78
19 Early County 51.54
20 Dooly County 49.93
21 Stewart County 49.11
22 Douglas County 48.48
23 Mitchell County 48.24
24 Muscogee County 47.83
25 Burke County 47.5
26 Henry County 46.81
27 Newton County 46.76
27 Quitman County 46.76
28 Liberty County 44.65
29 Crisp County 44.62
30 Fulton County 44.45
31 Peach County 44.38
32 Baker County 44.35
33 Jenkins County 42.78
34 Baldwin County 42.72
35 Decatur County 42.64
36 Webster County 42.14
37 McDuffie County 41.85
38 Wilkes County 41.34
39 Screven County 41.25
40 Chatham County 41
41 Turner County 40.75
42 Twiggs County 40.71
43 Meriwether County 39.16
44 Taylor County 38.52
45 Wilkinson County 38.37
46 Wheeler County 37.82
47 Lowndes County 37.27
48 Laurens County 37.25
49 Telfair County 37.15
50 Troup County 36.67
51 Ben Hill County 36.35
52 Thomas County 36.29
53 Brooks County 35.02
54 Wilcox County 34.93
55 Emanuel County 34.85
56 Spalding County 34.71
57 Johnson County 34.21
58 McIntosh County 34.14
59 Greene County 33.68
60 Seminole County 32.86
61 Houston County 32.49
62 Treutlen County 31.74
63 Evans County 31.53
64 Pulaski County 31.43
65 Marion County 31.36
66 Lamar County 30.78
67 Tift County 30.68
68 Ware County 30.36
69 Dodge County 30.3
70 Tattnall County 30.04
71 Bulloch County 29.63
72 Charlton County 29.57
73 Grady County 29.4
74 Gwinnett County 29.31
75 Lincoln County 28.95
76 Elbert County 28.7
77 Clarke County 28.63
78 Cobb County 28.62
79 Butts County 28.61
79 Coffee County 28.61
80 Upson County 28.34
81 Worth County 28.28
82 Irwin County 28.21
83 Miller County 28.09
84 Cook County 27.96
85 Clinch County 27.27
86 Long County 26.96
87 Glynn County 26.92
88 Putnam County 26.79
89 Toombs County 26.55
90 Bleckley County 26.43
91 Montgomery County 25.84
92 Jones County 25.2
93 Candler County 24.55
94 Fayette County 24.36
95 Colquitt County 23.86
96 Monroe County 22.72
97 Morgan County 22.08
98 Lee County 22
99 Lanier County 21.86
100 Paulding County 20.93
101 Crawford County 20.77
102 Schley County 20.3
103 Wayne County 20.16
104 Chattahoochee County 20.07
105 Jasper County 19.97
106 Appling County 19.45
107 Carroll County 19.43
108 Hart County 19.17
109 Camden County 18.98
110 Columbia County 18.45
111 Walton County 18.43
112 Coweta County 18.35
113 Oglethorpe County 17.15
114 Atkinson County 16.68
114 Harris County 16.68
115 Bacon County 16.64
116 Jeff Davis County 15.23
117 Floyd County 14.94
118 Bryan County 14.72
119 Effingham County 14.06
120 Polk County 12.87
121 Barrow County 12.63
122 Bartow County 11.27
123 Stephens County 10.93
124 Berrien County 10.88
125 Chattooga County 10.05
126 Heard County 9.62
127 Franklin County 9.51
128 Pike County 9.25
129 Madison County 9.2
130 Glascock County 9.03
131 Pierce County 8.63
132 Hall County 8.03
133 Cherokee County 7.43
134 Jackson County 7.2
135 Echols County 6.15
136 Oconee County 5.24
137 Haralson County 4.62
138 Walker County 4.41
139 Gordon County 4.29
140 Whitfield County 4.27
141 Forsyth County 4.15
142 Habersham County 3.93
143 Brantley County 3.83
144 Banks County 2.86
145 Catoosa County 2.83
146 White County 1.98
147 Lumpkin County 1.72
148 Rabun County 1.54
149 Towns County 1.29
150 Gilmer County 1.27
151 Pickens County 1.26
152 Dade County 1.2
153 Murray County 1.18
154 Dawson County 0.89
155 Union County 0.86
156 Fannin County 0.84