Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Georgia counties, Clayton County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (72.69%), followed by Hancock County (71.72%), and Dougherty County (71.63%).

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 2020
Clayton
Hancock
Dougherty
Calhoun
Randolph
Macon
Clay
Rockdale
Terrell
Warren
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Clayton County 72.69
2 Hancock County 71.72
3 Dougherty County 71.63
4 Calhoun County 62.77
5 Randolph County 61.28
6 Macon County 60.63
7 Clay County 60.29
8 Rockdale County 60.21
9 Terrell County 60.2
10 Warren County 58.65
11 Richmond County 58.35
12 Bibb County 56.54
13 Talbot County 55.5
14 Washington County 54.32
15 DeKalb County 53.84
16 Taliaferro County 53.5
17 Sumter County 53.36
18 Jefferson County 52.91
19 Early County 52.45
20 Douglas County 50.88
21 Henry County 50.51
22 Dooly County 50.18
23 Stewart County 49.61
24 Newton County 48.87
25 Muscogee County 48.39
26 Quitman County 47.73
27 Mitchell County 47.72
28 Burke County 47.07
29 Crisp County 45.48
30 Liberty County 45.22
31 Fulton County 44.4
32 Webster County 44.15
33 Peach County 44.14
34 Baker County 43.83
35 Jenkins County 43.32
36 Decatur County 42.93
37 Baldwin County 42.76
38 McDuffie County 41.43
39 Wilkes County 41.29
40 Chatham County 41.15
41 Screven County 40.4
42 Twiggs County 40.38
43 Turner County 39.37
44 Wheeler County 38.66
45 Meriwether County 38.42
46 Wilkinson County 38.16
47 Lowndes County 37.78
48 Telfair County 37.74
49 Laurens County 37.58
50 Taylor County 37.43
51 Ben Hill County 37.37
52 Thomas County 36.71
53 Troup County 36.68
54 Brooks County 35.85
55 Spalding County 35.69
56 Johnson County 35.32
57 Emanuel County 35.27
58 Wilcox County 34.88
59 Seminole County 33.64
60 Houston County 33.41
61 McIntosh County 33.25
62 Pulaski County 32.45
63 Greene County 32.44
64 Evans County 31.83
65 Treutlen County 31.36
66 Marion County 31.24
67 Tift County 31.17
68 Dodge County 30.43
69 Ware County 30.41
70 Tattnall County 30.11
71 Gwinnett County 30.04
72 Bulloch County 29.62
73 Elbert County 29.32
74 Grady County 29.3
75 Miller County 29.19
76 Lamar County 29.03
77 Lincoln County 29.02
78 Coffee County 28.85
79 Cobb County 28.79
80 Worth County 28.77
81 Butts County 28.61
81 Upson County 28.61
82 Clarke County 28.38
83 Cook County 28.28
84 Charlton County 27.87
85 Long County 27.8
86 Clinch County 27.75
87 Toombs County 27.1
88 Bleckley County 26.79
89 Irwin County 26.62
90 Glynn County 26.58
91 Putnam County 26.39
92 Candler County 26.06
93 Fayette County 25.99
94 Montgomery County 25.97
95 Jones County 25.79
96 Colquitt County 24.41
97 Lee County 23.69
98 Paulding County 23.08
99 Monroe County 22.81
100 Lanier County 22.41
101 Morgan County 21.43
102 Crawford County 21.26
103 Schley County 20.55
104 Wayne County 20.26
105 Carroll County 19.72
106 Appling County 19.59
107 Walton County 19.47
108 Chattahoochee County 19.45
109 Columbia County 19.44
110 Camden County 19.23
111 Hart County 19.09
112 Coweta County 18.79
113 Jasper County 18.73
114 Oglethorpe County 17.12
115 Atkinson County 16.96
116 Harris County 16.52
117 Bacon County 16.44
118 Bryan County 15.8
119 Jeff Davis County 15.75
120 Floyd County 15.15
121 Effingham County 14.59
122 Barrow County 13.83
123 Polk County 13.07
124 Bartow County 11.47
125 Stephens County 11.25
126 Berrien County 11.06
127 Chattooga County 9.97
128 Heard County 9.81
129 Madison County 9.77
130 Franklin County 9.68
131 Glascock County 9.24
132 Pierce County 8.91
133 Pike County 8.89
134 Hall County 8.17
135 Cherokee County 7.82
136 Jackson County 7.61
137 Echols County 7.12
138 Oconee County 5.08
139 Forsyth County 4.64
140 Haralson County 4.52
141 Gordon County 4.51
142 Whitfield County 4.44
143 Walker County 4.42
144 Habersham County 4.09
145 Brantley County 3.95
146 Catoosa County 3.06
147 Banks County 3.04
148 White County 2.1
149 Lumpkin County 2.08
150 Dade County 1.55
151 Gilmer County 1.5
152 Rabun County 1.46
153 Dawson County 1.38
153 Pickens County 1.38
154 Murray County 1.35
155 Union County 1.12
156 Towns County 1.04
157 Fannin County 1