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

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Georgia counties, Clayton County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (72.86%), followed by Dougherty County (71.6%), and Hancock County (70.67%).

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 2021
Clayton
Dougherty
Hancock
Calhoun
Rockdale
Randolph
Macon
Terrell
Clay
Richmond
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Clayton County 72.86
2 Dougherty County 71.6
3 Hancock County 70.67
4 Calhoun County 62.88
5 Rockdale County 61.18
6 Randolph County 60.66
7 Macon County 60.15
8 Terrell County 59.72
9 Clay County 58.95
10 Richmond County 58.66
11 Warren County 57.62
12 Bibb County 56.87
13 Talbot County 55.17
14 Washington County 53.98
15 DeKalb County 53.75
16 Sumter County 53.04
17 Taliaferro County 52.9
18 Jefferson County 52.64
19 Early County 52.52
20 Henry County 52.46
21 Douglas County 51.97
22 Newton County 49.93
23 Stewart County 49.81
24 Dooly County 49.75
25 Muscogee County 48.58
26 Mitchell County 47.45
27 Quitman County 47.41
28 Burke County 46.59
29 Liberty County 45.36
30 Crisp County 45.25
31 Fulton County 44.69
32 Peach County 44.16
33 Webster County 43.86
34 Baker County 43.45
35 Jenkins County 43.06
36 Decatur County 42.76
37 Baldwin County 42.68
38 McDuffie County 41.27
39 Chatham County 41.16
40 Wilkes County 40.77
41 Twiggs County 40.67
42 Screven County 40.31
43 Turner County 39.51
44 Wheeler County 39.32
45 Lowndes County 37.85
46 Laurens County 37.71
47 Telfair County 37.7
48 Wilkinson County 37.4
49 Ben Hill County 37.38
50 Meriwether County 37.28
51 Taylor County 37.24
52 Thomas County 36.82
53 Troup County 36.52
54 Spalding County 36.31
55 Brooks County 35.18
56 Emanuel County 34.93
57 Johnson County 34.85
58 Wilcox County 34.27
59 Houston County 33.85
60 Seminole County 33.3
61 Evans County 32.03
61 McIntosh County 32.03
62 Pulaski County 31.96
63 Treutlen County 31.66
64 Greene County 31.33
65 Tift County 31.23
66 Marion County 31.02
67 Gwinnett County 30.6
68 Dodge County 30.36
69 Ware County 29.86
70 Bulloch County 29.69
71 Grady County 29.46
72 Tattnall County 29.4
73 Elbert County 29.22
74 Cobb County 29.07
75 Miller County 28.89
76 Worth County 28.88
77 Upson County 28.67
78 Butts County 28.6
79 Coffee County 28.51
80 Lincoln County 28.33
81 Cook County 28.26
82 Clarke County 28.12
83 Long County 27.94
84 Clinch County 27.92
85 Charlton County 27.54
86 Lamar County 27.22
87 Toombs County 27.15
88 Fayette County 26.82
89 Putnam County 26.34
90 Glynn County 26.29
91 Montgomery County 26.04
92 Jones County 25.59
93 Irwin County 25.56
94 Candler County 25.51
95 Bleckley County 24.91
96 Lee County 24.33
97 Paulding County 24.22
98 Colquitt County 24.18
99 Lanier County 22.84
100 Monroe County 22.15
101 Crawford County 21.15
102 Morgan County 20.98
103 Schley County 20.51
104 Walton County 20.11
105 Columbia County 20.07
106 Wayne County 20.01
107 Carroll County 19.97
108 Appling County 19.57
109 Coweta County 19.18
110 Chattahoochee County 18.99
111 Camden County 18.95
112 Hart County 18.47
113 Jasper County 17.89
114 Oglethorpe County 16.84
115 Atkinson County 16.76
116 Bacon County 16.34
117 Harris County 16.24
118 Bryan County 16.05
119 Jeff Davis County 15.88
120 Effingham County 15.13
121 Floyd County 15.03
122 Barrow County 14.29
123 Polk County 13.17
124 Berrien County 11.54
125 Bartow County 11.52
126 Stephens County 11.1
127 Heard County 10.16
128 Madison County 10.06
129 Chattooga County 9.76
130 Franklin County 9.35
131 Pierce County 9.11
132 Glascock County 8.89
133 Pike County 8.88
134 Hall County 8.28
135 Cherokee County 8.04
136 Jackson County 8.03
137 Echols County 7.9
138 Oconee County 5.08
139 Forsyth County 4.93
140 Haralson County 4.63
141 Gordon County 4.47
141 Walker County 4.47
142 Whitfield County 4.36
143 Brantley County 4.08
144 Habersham County 4.03
145 Banks County 3.21
145 Catoosa County 3.21
146 White County 2.11
147 Lumpkin County 2
148 Dade County 1.67
149 Gilmer County 1.57
150 Rabun County 1.56
151 Dawson County 1.54
152 Murray County 1.42
153 Pickens County 1.37
154 Fannin County 1.13
154 Towns County 1.13
154 Union County 1.13