Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Georgia counties, Clayton County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (73.03%), followed by Dougherty County (71.9%), and Hancock County (69.12%).

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 2022
Clayton
Dougherty
Hancock
Calhoun
Rockdale
Randolph
Macon
Richmond
Clay
Terrell
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Clayton County 73.03
2 Dougherty County 71.9
3 Hancock County 69.12
4 Calhoun County 62.95
5 Rockdale County 62.51
6 Randolph County 60.46
7 Macon County 59.73
8 Richmond County 58.96
9 Clay County 58.89
10 Terrell County 58.75
11 Bibb County 57.06
12 Warren County 56.2
13 Henry County 54.52
14 Talbot County 54.16
15 Washington County 54.01
16 DeKalb County 53.93
17 Douglas County 53.46
18 Sumter County 52.85
19 Early County 52.79
20 Taliaferro County 52.36
21 Jefferson County 52.09
22 Stewart County 51.28
23 Newton County 51.11
24 Muscogee County 49.13
25 Dooly County 48.92
26 Mitchell County 46.86
27 Burke County 46.14
28 Quitman County 45.46
29 Crisp County 45.19
30 Fulton County 44.96
31 Liberty County 44.89
32 Peach County 44.68
33 Webster County 44.07
34 Decatur County 42.53
35 Jenkins County 42.42
36 Baldwin County 42.35
37 Baker County 42.26
38 McDuffie County 41.08
39 Chatham County 41.07
40 Twiggs County 40.33
41 Wilkes County 40.21
42 Screven County 40.06
43 Turner County 39.8
44 Lowndes County 38.05
45 Wheeler County 37.84
46 Laurens County 37.62
47 Ben Hill County 37.45
48 Telfair County 37.32
49 Spalding County 37.04
50 Meriwether County 36.84
51 Wilkinson County 36.83
52 Troup County 36.69
53 Taylor County 36.42
54 Thomas County 36.33
55 Emanuel County 35.16
56 Brooks County 35.02
57 Wilcox County 34.74
58 Johnson County 34.6
59 Houston County 34.47
60 Seminole County 33.49
61 Pulaski County 32.04
62 Evans County 31.94
63 McIntosh County 31.27
64 Treutlen County 31.11
65 Gwinnett County 31.1
65 Tift County 31.1
66 Dodge County 30.67
67 Greene County 30.3
68 Marion County 30.19
69 Ware County 29.87
70 Bulloch County 29.62
71 Grady County 29.6
72 Cobb County 29.38
73 Tattnall County 29.23
74 Worth County 28.79
75 Coffee County 28.69
75 Long County 28.69
76 Butts County 28.66
77 Miller County 28.59
78 Elbert County 28.58
79 Upson County 28.47
80 Cook County 28.23
81 Clarke County 27.8
82 Clinch County 27.7
83 Fayette County 27.42
84 Charlton County 27.39
85 Toombs County 27.01
86 Lamar County 26.91
87 Lincoln County 26.8
88 Putnam County 26.43
89 Montgomery County 26.4
90 Glynn County 26.11
91 Jones County 25.72
92 Paulding County 25.56
93 Candler County 25.27
94 Lee County 25.22
95 Bleckley County 24.98
96 Irwin County 24.87
97 Colquitt County 24.39
98 Lanier County 23.01
99 Monroe County 21.87
100 Walton County 21.17
101 Crawford County 20.86
102 Schley County 20.77
103 Columbia County 20.67
104 Morgan County 20.4
105 Carroll County 20.37
106 Wayne County 20.13
107 Coweta County 19.78
108 Appling County 19.45
109 Chattahoochee County 19.05
110 Camden County 18.86
111 Hart County 18.35
112 Bacon County 17.1
113 Jasper County 17
114 Oglethorpe County 16.64
115 Harris County 16.52
116 Atkinson County 16.29
117 Bryan County 15.99
118 Jeff Davis County 15.88
119 Effingham County 15.78
120 Barrow County 14.99
120 Floyd County 14.99
121 Polk County 12.9
122 Bartow County 11.68
123 Berrien County 11.53
124 Stephens County 11.02
125 Madison County 10.36
126 Heard County 10.15
127 Chattooga County 9.82
128 Franklin County 9.57
129 Pierce County 9.45
130 Pike County 8.71
131 Glascock County 8.61
132 Hall County 8.59
133 Jackson County 8.5
134 Echols County 8.38
135 Cherokee County 8.29
136 Oconee County 5.05
137 Forsyth County 4.93
138 Haralson County 4.91
139 Walker County 4.81
140 Gordon County 4.66
141 Whitfield County 4.4
142 Brantley County 4.27
143 Habersham County 3.9
144 Banks County 3.54
145 Catoosa County 3.5
146 White County 2.27
147 Lumpkin County 2.12
148 Dade County 1.8
149 Dawson County 1.79
150 Murray County 1.6
151 Rabun County 1.56
152 Gilmer County 1.54
153 Pickens County 1.51
154 Fannin County 1.21
154 Union County 1.21
155 Towns County 1.05