Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (71.67%), followed by Dougherty County (69.31%), and Clayton County (68.93%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Hancock
Dougherty
Clayton
Randolph
Calhoun
Clay
Macon
Terrell
Warren
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 71.67
2 Dougherty County 69.31
3 Clayton County 68.93
4 Randolph County 61.3
5 Calhoun County 61.11
6 Clay County 60.07
7 Macon County 59.97
8 Terrell County 59.86
9 Warren County 59.22
10 Taliaferro County 56.56
11 Richmond County 55.41
12 Talbot County 54.99
13 Bibb County 54.49
14 DeKalb County 53.94
15 Washington County 52.92
16 Jefferson County 52.72
17 Rockdale County 52.67
18 Sumter County 52.52
19 Early County 49.9
20 Dooly County 48.55
21 Burke County 47.49
22 Mitchell County 47.42
23 Quitman County 47.22
24 Muscogee County 45.82
25 Baker County 44.58
26 Douglas County 44.35
27 Crisp County 44.19
28 Newton County 43.89
29 Stewart County 43.81
30 Fulton County 43.69
31 Peach County 43.58
32 Henry County 42.29
33 Baldwin County 42.27
34 Webster County 42.12
35 Jenkins County 41.86
36 Decatur County 41.73
37 Screven County 41.5
38 Wilkes County 41.25
39 Twiggs County 41.1
40 Liberty County 41.06
41 McDuffie County 40.99
42 Chatham County 39.64
43 Turner County 39.2
44 Meriwether County 39.05
45 Wilkinson County 38.68
46 Taylor County 38.07
47 Wheeler County 37.22
48 Laurens County 36.46
49 Lowndes County 36.36
50 Thomas County 36.31
51 Ben Hill County 35.65
52 Troup County 35.62
53 Brooks County 34.83
54 Telfair County 34.59
55 Greene County 34.4
56 Emanuel County 34.21
57 Wilcox County 33.91
58 McIntosh County 33.9
59 Johnson County 33.7
60 Spalding County 33.6
61 Seminole County 33.55
62 Treutlen County 32.07
63 Pulaski County 31.65
64 Lincoln County 30.58
65 Houston County 30.47
66 Marion County 30.35
67 Charlton County 29.97
68 Lamar County 29.82
69 Evans County 29.7
70 Tift County 29.56
71 Ware County 29.55
72 Dodge County 29.23
73 Bulloch County 29.13
74 Tattnall County 28.57
75 Elbert County 28.52
76 Grady County 28.48
77 Butts County 28.03
78 Upson County 28.01
79 Worth County 27.98
80 Coffee County 27.79
81 Clarke County 27.78
82 Irwin County 27.37
83 Cobb County 26.85
84 Clinch County 26.83
85 Cook County 26.74
86 Gwinnett County 26.56
87 Miller County 26.33
88 Bleckley County 26.23
89 Glynn County 26.14
90 Putnam County 26.05
91 Toombs County 25.59
92 Montgomery County 25.29
93 Long County 24.9
94 Jones County 24.84
95 Candler County 24.57
96 Monroe County 22.93
97 Colquitt County 22.81
98 Morgan County 22.57
99 Fayette County 22.5
100 Lanier County 21.21
101 Crawford County 20.65
102 Schley County 20.43
103 Lee County 20.38
104 Jasper County 19.97
105 Wayne County 19.51
106 Chattahoochee County 18.91
107 Carroll County 18.83
108 Hart County 18.77
109 Camden County 18.6
110 Appling County 18.59
111 Paulding County 18.37
112 Coweta County 17.56
113 Walton County 17.11
114 Oglethorpe County 16.72
115 Harris County 16.61
116 Columbia County 16.45
117 Bacon County 16.2
118 Atkinson County 16.17
119 Jeff Davis County 14.82
120 Floyd County 14.25
121 Bryan County 14.02
122 Effingham County 13.48
123 Polk County 12.61
124 Barrow County 11.36
125 Stephens County 10.75
126 Bartow County 10.65
127 Berrien County 10.25
128 Heard County 9.82
129 Chattooga County 9.7
130 Pike County 9.28
131 Franklin County 8.94
132 Madison County 8.76
133 Glascock County 8.7
134 Pierce County 8.41
135 Hall County 7.35
136 Jackson County 6.83
137 Cherokee County 6.27
138 Oconee County 4.77
139 Echols County 4.7
140 Haralson County 4.59
141 Walker County 4.22
142 Gordon County 3.79
143 Whitfield County 3.57
144 Habersham County 3.4
145 Forsyth County 3.28
146 Brantley County 3.14
147 Catoosa County 2.54
148 Banks County 2.53
149 White County 1.81
150 Lumpkin County 1.44
151 Rabun County 1.27
152 Dade County 1.09
153 Pickens County 1.01
154 Towns County 0.93
155 Murray County 0.68
156 Fannin County 0.66
157 Dawson County 0.65
158 Union County 0.64
159 Gilmer County 0.48