Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (70.99%), followed by Dougherty County (70.1%), and Clayton County (70.07%).

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 2018
Hancock
Dougherty
Clayton
Randolph
Calhoun
Clay
Macon
Terrell
Warren
Richmond
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 70.99
2 Dougherty County 70.1
3 Clayton County 70.07
4 Randolph County 61.08
5 Calhoun County 60.11
6 Clay County 60.08
7 Macon County 59.96
8 Terrell County 59.89
9 Warren County 58.68
10 Richmond County 56.12
11 Rockdale County 55.65
12 Bibb County 55.1
13 Talbot County 53.93
14 DeKalb County 53.78
15 Taliaferro County 53.42
16 Washington County 53.18
17 Sumter County 52.5
18 Jefferson County 52.3
19 Early County 51.11
20 Dooly County 48.86
21 Mitchell County 47.83
22 Douglas County 47.02
23 Burke County 46.99
24 Quitman County 46.5
25 Muscogee County 46.38
26 Newton County 45.65
27 Henry County 45.43
28 Crisp County 44.18
29 Peach County 43.81
30 Fulton County 43.53
31 Baker County 43.41
32 Liberty County 42.39
33 Baldwin County 42.33
34 Decatur County 41.92
35 Webster County 41.48
36 Jenkins County 41.37
37 McDuffie County 41.34
38 Stewart County 41.33
39 Screven County 40.77
40 Wilkes County 40.72
41 Chatham County 40.1
42 Twiggs County 39.93
43 Turner County 39.84
44 Meriwether County 38.89
45 Wilkinson County 38.21
46 Taylor County 37.93
47 Laurens County 36.94
48 Wheeler County 36.89
49 Lowndes County 36.57
50 Troup County 36.35
51 Ben Hill County 35.99
52 Thomas County 35.94
53 Brooks County 34.49
54 Emanuel County 34.33
55 Telfair County 34.27
56 Wilcox County 34.26
57 Spalding County 34.25
58 McIntosh County 33.87
59 Johnson County 33.74
60 Greene County 33.14
61 Seminole County 32.35
62 Houston County 31.83
63 Treutlen County 31.4
64 Pulaski County 31.08
65 Lamar County 30.43
66 Marion County 30.23
67 Evans County 29.91
68 Ware County 29.86
69 Tift County 29.82
70 Dodge County 29.59
71 Bulloch County 29.15
72 Charlton County 28.96
73 Lincoln County 28.78
74 Tattnall County 28.69
75 Grady County 28.28
76 Butts County 28.18
77 Coffee County 28.1
78 Clarke County 27.98
79 Elbert County 27.97
79 Worth County 27.97
80 Upson County 27.88
81 Irwin County 27.6
82 Cook County 27.59
83 Gwinnett County 27.54
84 Miller County 27.51
85 Cobb County 27.43
86 Clinch County 26.63
87 Glynn County 26.27
88 Putnam County 26.19
89 Bleckley County 26.11
90 Toombs County 25.97
91 Long County 25.49
92 Jones County 24.97
93 Montgomery County 24.84
94 Candler County 24.14
95 Fayette County 23.75
96 Colquitt County 23.11
97 Monroe County 22.52
98 Morgan County 21.8
99 Lee County 21.76
100 Lanier County 21.39
101 Crawford County 20.48
102 Paulding County 20.1
103 Schley County 19.99
104 Jasper County 19.6
105 Wayne County 19.49
106 Carroll County 18.92
106 Hart County 18.92
107 Chattahoochee County 18.9
108 Appling County 18.74
109 Camden County 18.3
110 Walton County 17.99
111 Coweta County 17.83
112 Columbia County 17.64
113 Oglethorpe County 16.72
114 Harris County 16.35
115 Bacon County 16.06
116 Atkinson County 15.68
117 Jeff Davis County 14.58
118 Floyd County 14.43
119 Bryan County 14.06
120 Effingham County 13.72
121 Polk County 12.35
122 Barrow County 12.04
123 Bartow County 10.78
124 Berrien County 10.6
125 Stephens County 10.58
126 Chattooga County 9.76
127 Heard County 9.45
128 Pike County 9.08
129 Franklin County 9.05
130 Madison County 8.89
131 Glascock County 8.86
132 Pierce County 8.33
133 Hall County 7.33
134 Jackson County 6.88
135 Cherokee County 6.83
136 Echols County 5.01
137 Oconee County 4.93
138 Haralson County 4.52
139 Walker County 4.32
140 Forsyth County 3.81
141 Gordon County 3.78
142 Habersham County 3.66
143 Brantley County 3.52
144 Whitfield County 3.5
145 Catoosa County 2.67
146 Banks County 2.59
147 White County 1.87
148 Lumpkin County 1.49
149 Rabun County 1.25
150 Towns County 1.2
151 Dade County 1.13
152 Pickens County 1.05
153 Murray County 0.75
154 Dawson County 0.73
155 Union County 0.72
156 Fannin County 0.7
157 Gilmer County 0.61