Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (71.7%), followed by Dougherty County (71.01%), and Clayton County (70.19%).

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 2020
Hancock
Dougherty
Clayton
Calhoun
Randolph
Macon
Clay
Terrell
Rockdale
Warren
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 71.7
2 Dougherty County 71.01
3 Clayton County 70.19
4 Calhoun County 62.58
5 Randolph County 60.69
6 Macon County 60.15
7 Clay County 60.11
8 Terrell County 59.85
9 Rockdale County 58.68
10 Warren County 58.44
11 Richmond County 57.13
12 Bibb County 55.82
13 Talbot County 54.65
14 Washington County 54
15 Sumter County 52.62
16 Jefferson County 52.51
17 DeKalb County 52.38
18 Taliaferro County 52.28
19 Early County 52.05
20 Douglas County 49.2
21 Dooly County 49
22 Henry County 48.98
23 Newton County 47.67
24 Quitman County 47.46
25 Mitchell County 47.24
26 Muscogee County 46.93
27 Burke County 46.45
28 Crisp County 45.03
29 Webster County 44.15
30 Peach County 43.54
31 Fulton County 43.37
32 Liberty County 43.25
33 Stewart County 42.88
34 Baker County 42.85
35 Jenkins County 42.76
36 Baldwin County 42.31
37 Decatur County 42.23
38 McDuffie County 40.91
39 Wilkes County 40.74
40 Twiggs County 40.11
41 Chatham County 40.04
42 Screven County 39.97
43 Turner County 38.55
44 Meriwether County 38.1
45 Wilkinson County 37.99
46 Wheeler County 37.92
47 Laurens County 37.3
48 Lowndes County 36.98
49 Ben Hill County 36.94
50 Taylor County 36.89
51 Thomas County 36.35
52 Troup County 36.31
53 Brooks County 35.26
54 Johnson County 35.24
55 Spalding County 35.22
56 Telfair County 34.83
57 Emanuel County 34.75
58 Wilcox County 34.22
59 Seminole County 33.19
60 McIntosh County 32.97
61 Houston County 32.67
62 Pulaski County 32.07
63 Greene County 31.83
64 Treutlen County 30.98
65 Tift County 30.35
66 Evans County 29.99
67 Marion County 29.96
67 Ware County 29.96
68 Dodge County 29.87
69 Bulloch County 29.02
70 Tattnall County 29
71 Lincoln County 28.98
72 Lamar County 28.7
73 Miller County 28.69
74 Elbert County 28.6
75 Worth County 28.42
76 Coffee County 28.31
77 Upson County 28.15
78 Butts County 28.13
79 Gwinnett County 28.09
80 Grady County 28.02
81 Cook County 27.83
82 Clarke County 27.76
83 Cobb County 27.48
84 Clinch County 27.17
85 Toombs County 26.52
86 Long County 26.39
87 Bleckley County 26.36
88 Glynn County 25.93
89 Putnam County 25.76
90 Charlton County 25.71
91 Irwin County 25.58
92 Candler County 25.55
92 Jones County 25.55
93 Fayette County 25.32
94 Montgomery County 24.99
95 Colquitt County 23.63
96 Lee County 23.37
97 Monroe County 22.56
98 Paulding County 22.16
99 Lanier County 21.91
100 Morgan County 21.1
101 Crawford County 20.95
102 Schley County 20.17
103 Wayne County 19.64
104 Carroll County 19.12
105 Walton County 18.96
106 Appling County 18.83
106 Hart County 18.83
107 Columbia County 18.53
108 Camden County 18.49
109 Jasper County 18.37
110 Coweta County 18.26
111 Chattahoochee County 18.15
112 Oglethorpe County 16.58
113 Harris County 16.07
114 Bacon County 15.9
115 Atkinson County 15.82
116 Bryan County 15.03
117 Jeff Davis County 14.97
118 Floyd County 14.6
119 Effingham County 14.14
120 Barrow County 13.17
121 Polk County 12.54
122 Bartow County 10.93
123 Stephens County 10.91
124 Berrien County 10.67
125 Chattooga County 9.64
126 Heard County 9.62
127 Madison County 9.38
128 Franklin County 9.19
129 Glascock County 9.07
130 Pike County 8.71
131 Pierce County 8.61
132 Hall County 7.45
133 Jackson County 7.19
134 Cherokee County 7.15
135 Echols County 5.99
136 Oconee County 4.79
137 Haralson County 4.43
138 Walker County 4.3
139 Forsyth County 4.26
140 Gordon County 3.96
141 Habersham County 3.8
142 Whitfield County 3.68
143 Brantley County 3.67
144 Catoosa County 2.88
145 Banks County 2.82
146 White County 1.96
147 Lumpkin County 1.8
148 Dade County 1.4
149 Dawson County 1.17
149 Pickens County 1.17
149 Rabun County 1.17
150 Towns County 0.99
151 Union County 0.96
152 Murray County 0.93
153 Fannin County 0.82
154 Gilmer County 0.81