Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Georgia counties, Dougherty County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (70.99%), followed by Hancock County (70.61%), and Clayton County (70.38%).

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 2021
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Hancock
Clayton
Calhoun
Randolph
Macon
Rockdale
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Dougherty County 70.99
2 Hancock County 70.61
3 Clayton County 70.38
4 Calhoun County 62.7
5 Randolph County 60.12
6 Macon County 59.67
7 Rockdale County 59.62
8 Terrell County 59.33
9 Clay County 58.77
10 Richmond County 57.43
11 Warren County 57.3
12 Bibb County 56.14
13 Talbot County 54.23
14 Washington County 53.66
15 Sumter County 52.31
16 DeKalb County 52.3
17 Jefferson County 52.22
18 Early County 52.12
19 Taliaferro County 51.63
20 Henry County 50.88
21 Douglas County 50.24
22 Newton County 48.68
23 Dooly County 48.48
24 Quitman County 47.15
25 Muscogee County 47.07
26 Mitchell County 46.88
27 Burke County 45.92
28 Crisp County 44.74
29 Webster County 43.86
30 Stewart County 43.76
31 Fulton County 43.65
32 Peach County 43.5
33 Liberty County 43.33
34 Baker County 42.46
35 Jenkins County 42.41
36 Baldwin County 42.21
37 Decatur County 42.02
38 McDuffie County 40.72
39 Twiggs County 40.35
40 Wilkes County 40.18
41 Chatham County 40.02
42 Screven County 39.86
43 Turner County 38.66
44 Wheeler County 38.57
45 Laurens County 37.4
46 Wilkinson County 37.22
47 Lowndes County 37.03
48 Meriwether County 36.93
49 Ben Hill County 36.92
50 Taylor County 36.68
51 Thomas County 36.43
52 Troup County 36.13
53 Spalding County 35.81
54 Telfair County 34.77
55 Johnson County 34.76
56 Brooks County 34.6
57 Emanuel County 34.35
58 Wilcox County 33.6
59 Houston County 33.12
60 Seminole County 32.88
61 McIntosh County 31.69
62 Pulaski County 31.55
63 Treutlen County 31.28
64 Greene County 30.73
65 Tift County 30.4
66 Evans County 30.17
67 Marion County 29.8
68 Dodge County 29.77
69 Ware County 29.36
70 Bulloch County 29.07
71 Gwinnett County 28.63
72 Elbert County 28.5
73 Worth County 28.49
74 Tattnall County 28.34
75 Miller County 28.29
76 Lincoln County 28.26
77 Upson County 28.19
78 Butts County 28.16
79 Grady County 28.13
80 Coffee County 27.96
81 Cook County 27.8
82 Cobb County 27.74
83 Clarke County 27.5
84 Clinch County 27.32
85 Lamar County 26.9
86 Toombs County 26.58
87 Long County 26.29
88 Fayette County 26.11
89 Putnam County 25.72
90 Glynn County 25.65
91 Charlton County 25.52
92 Jones County 25.32
93 Montgomery County 25.08
94 Candler County 24.99
95 Bleckley County 24.52
95 Irwin County 24.52
96 Lee County 23.98
97 Colquitt County 23.35
98 Paulding County 23.26
99 Lanier County 22.35
100 Monroe County 21.88
101 Crawford County 20.84
102 Morgan County 20.6
103 Schley County 20.04
104 Walton County 19.54
105 Carroll County 19.35
106 Wayne County 19.31
107 Columbia County 19.1
108 Appling County 18.82
109 Coweta County 18.61
110 Hart County 18.22
111 Camden County 18.15
112 Chattahoochee County 17.66
113 Jasper County 17.51
114 Oglethorpe County 16.29
115 Bacon County 15.82
116 Harris County 15.72
117 Atkinson County 15.67
118 Bryan County 15.22
119 Jeff Davis County 15.14
120 Effingham County 14.65
121 Floyd County 14.5
122 Barrow County 13.53
123 Polk County 12.57
124 Berrien County 11.14
125 Bartow County 10.98
126 Stephens County 10.79
127 Heard County 9.91
128 Madison County 9.63
129 Chattooga County 9.42
130 Franklin County 8.83
131 Pierce County 8.82
132 Glascock County 8.72
133 Pike County 8.7
134 Jackson County 7.62
135 Hall County 7.53
136 Cherokee County 7.38
137 Echols County 6.76
138 Oconee County 4.77
139 Forsyth County 4.55
139 Haralson County 4.55
140 Walker County 4.35
141 Gordon County 3.93
142 Brantley County 3.8
143 Habersham County 3.76
144 Whitfield County 3.61
145 Catoosa County 2.98
146 Banks County 2.95
147 White County 1.94
148 Lumpkin County 1.72
149 Dade County 1.49
150 Dawson County 1.3
151 Rabun County 1.22
152 Pickens County 1.17
153 Towns County 1.06
154 Murray County 0.98
155 Fannin County 0.95
155 Union County 0.95
156 Gilmer County 0.87