Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Georgia counties, Dougherty County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (71.28%), followed by Clayton County (70.58%), and Hancock County (68.58%).

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 2023
Dougherty
Clayton
Hancock
Calhoun
Rockdale
Randolph
Macon
Clay
Richmond
Terrell
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Dougherty County 71.28
2 Clayton County 70.58
3 Hancock County 68.58
4 Calhoun County 62.51
5 Rockdale County 61.62
6 Randolph County 59.77
7 Macon County 58.92
8 Clay County 58.25
9 Richmond County 57.96
10 Terrell County 57.87
11 Bibb County 56.59
12 Warren County 55.27
13 Henry County 54.72
14 Washington County 53.72
15 Douglas County 52.62
16 Talbot County 52.47
17 DeKalb County 52.29
18 Sumter County 52.19
19 Early County 52.01
20 Jefferson County 50.75
21 Newton County 50.69
22 Taliaferro County 50.34
23 Muscogee County 47.9
24 Dooly County 47.54
25 Mitchell County 45.8
26 Burke County 45.22
27 Quitman County 45.18
28 Crisp County 44.92
29 Stewart County 44.8
30 Fulton County 44.01
30 Peach County 44.01
31 Webster County 43.39
32 Liberty County 42.74
33 Decatur County 42.06
34 Baldwin County 41.75
35 Baker County 41.27
36 Jenkins County 41.16
37 McDuffie County 40.24
38 Chatham County 39.78
39 Twiggs County 39.45
40 Wilkes County 39.25
41 Turner County 38.89
42 Screven County 38.73
43 Laurens County 37.35
44 Lowndes County 37.21
45 Ben Hill County 37.06
46 Spalding County 36.93
47 Wilkinson County 36.74
48 Troup County 36.48
49 Wheeler County 35.97
50 Thomas County 35.88
51 Meriwether County 35.85
52 Taylor County 35.27
53 Johnson County 34.6
54 Emanuel County 34.41
55 Houston County 34.39
56 Wilcox County 34.35
57 Brooks County 34.31
58 Telfair County 34.22
59 Seminole County 32.28
60 Pulaski County 31.69
61 Treutlen County 31.01
62 McIntosh County 30.55
63 Tift County 30.42
64 Evans County 29.89
65 Dodge County 29.86
66 Ware County 29.84
67 Gwinnett County 29.34
68 Greene County 28.91
69 Bulloch County 28.87
70 Marion County 28.56
71 Tattnall County 28.31
72 Butts County 28.23
73 Worth County 28.21
74 Grady County 28.18
75 Cobb County 28.16
76 Long County 27.88
77 Coffee County 27.79
78 Miller County 27.75
79 Cook County 27.74
80 Upson County 27.72
81 Elbert County 27.61
82 Clinch County 27.25
83 Fayette County 27.06
84 Clarke County 26.75
85 Lamar County 26.65
86 Toombs County 26.64
87 Lincoln County 26.02
88 Jones County 25.8
89 Lee County 25.79
90 Paulding County 25.71
91 Glynn County 25.48
92 Montgomery County 25.43
93 Putnam County 25.37
94 Charlton County 25.01
95 Candler County 24.66
96 Bleckley County 24.53
97 Irwin County 24.01
98 Colquitt County 23.26
99 Lanier County 22.5
100 Monroe County 21.93
101 Walton County 21.56
102 Crawford County 20.52
103 Columbia County 20.32
104 Carroll County 20.19
105 Schley County 20.06
106 Coweta County 19.69
107 Morgan County 19.49
108 Wayne County 19.35
109 Appling County 18.49
110 Chattahoochee County 18.35
111 Camden County 17.88
112 Hart County 17.79
113 Bacon County 16.86
114 Jasper County 16.46
115 Harris County 16.16
116 Effingham County 15.8
117 Oglethorpe County 15.74
118 Bryan County 15.21
119 Atkinson County 15.12
120 Barrow County 14.94
120 Jeff Davis County 14.94
121 Floyd County 14.42
122 Polk County 12.07
123 Berrien County 11.38
124 Bartow County 11.28
125 Stephens County 10.33
126 Madison County 10.14
127 Heard County 9.64
128 Chattooga County 9.62
129 Pierce County 9.16
130 Franklin County 9.05
131 Pike County 8.58
132 Jackson County 8.52
133 Glascock County 8.46
134 Hall County 7.92
135 Cherokee County 7.66
136 Echols County 6.28
137 Haralson County 5.19
138 Walker County 4.69
139 Oconee County 4.68
140 Forsyth County 4.56
141 Gordon County 4.39
142 Brantley County 4.08
143 Habersham County 3.85
144 Whitfield County 3.66
145 Banks County 3.39
146 Catoosa County 3.34
147 White County 2.14
148 Lumpkin County 1.91
149 Dawson County 1.85
150 Dade County 1.63
151 Pickens County 1.39
152 Rabun County 1.34
153 Murray County 1.15
154 Towns County 1.12
155 Union County 1.09
156 Gilmer County 1
157 Fannin County 0.96