Georgia Black Population By County, 2018
Updated on January 29, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, 3,410,817 (32.42%) of the 10,519,389 Georgia population in 2018 identified as Black or African American alone.

In the map below, we show the specific number of Blacks or African Americans per county in Georgia. We also show the percentage of the population of each county that are African American and the gender percentages of the African American population when you interact with the map.

Fulton County had the highest number of African Americans (467,428), and African Americans constituted 44.45% of the county's population. Other counties with high number of African Americans include: DeKalb County (415,183) - 54.95% of the county's population, and Gwinnett County (272,008) - 29.31% of the county's population.

The data can also be found in the table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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Georgia Black Population By County, 2018
Georgia Black Population By County, 2018
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County Black Population % of County Population
Appling 3606 19.45
Atkinson 1392 16.68
Bacon 1846 16.64
Baker 1370 44.35
Baldwin 19225 42.72
Banks 541 2.86
Barrow 10242 12.63
Bartow 12001 11.27
Ben Hill 6104 36.35
Berrien 2090 10.88
Bibb 85234 55.68
Bleckley 3392 26.43
Brantley 728 3.83
Brooks 5425 35.02
Bryan 5616 14.72
Bulloch 22912 29.63
Burke 10688 47.5
Butts 6915 28.61
Calhoun 3858 60.85
Camden 10215 18.98
Candler 2655 24.55
Carroll 22947 19.43
Catoosa 1905 2.83
Charlton 3793 29.57
Chatham 118815 41
Chattahoochee 2117 20.07
Chattooga 2497 10.05
Cherokee 18896 7.43
Clarke 36413 28.63
Clay 1748 60.26
Clayton 209334 72.38
Clinch 1800 27.27
Cobb 216691 28.62
Coffee 12320 28.61
Colquitt 10847 23.86
Columbia 28483 18.45
Cook 4798 27.96
Coweta 26795 18.35
Crawford 2549 20.77
Crisp 10071 44.62
Dade 195 1.2
Dawson 223 0.89
Decatur 11347 42.64
DeKalb 415183 54.95
Dodge 6319 30.3
Dooly 6850 49.93
Dougherty 63123 70.73
Douglas 70420 48.48
Early 5285 51.54
Echols 242 6.15
Effingham 8757 14.06
Elbert 5469 28.7
Emanuel 7869 34.85
Evans 3366 31.53
Fannin 217 0.84
Fayette 27607 24.36
Floyd 14626 14.94
Forsyth 9845 4.15
Franklin 2191 9.51
Fulton 467428 44.45
Gilmer 394 1.27
Glascock 268 9.03
Glynn 22907 26.92
Gordon 2478 4.29
Grady 7271 29.4
Greene 5972 33.68
Gwinnett 272008 29.31
Habersham 1793 3.93
Hall 16162 8.03
Hancock 5947 71.27
Haralson 1368 4.62
Harris 5765 16.68
Hart 5000 19.17
Heard 1135 9.62
Henry 107595 46.81
Houston 50361 32.49
Irwin 2650 28.21
Jackson 5066 7.2
Jasper 2800 19.97
Jeff Davis 2287 15.23
Jefferson 8140 52.78
Jenkins 3760 42.78
Johnson 3341 34.21
Jones 7209 25.2
Lamar 5807 30.78
Lanier 2284 21.86
Laurens 17615 37.25
Lee 6549 22
Liberty 27183 44.65
Lincoln 2295 28.95
Long 5163 26.96
Lowndes 43365 37.27
Lumpkin 566 1.72
McDuffie 9017 41.85
McIntosh 4863 34.14
Macon 7944 60.4
Madison 2729 9.2
Marion 2632 31.36
Meriwether 8247 39.16
Miller 1586 28.09
Mitchell 10689 48.24
Monroe 6254 22.72
Montgomery 2366 25.84
Morgan 4152 22.08
Murray 469 1.18
Muscogee 92966 47.83
Newton 51230 46.76
Oconee 2071 5.24
Oglethorpe 2578 17.15
Paulding 34430 20.93
Peach 12236 44.38
Pickens 403 1.26
Pierce 1673 8.63
Pike 1722 9.25
Polk 5454 12.87
Pulaski 3482 31.43
Putnam 5827 26.79
Quitman 1054 46.76
Rabun 259 1.54
Randolph 4204 61.59
Richmond 115631 57.24
Rockdale 51738 57.23
Schley 1058 20.3
Screven 5759 41.25
Seminole 2716 32.86
Spalding 22940 34.71
Stephens 2850 10.93
Stewart 3160 49.11
Sumter 15815 53.23
Talbot 3436 54.71
Taliaferro 872 54.16
Tattnall 7663 30.04
Taylor 3107 38.52
Telfair 5902 37.15
Terrell 5180 60.23
Thomas 16090 36.29
Tift 12444 30.68
Toombs 7145 26.55
Towns 153 1.29
Treutlen 2152 31.74
Troup 25699 36.67
Turner 3226 40.75
Twiggs 3330 40.71
Union 206 0.86
Upson 7439 28.34
Walker 3067 4.41
Walton 17220 18.43
Ware 10839 30.36
Warren 3087 59.06
Washington 10950 53.63
Wayne 6021 20.16
Webster 1085 42.14
Wheeler 2984 37.82
White 593 1.98
Whitfield 4447 4.27
Wilcox 3068 34.93
Wilkes 4070 41.34
Wilkinson 3455 38.37
Worth 5743 28.28