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.
County | Black Population | % Black |
---|---|---|
Appling | 3,606 | 19.45% |
Atkinson | 1,392 | 16.68% |
Bacon | 1,846 | 16.64% |
Baker | 1,370 | 44.35% |
Baldwin | 19,225 | 42.72% |
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