Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (73.72%), followed by Clayton County (68.05%), and Dougherty County (67.95%).

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 Black or African American Alone in 2011
Hancock
Clayton
Dougherty
Randolph
Calhoun
Warren
Macon
Terrell
Taliaferro
Clay
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 73.72
2 Clayton County 68.05
3 Dougherty County 67.95
4 Randolph County 61.77
5 Calhoun County 61.39
6 Warren County 61.31
7 Macon County 60.67
8 Terrell County 60.51
9 Taliaferro County 60.35
10 Clay County 60.32
11 Talbot County 58.27
12 Richmond County 55.18
13 DeKalb County 55.17
14 Jefferson County 54.05
15 Bibb County 52.98
16 Washington County 52.73
17 Sumter County 52.51
18 Stewart County 50.77
19 Burke County 49.65
20 Early County 49.61
21 Dooly County 49.4
22 Quitman County 49.1
23 Mitchell County 48.07
24 Rockdale County 47.99
25 Muscogee County 46.33
26 Baker County 46.27
27 Peach County 45.92
28 Fulton County 44.93
29 Crisp County 44.06
30 Screven County 42.94
31 Wilkes County 42.63
32 Webster County 42.22
33 Liberty County 41.96
34 Decatur County 41.87
35 Newton County 41.68
36 Turner County 41.48
37 Twiggs County 41.35
38 Baldwin County 40.91
39 Douglas County 40.86
40 Chatham County 40.43
41 Jenkins County 40.39
42 McDuffie County 40.38
43 Meriwether County 39.11
44 Wilkinson County 38.45
45 Henry County 38.24
46 Taylor County 38
47 Wheeler County 37.88
48 Greene County 37.7
49 Thomas County 37.04
50 Telfair County 36.73
51 Lowndes County 36.67
52 Laurens County 36.04
53 McIntosh County 35.91
54 Wilcox County 35.53
55 Brooks County 35.1
56 Ben Hill County 34.92
57 Johnson County 34.55
58 Troup County 34.01
59 Emanuel County 33.96
60 Marion County 33.64
61 Spalding County 33.2
62 Seminole County 33.14
63 Treutlen County 32.8
64 Lincoln County 32.28
65 Pulaski County 31.95
66 Charlton County 31.87
67 Lamar County 31.39
68 Tift County 31.03
69 Evans County 30.99
70 Dodge County 29.82
71 Elbert County 29.62
72 Ware County 29.59
73 Tattnall County 29.41
74 Grady County 29.12
75 Bulloch County 29.11
76 Houston County 29.1
77 Miller County 28.69
78 Worth County 28.46
79 Upson County 28.11
80 Coffee County 27.68
81 Butts County 27.53
82 Clinch County 27.25
82 Cook County 27.25
83 Clarke County 27.05
84 Irwin County 26.88
85 Montgomery County 26.74
86 Putnam County 26.7
87 Bleckley County 26.68
88 Glynn County 26.52
89 Cobb County 26.04
90 Toombs County 25.34
91 Gwinnett County 25.27
92 Candler County 25.26
93 Long County 25.12
94 Jones County 24.63
95 Lanier County 23.85
96 Morgan County 23.4
97 Monroe County 23.1
98 Colquitt County 22.85
99 Schley County 22.27
100 Crawford County 22.1
101 Jasper County 21.94
102 Fayette County 20.87
103 Chattahoochee County 20.2
104 Wayne County 20.09
105 Appling County 19.56
106 Camden County 19.48
107 Lee County 19.4
108 Hart County 18.7
109 Carroll County 18.29
110 Coweta County 17.61
111 Atkinson County 17.56
112 Paulding County 17.49
113 Oglethorpe County 17.43
114 Harris County 17.26
115 Walton County 16
116 Bacon County 15.91
117 Columbia County 15.46
118 Jeff Davis County 15.01
119 Floyd County 14.59
120 Bryan County 14.57
121 Effingham County 13.51
122 Polk County 12.84
123 Barrow County 11.57
124 Chattooga County 11.26
125 Berrien County 11.13
126 Stephens County 10.99
127 Bartow County 10.46
128 Pike County 10.27
129 Heard County 10.15
130 Madison County 8.76
131 Glascock County 8.7
132 Franklin County 8.55
132 Pierce County 8.55
133 Hall County 7.78
134 Jackson County 6.83
135 Cherokee County 5.94
136 Oconee County 5.15
137 Echols County 4.82
138 Haralson County 4.56
139 Walker County 4.27
140 Whitfield County 3.95
141 Gordon County 3.9
142 Habersham County 3.51
143 Brantley County 3.06
144 Forsyth County 2.86
145 Banks County 2.53
146 Catoosa County 2.35
147 White County 1.8
148 Lumpkin County 1.37
149 Rabun County 1.24
150 Pickens County 1.23
151 Dade County 1.08
152 Murray County 0.93
153 Dawson County 0.65
154 Gilmer County 0.61
154 Union County 0.61
155 Towns County 0.54
156 Fannin County 0.43