Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (73.67%), followed by Clayton County (68.33%), and Dougherty County (68.09%).

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 2012
Hancock
Clayton
Dougherty
Calhoun
Randolph
Terrell
Warren
Clay
Macon
Taliaferro
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 73.67
2 Clayton County 68.33
3 Dougherty County 68.09
4 Calhoun County 61.89
5 Randolph County 60.89
6 Terrell County 60.77
7 Warren County 60.69
8 Clay County 60.28
9 Macon County 60.2
10 Taliaferro County 60.07
11 Talbot County 57.81
12 Richmond County 55.36
13 DeKalb County 54.93
14 Jefferson County 54.03
15 Bibb County 53.2
16 Washington County 52.86
17 Sumter County 52.85
18 Stewart County 50.56
19 Quitman County 49.56
20 Dooly County 49.29
21 Burke County 49.15
22 Early County 49.1
23 Rockdale County 48.69
24 Mitchell County 48.2
25 Muscogee County 46.12
26 Baker County 45.96
27 Peach County 45.72
28 Fulton County 44.86
29 Crisp County 44.08
30 Jenkins County 43.02
31 Webster County 42.84
32 Screven County 42.34
33 Wilkes County 42.24
34 Newton County 42
35 Decatur County 41.81
36 Baldwin County 41.59
37 Twiggs County 41.39
38 Douglas County 41.38
39 Liberty County 41.29
40 Turner County 40.85
41 McDuffie County 40.58
42 Chatham County 40.41
43 Meriwether County 39.04
44 Henry County 38.76
45 Wilkinson County 38.71
46 Taylor County 38.52
47 Wheeler County 37.38
48 Greene County 37.18
49 Thomas County 37.16
50 Lowndes County 36.89
51 Telfair County 36.84
52 Laurens County 36.17
53 Wilcox County 35.49
54 McIntosh County 35.13
55 Brooks County 34.96
56 Ben Hill County 34.85
57 Troup County 34.38
58 Johnson County 34.37
59 Emanuel County 34.33
60 Seminole County 33.67
61 Spalding County 33.38
62 Treutlen County 32.81
63 Marion County 32.6
64 Lincoln County 32.19
65 Charlton County 31.69
66 Pulaski County 31.09
67 Tift County 31.06
68 Evans County 30.81
68 Lamar County 30.81
69 Dodge County 29.98
70 Ware County 29.69
71 Elbert County 29.61
72 Tattnall County 29.57
73 Bulloch County 29.45
74 Houston County 29.42
75 Grady County 29.26
76 Worth County 28.98
77 Miller County 28.33
78 Upson County 28.15
79 Butts County 27.92
80 Coffee County 27.89
81 Cook County 27.26
82 Irwin County 27.19
83 Clarke County 27.17
84 Clinch County 26.93
85 Putnam County 26.9
86 Glynn County 26.72
87 Cobb County 26.35
87 Montgomery County 26.35
88 Bleckley County 26.13
89 Gwinnett County 25.75
90 Toombs County 25.46
91 Long County 25.43
92 Candler County 25.4
93 Jones County 24.43
94 Lanier County 23.84
95 Morgan County 23.38
96 Colquitt County 23.31
97 Monroe County 23.05
98 Jasper County 21.97
99 Crawford County 21.8
100 Schley County 21.5
101 Fayette County 20.91
102 Wayne County 20.52
103 Lee County 19.64
104 Chattahoochee County 19.55
105 Appling County 19.27
106 Camden County 19.21
107 Hart County 18.61
108 Carroll County 18.58
109 Atkinson County 17.85
110 Coweta County 17.71
111 Paulding County 17.38
112 Oglethorpe County 17.19
113 Harris County 17.17
114 Walton County 16.27
115 Columbia County 15.86
116 Bacon County 15.65
117 Jeff Davis County 15.26
118 Floyd County 14.77
119 Bryan County 14.62
120 Effingham County 13.5
121 Polk County 12.77
122 Barrow County 11.43
123 Chattooga County 11.37
124 Stephens County 11.05
125 Berrien County 11.01
126 Bartow County 10.45
127 Heard County 10.41
128 Pike County 10.29
129 Franklin County 8.92
130 Glascock County 8.79
131 Madison County 8.74
132 Pierce County 8.53
133 Hall County 7.85
134 Jackson County 6.9
135 Cherokee County 5.98
136 Echols County 5.7
137 Oconee County 5.05
138 Haralson County 4.54
139 Walker County 4.18
140 Whitfield County 4.01
141 Gordon County 3.95
142 Habersham County 3.82
143 Brantley County 2.96
144 Forsyth County 2.93
145 Banks County 2.61
146 Catoosa County 2.37
147 White County 1.86
148 Lumpkin County 1.54
149 Rabun County 1.35
150 Pickens County 1.24
151 Dade County 1.13
152 Murray County 1.02
153 Gilmer County 0.8
154 Dawson County 0.68
155 Towns County 0.63
156 Union County 0.6
157 Fannin County 0.44