Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (72.47%), followed by Clayton County (70.47%), and Dougherty County (69.54%).

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 2015
Hancock
Clayton
Dougherty
Calhoun
Randolph
Clay
Warren
Terrell
Macon
Taliaferro
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 72.47
2 Clayton County 70.47
3 Dougherty County 69.54
4 Calhoun County 61.92
5 Randolph County 61.86
6 Clay County 60.88
7 Warren County 60.78
8 Terrell County 60.28
9 Macon County 60.1
10 Taliaferro County 58.14
11 Richmond County 56.24
12 Talbot County 55.84
13 DeKalb County 55.33
14 Bibb County 54.75
15 Sumter County 53.34
15 Washington County 53.34
16 Jefferson County 53.33
17 Rockdale County 52.8
18 Stewart County 51.42
19 Early County 49.89
20 Dooly County 49.75
21 Burke County 48.13
22 Mitchell County 48
23 Quitman County 46.95
24 Muscogee County 46.82
25 Baker County 46.08
26 Fulton County 44.73
27 Douglas County 44.66
28 Crisp County 44.09
29 Newton County 43.87
30 Jenkins County 43.51
31 Peach County 43.35
32 Liberty County 42.6
33 Webster County 42.59
34 Decatur County 42.48
35 Screven County 42.43
36 Wilkes County 42.19
37 Baldwin County 42.17
38 Henry County 41.98
39 Twiggs County 41.28
40 McDuffie County 41.27
41 Chatham County 40.51
42 Turner County 39.46
43 Meriwether County 39.4
44 Wilkinson County 38.91
45 Taylor County 38.52
46 Wheeler County 37.63
47 Telfair County 37.48
48 Thomas County 36.77
49 Lowndes County 36.56
50 Laurens County 36.49
51 Greene County 35.72
52 Troup County 35.66
53 Ben Hill County 35.63
54 Brooks County 35.62
55 Wilcox County 35.51
56 Emanuel County 34.7
57 McIntosh County 34.1
58 Johnson County 33.96
59 Seminole County 33.87
60 Spalding County 33.86
61 Charlton County 32
62 Treutlen County 31.98
63 Marion County 31.38
64 Pulaski County 31.37
65 Evans County 31.24
65 Lincoln County 31.24
66 Houston County 30.61
67 Lamar County 30.32
68 Tift County 30.25
69 Dodge County 30.06
70 Elbert County 29.67
71 Grady County 29.47
72 Ware County 29.43
73 Bulloch County 29.42
74 Tattnall County 29.33
75 Worth County 28.48
76 Upson County 28.3
77 Coffee County 28.16
78 Butts County 28.13
79 Clarke County 27.99
80 Cobb County 27.8
81 Clinch County 27.77
82 Gwinnett County 27.7
83 Cook County 27.22
84 Miller County 27.19
85 Irwin County 27.02
86 Putnam County 26.86
87 Glynn County 26.85
88 Montgomery County 26.65
89 Bleckley County 26.3
90 Toombs County 26.15
91 Long County 25.76
92 Candler County 24.76
93 Jones County 24.65
94 Monroe County 23.5
95 Morgan County 23.41
96 Colquitt County 23.4
97 Fayette County 22.46
98 Lanier County 22.3
99 Crawford County 21.32
100 Jasper County 20.85
101 Schley County 20.68
102 Lee County 20.15
103 Wayne County 19.62
104 Chattahoochee County 19.56
105 Camden County 19.32
106 Appling County 19.28
107 Carroll County 19.09
108 Hart County 18.68
109 Paulding County 18.34
110 Coweta County 17.87
111 Atkinson County 17.65
112 Oglethorpe County 17.28
113 Walton County 17
114 Columbia County 16.95
115 Harris County 16.94
116 Bacon County 16.61
117 Jeff Davis County 15.49
118 Bryan County 14.86
119 Floyd County 14.62
120 Effingham County 13.7
121 Polk County 13.05
122 Barrow County 11.58
123 Stephens County 11.1
124 Bartow County 10.84
125 Berrien County 10.79
126 Chattooga County 10.22
127 Heard County 10.04
128 Pike County 9.71
129 Franklin County 9.62
130 Glascock County 9.11
131 Madison County 9.04
132 Pierce County 8.88
133 Hall County 8.03
134 Jackson County 7.02
135 Cherokee County 6.51
136 Echols County 5.47
137 Oconee County 5.16
138 Haralson County 4.8
139 Walker County 4.3
140 Gordon County 4.24
140 Whitfield County 4.24
141 Habersham County 3.7
142 Forsyth County 3.41
143 Brantley County 3.05
144 Banks County 2.72
145 Catoosa County 2.59
146 White County 1.89
147 Lumpkin County 1.69
148 Rabun County 1.39
149 Pickens County 1.19
150 Dade County 1.17
151 Murray County 1.15
152 Gilmer County 1.14
153 Towns County 0.94
154 Dawson County 0.83
155 Union County 0.74
156 Fannin County 0.72