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.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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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 |