Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (71.93%), followed by Clayton County (71.14%), and Dougherty County (69.94%).
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 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock County | 71.93 |
| 2 | Clayton County | 71.14 |
| 3 | Dougherty County | 69.94 |
| 4 | Calhoun County | 61.83 |
| 5 | Randolph County | 61.79 |
| 6 | Macon County | 60.41 |
| 7 | Clay County | 60.23 |
| 8 | Terrell County | 60.17 |
| 9 | Warren County | 59.55 |
| 10 | Taliaferro County | 57.36 |
| 11 | Richmond County | 56.49 |
| 12 | Talbot County | 55.76 |
| 13 | DeKalb County | 55.12 |
| 14 | Bibb County | 55.06 |
| 15 | Rockdale County | 54.18 |
| 16 | Washington County | 53.37 |
| 17 | Sumter County | 53.21 |
| 18 | Jefferson County | 53.19 |
| 19 | Stewart County | 50.94 |
| 20 | Early County | 50.33 |
| 21 | Dooly County | 49.59 |
| 22 | Burke County | 47.99 |
| 23 | Mitchell County | 47.87 |
| 24 | Quitman County | 47.48 |
| 25 | Muscogee County | 47.24 |
| 26 | Douglas County | 45.77 |
| 27 | Baker County | 45.5 |
| 28 | Newton County | 44.87 |
| 29 | Crisp County | 44.62 |
| 30 | Fulton County | 44.59 |
| 31 | Peach County | 44.08 |
| 32 | Henry County | 43.52 |
| 33 | Liberty County | 43.38 |
| 34 | Jenkins County | 43.18 |
| 35 | Webster County | 42.73 |
| 36 | Baldwin County | 42.64 |
| 37 | Decatur County | 42.37 |
| 38 | Screven County | 41.94 |
| 39 | Wilkes County | 41.77 |
| 40 | Twiggs County | 41.67 |
| 41 | McDuffie County | 41.45 |
| 42 | Chatham County | 40.5 |
| 43 | Turner County | 39.99 |
| 44 | Meriwether County | 39.31 |
| 45 | Wilkinson County | 38.81 |
| 46 | Taylor County | 38.61 |
| 47 | Wheeler County | 38.13 |
| 48 | Telfair County | 37.17 |
| 49 | Lowndes County | 37 |
| 50 | Laurens County | 36.76 |
| 51 | Thomas County | 36.66 |
| 52 | Ben Hill County | 36.01 |
| 53 | Troup County | 35.92 |
| 54 | Brooks County | 35.32 |
| 55 | Greene County | 34.96 |
| 56 | Emanuel County | 34.71 |
| 57 | Wilcox County | 34.59 |
| 58 | McIntosh County | 34.16 |
| 59 | Johnson County | 34.1 |
| 60 | Spalding County | 34.04 |
| 61 | Seminole County | 33.99 |
| 62 | Treutlen County | 32.34 |
| 63 | Pulaski County | 32 |
| 64 | Marion County | 31.28 |
| 65 | Houston County | 31.09 |
| 66 | Evans County | 31.08 |
| 67 | Lincoln County | 30.7 |
| 68 | Charlton County | 30.45 |
| 69 | Tift County | 30.42 |
| 70 | Lamar County | 30.19 |
| 71 | Ware County | 29.99 |
| 72 | Dodge County | 29.87 |
| 73 | Bulloch County | 29.63 |
| 74 | Tattnall County | 29.55 |
| 75 | Grady County | 29.54 |
| 76 | Elbert County | 29.23 |
| 77 | Upson County | 28.49 |
| 78 | Butts County | 28.4 |
| 79 | Clarke County | 28.39 |
| 80 | Worth County | 28.33 |
| 81 | Coffee County | 28.26 |
| 82 | Gwinnett County | 28.25 |
| 83 | Cobb County | 28.04 |
| 84 | Irwin County | 27.81 |
| 85 | Clinch County | 27.39 |
| 86 | Cook County | 27.09 |
| 87 | Miller County | 26.89 |
| 88 | Glynn County | 26.77 |
| 89 | Putnam County | 26.61 |
| 90 | Bleckley County | 26.59 |
| 91 | Long County | 26.5 |
| 92 | Montgomery County | 26.25 |
| 93 | Toombs County | 26.14 |
| 94 | Jones County | 25.06 |
| 95 | Candler County | 24.92 |
| 96 | Colquitt County | 23.62 |
| 97 | Monroe County | 23.16 |
| 98 | Fayette County | 23.04 |
| 99 | Morgan County | 22.83 |
| 100 | Lanier County | 21.6 |
| 101 | Crawford County | 20.93 |
| 102 | Schley County | 20.76 |
| 103 | Lee County | 20.57 |
| 104 | Jasper County | 20.25 |
| 105 | Wayne County | 20.1 |
| 106 | Chattahoochee County | 20.09 |
| 107 | Appling County | 19.32 |
| 107 | Carroll County | 19.32 |
| 108 | Camden County | 19.26 |
| 109 | Paulding County | 19.09 |
| 110 | Hart County | 19.02 |
| 111 | Coweta County | 18.04 |
| 112 | Walton County | 17.48 |
| 113 | Columbia County | 17.2 |
| 114 | Atkinson County | 17.17 |
| 115 | Oglethorpe County | 17.06 |
| 116 | Harris County | 16.9 |
| 117 | Bacon County | 16.7 |
| 118 | Jeff Davis County | 15.4 |
| 119 | Floyd County | 14.72 |
| 120 | Bryan County | 14.62 |
| 121 | Effingham County | 13.76 |
| 122 | Polk County | 13.09 |
| 123 | Barrow County | 11.87 |
| 124 | Bartow County | 11.11 |
| 125 | Stephens County | 11.01 |
| 126 | Berrien County | 10.52 |
| 127 | Heard County | 10 |
| 128 | Chattooga County | 9.97 |
| 129 | Pike County | 9.42 |
| 130 | Franklin County | 9.39 |
| 131 | Madison County | 9.09 |
| 132 | Glascock County | 8.87 |
| 133 | Pierce County | 8.67 |
| 134 | Hall County | 8.03 |
| 135 | Jackson County | 7.08 |
| 136 | Cherokee County | 6.82 |
| 137 | Echols County | 5.62 |
| 138 | Oconee County | 5.11 |
| 139 | Haralson County | 4.69 |
| 140 | Walker County | 4.3 |
| 141 | Whitfield County | 4.27 |
| 142 | Gordon County | 4.26 |
| 143 | Habersham County | 3.67 |
| 144 | Forsyth County | 3.58 |
| 145 | Brantley County | 3.34 |
| 146 | Banks County | 2.78 |
| 147 | Catoosa County | 2.72 |
| 148 | White County | 1.93 |
| 149 | Lumpkin County | 1.67 |
| 150 | Rabun County | 1.53 |
| 151 | Dade County | 1.2 |
| 151 | Pickens County | 1.2 |
| 152 | Murray County | 1.14 |
| 153 | Gilmer County | 1.12 |
| 154 | Towns County | 0.99 |
| 155 | Dawson County | 0.81 |
| 156 | Fannin County | 0.78 |
| 157 | Union County | 0.75 |