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.

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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Hancock
Clayton
Dougherty
Calhoun
Randolph
Macon
Clay
Terrell
Warren
Taliaferro
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