Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Georgia counties, Clayton County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (71.87%), followed by Hancock County (71.41%), and Dougherty County (70.11%).
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 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clayton County | 71.87 |
| 2 | Hancock County | 71.41 |
| 3 | Dougherty County | 70.11 |
| 4 | Randolph County | 61.73 |
| 5 | Calhoun County | 60.97 |
| 6 | Macon County | 60.69 |
| 7 | Clay County | 60.65 |
| 8 | Terrell County | 59.72 |
| 9 | Warren County | 59.19 |
| 10 | Richmond County | 56.81 |
| 11 | Taliaferro County | 56.58 |
| 12 | Rockdale County | 55.78 |
| 13 | Talbot County | 55.74 |
| 14 | Bibb County | 55.36 |
| 15 | DeKalb County | 55.05 |
| 16 | Washington County | 53.57 |
| 17 | Sumter County | 53.24 |
| 18 | Jefferson County | 52.85 |
| 19 | Early County | 50.94 |
| 20 | Stewart County | 50.72 |
| 21 | Dooly County | 49.4 |
| 22 | Mitchell County | 48.02 |
| 23 | Burke County | 47.87 |
| 24 | Muscogee County | 47.65 |
| 25 | Quitman County | 47.43 |
| 26 | Douglas County | 47.09 |
| 27 | Newton County | 45.7 |
| 28 | Baker County | 45.28 |
| 29 | Henry County | 45.14 |
| 30 | Crisp County | 44.58 |
| 31 | Fulton County | 44.55 |
| 32 | Liberty County | 44.1 |
| 33 | Peach County | 44.09 |
| 34 | Jenkins County | 43.22 |
| 35 | Baldwin County | 42.78 |
| 36 | Decatur County | 42.54 |
| 37 | Wilkes County | 41.88 |
| 38 | McDuffie County | 41.77 |
| 39 | Twiggs County | 41.53 |
| 40 | Webster County | 41.42 |
| 41 | Screven County | 41.22 |
| 42 | Chatham County | 40.73 |
| 43 | Turner County | 39.93 |
| 44 | Meriwether County | 39.38 |
| 45 | Taylor County | 38.72 |
| 46 | Wilkinson County | 38.38 |
| 47 | Wheeler County | 38.03 |
| 48 | Laurens County | 37.1 |
| 49 | Lowndes County | 37.09 |
| 50 | Telfair County | 36.95 |
| 51 | Thomas County | 36.46 |
| 52 | Troup County | 36.17 |
| 53 | Ben Hill County | 36.12 |
| 54 | Brooks County | 35.07 |
| 55 | Emanuel County | 34.97 |
| 56 | Wilcox County | 34.77 |
| 57 | Greene County | 34.37 |
| 58 | Spalding County | 34.32 |
| 59 | Johnson County | 34.16 |
| 60 | McIntosh County | 33.84 |
| 61 | Seminole County | 33.49 |
| 62 | Treutlen County | 32.14 |
| 63 | Pulaski County | 32.04 |
| 64 | Houston County | 31.83 |
| 65 | Marion County | 31.32 |
| 66 | Evans County | 31.19 |
| 67 | Tift County | 30.45 |
| 68 | Ware County | 30.41 |
| 69 | Charlton County | 30.1 |
| 70 | Dodge County | 30.02 |
| 71 | Lamar County | 29.95 |
| 72 | Tattnall County | 29.61 |
| 73 | Lincoln County | 29.6 |
| 74 | Bulloch County | 29.55 |
| 75 | Grady County | 29.44 |
| 76 | Elbert County | 29 |
| 77 | Gwinnett County | 28.8 |
| 78 | Upson County | 28.62 |
| 79 | Butts County | 28.58 |
| 80 | Clarke County | 28.56 |
| 81 | Worth County | 28.49 |
| 82 | Cobb County | 28.4 |
| 83 | Coffee County | 28.33 |
| 84 | Irwin County | 28.19 |
| 85 | Miller County | 27.91 |
| 86 | Cook County | 27.75 |
| 87 | Long County | 27.35 |
| 88 | Clinch County | 27.16 |
| 89 | Glynn County | 26.88 |
| 90 | Putnam County | 26.71 |
| 91 | Bleckley County | 26.42 |
| 92 | Montgomery County | 26.25 |
| 93 | Toombs County | 26.11 |
| 94 | Jones County | 24.97 |
| 95 | Candler County | 24.78 |
| 96 | Colquitt County | 23.83 |
| 97 | Fayette County | 23.66 |
| 98 | Monroe County | 23.01 |
| 99 | Morgan County | 22.59 |
| 100 | Lanier County | 21.62 |
| 101 | Lee County | 21.04 |
| 102 | Crawford County | 20.65 |
| 103 | Schley County | 20.32 |
| 104 | Jasper County | 20.16 |
| 105 | Paulding County | 20.01 |
| 106 | Chattahoochee County | 19.93 |
| 107 | Wayne County | 19.86 |
| 108 | Carroll County | 19.45 |
| 109 | Appling County | 19.32 |
| 110 | Hart County | 19.11 |
| 111 | Camden County | 18.96 |
| 112 | Coweta County | 18.23 |
| 113 | Columbia County | 17.94 |
| 114 | Walton County | 17.81 |
| 115 | Atkinson County | 16.97 |
| 116 | Oglethorpe County | 16.93 |
| 117 | Harris County | 16.82 |
| 118 | Bacon County | 16.66 |
| 119 | Jeff Davis County | 15.34 |
| 120 | Bryan County | 14.83 |
| 121 | Floyd County | 14.75 |
| 122 | Effingham County | 13.88 |
| 123 | Polk County | 12.92 |
| 124 | Barrow County | 12.35 |
| 125 | Bartow County | 11.27 |
| 126 | Stephens County | 10.91 |
| 127 | Berrien County | 10.75 |
| 128 | Chattooga County | 10.14 |
| 129 | Heard County | 9.93 |
| 130 | Pike County | 9.54 |
| 131 | Franklin County | 9.38 |
| 132 | Glascock County | 9.21 |
| 133 | Madison County | 9.09 |
| 134 | Pierce County | 8.63 |
| 135 | Hall County | 7.99 |
| 136 | Cherokee County | 7.15 |
| 137 | Jackson County | 7.09 |
| 138 | Echols County | 5.92 |
| 139 | Oconee County | 5.16 |
| 140 | Haralson County | 4.61 |
| 141 | Walker County | 4.29 |
| 142 | Whitfield County | 4.27 |
| 143 | Gordon County | 4.22 |
| 144 | Forsyth County | 3.82 |
| 145 | Habersham County | 3.78 |
| 146 | Brantley County | 3.58 |
| 147 | Catoosa County | 2.86 |
| 148 | Banks County | 2.71 |
| 149 | White County | 1.91 |
| 150 | Lumpkin County | 1.68 |
| 151 | Rabun County | 1.56 |
| 152 | Gilmer County | 1.28 |
| 153 | Dade County | 1.27 |
| 154 | Pickens County | 1.23 |
| 155 | Murray County | 1.22 |
| 156 | Towns County | 1.13 |
| 157 | Dawson County | 0.89 |
| 158 | Union County | 0.88 |
| 159 | Fannin County | 0.8 |