Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Georgia counties, Clayton County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (72.88%), followed by Hancock County (71.26%), and Dougherty County (70.99%).

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 2019
Clayton
Hancock
Dougherty
Randolph
Calhoun
Macon
Clay
Terrell
Warren
Rockdale
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Clayton County 72.88
2 Hancock County 71.26
3 Dougherty County 70.99
4 Randolph County 61.53
5 Calhoun County 60.87
6 Macon County 60.86
7 Clay County 59.84
7 Terrell County 59.84
8 Warren County 58.76
9 Rockdale County 58.41
10 Richmond County 57.87
11 Bibb County 55.88
12 Talbot County 55.03
13 DeKalb County 54.82
14 Taliaferro County 54.81
15 Washington County 53.8
16 Sumter County 53.33
17 Jefferson County 52.5
18 Early County 51.88
19 Dooly County 50.08
20 Douglas County 49.81
21 Henry County 48.62
22 Stewart County 48.47
23 Muscogee County 47.98
24 Mitchell County 47.92
25 Newton County 47.83
26 Quitman County 47.52
27 Burke County 46.98
28 Liberty County 44.86
29 Crisp County 44.84
30 Peach County 44.46
31 Fulton County 44.4
32 Baker County 43.72
33 Decatur County 42.77
34 Jenkins County 42.58
35 Baldwin County 42.49
36 Webster County 42.05
37 McDuffie County 41.69
38 Chatham County 41.21
39 Screven County 41.12
40 Wilkes County 40.98
41 Twiggs County 40.94
42 Turner County 40.19
43 Meriwether County 38.65
44 Wilkinson County 38.22
45 Wheeler County 37.75
46 Lowndes County 37.63
47 Laurens County 37.55
48 Taylor County 37.44
49 Ben Hill County 37.01
50 Telfair County 36.89
51 Troup County 36.65
52 Thomas County 36.4
53 Brooks County 35.19
54 Spalding County 35.06
55 Emanuel County 34.69
56 Wilcox County 34.66
57 Johnson County 34.26
58 McIntosh County 33.87
59 Seminole County 33.29
60 Houston County 33.06
61 Greene County 32.8
62 Treutlen County 31.98
63 Pulaski County 31.87
64 Evans County 31.31
65 Tift County 30.87
66 Marion County 30.7
67 Dodge County 30.52
68 Charlton County 30.42
69 Ware County 30.25
70 Lamar County 29.94
71 Gwinnett County 29.83
72 Tattnall County 29.61
73 Bulloch County 29.59
74 Grady County 29.58
75 Elbert County 28.94
76 Butts County 28.9
76 Coffee County 28.9
77 Cobb County 28.82
78 Lincoln County 28.64
79 Clarke County 28.41
80 Upson County 28.27
81 Worth County 28.12
82 Miller County 27.97
83 Cook County 27.94
84 Irwin County 27.89
85 Long County 27.54
86 Clinch County 27.41
87 Glynn County 26.74
88 Bleckley County 26.72
89 Putnam County 26.5
90 Toombs County 26.42
91 Montgomery County 26
92 Jones County 25.38
93 Fayette County 25.25
94 Candler County 24.75
95 Colquitt County 24.02
96 Lee County 23.19
97 Monroe County 22.71
98 Paulding County 21.96
99 Lanier County 21.86
100 Morgan County 21.71
101 Crawford County 21.03
102 Schley County 20.4
103 Wayne County 20.24
104 Carroll County 19.65
105 Jasper County 19.54
106 Appling County 19.5
107 Chattahoochee County 19.37
108 Hart County 19.19
109 Camden County 19.13
110 Walton County 18.93
111 Columbia County 18.84
112 Coweta County 18.41
113 Oglethorpe County 17.37
114 Atkinson County 16.95
115 Harris County 16.65
116 Bacon County 16.26
117 Jeff Davis County 15.36
118 Bryan County 15.09
119 Floyd County 14.98
120 Effingham County 14.33
121 Barrow County 13.03
122 Polk County 12.78
123 Bartow County 11.32
124 Berrien County 11.18
125 Stephens County 10.89
126 Chattooga County 9.94
127 Heard County 9.71
128 Madison County 9.55
129 Franklin County 9.32
130 Pike County 9.14
131 Pierce County 8.68
132 Glascock County 8.55
133 Hall County 8.09
134 Cherokee County 7.64
135 Jackson County 7.41
136 Echols County 6.69
137 Oconee County 5.17
138 Haralson County 4.48
139 Forsyth County 4.41
140 Gordon County 4.38
141 Whitfield County 4.37
142 Walker County 4.36
143 Brantley County 3.99
144 Habersham County 3.76
145 Catoosa County 2.89
146 Banks County 2.87
147 White County 2.03
148 Lumpkin County 1.71
149 Rabun County 1.57
150 Dade County 1.39
151 Gilmer County 1.33
151 Pickens County 1.33
152 Murray County 1.19
153 Dawson County 1.15
154 Towns County 1.12
155 Fannin County 0.86
156 Union County 0.85