Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (73.41%), followed by Dougherty County (67.54%), and Clayton County (66.34%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Hancock
Dougherty
Clayton
Calhoun
Randolph
Terrell
Warren
Clay
Taliaferro
Macon
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 73.41
2 Dougherty County 67.54
3 Clayton County 66.34
4 Calhoun County 61.24
5 Randolph County 60.48
6 Terrell County 60.46
7 Warren County 60.31
8 Clay County 60.19
9 Taliaferro County 59.95
10 Macon County 59.84
11 Talbot County 57.2
12 Richmond County 54.33
13 DeKalb County 53.73
14 Jefferson County 53.69
15 Bibb County 52.71
16 Washington County 52.41
17 Sumter County 52.21
18 Quitman County 49.27
19 Early County 48.78
20 Burke County 48.66
21 Dooly County 48.33
22 Mitchell County 47.77
23 Rockdale County 47.47
24 Peach County 45.25
25 Baker County 45.1
26 Muscogee County 44.83
27 Stewart County 44.14
28 Fulton County 43.91
29 Crisp County 43.67
30 Webster County 42.41
31 Screven County 42
32 Jenkins County 41.95
33 Wilkes County 41.83
34 Baldwin County 41.24
35 Decatur County 41.19
36 Newton County 41.16
37 Twiggs County 40.9
38 McDuffie County 40.21
39 Douglas County 40.1
40 Turner County 40.04
41 Chatham County 39.64
42 Liberty County 39.22
43 Meriwether County 38.78
44 Wilkinson County 38.59
45 Taylor County 38.16
46 Henry County 37.69
47 Thomas County 36.85
48 Greene County 36.67
49 Wheeler County 36.64
50 Lowndes County 36.32
51 Laurens County 35.93
52 Wilcox County 34.99
53 McIntosh County 34.98
54 Telfair County 34.91
55 Brooks County 34.59
56 Ben Hill County 34.52
57 Troup County 34.08
58 Johnson County 33.97
59 Emanuel County 33.91
60 Seminole County 33.26
61 Spalding County 33.02
62 Treutlen County 32.58
63 Lincoln County 31.98
64 Marion County 31.9
65 Charlton County 31.4
66 Pulaski County 30.83
67 Lamar County 30.5
68 Tift County 30.43
69 Evans County 29.49
70 Dodge County 29.4
71 Ware County 29.38
72 Bulloch County 29
73 Elbert County 28.98
74 Houston County 28.84
75 Tattnall County 28.83
76 Worth County 28.68
77 Grady County 28.57
78 Miller County 27.83
79 Upson County 27.72
80 Butts County 27.62
81 Coffee County 27.52
82 Cook County 26.98
83 Irwin County 26.87
84 Clarke County 26.59
85 Clinch County 26.41
86 Putnam County 26.25
87 Glynn County 26.16
88 Bleckley County 25.76
89 Montgomery County 25.35
90 Cobb County 25.26
91 Candler County 25.06
92 Toombs County 24.95
93 Jones County 24.29
94 Gwinnett County 24.22
95 Long County 23.74
96 Lanier County 23.43
97 Morgan County 23.21
98 Monroe County 22.87
99 Colquitt County 22.63
100 Jasper County 21.71
101 Crawford County 21.56
102 Schley County 21.24
103 Fayette County 20.42
104 Wayne County 20.01
105 Lee County 19.41
106 Appling County 18.67
107 Camden County 18.64
108 Hart County 18.46
109 Chattahoochee County 18.31
110 Carroll County 18.21
111 Coweta County 17.27
112 Atkinson County 16.99
113 Oglethorpe County 16.91
114 Harris County 16.89
115 Paulding County 16.77
116 Walton County 15.98
117 Bacon County 15.33
118 Columbia County 15.25
119 Jeff Davis County 14.82
120 Floyd County 14.34
121 Bryan County 14.16
122 Effingham County 13.29
123 Polk County 12.35
124 Chattooga County 11.17
125 Barrow County 11.02
126 Stephens County 10.85
127 Berrien County 10.74
128 Heard County 10.25
129 Pike County 10.19
130 Bartow County 10.06
131 Glascock County 8.66
132 Franklin County 8.57
133 Madison County 8.5
134 Pierce County 8.34
135 Hall County 7.2
136 Jackson County 6.7
137 Cherokee County 5.54
138 Oconee County 4.8
139 Echols County 4.79
140 Haralson County 4.5
141 Walker County 4.13
142 Habersham County 3.64
143 Gordon County 3.6
144 Whitfield County 3.44
145 Brantley County 2.9
146 Forsyth County 2.67
147 Banks County 2.47
148 Catoosa County 2.2
149 White County 1.81
150 Lumpkin County 1.31
151 Rabun County 1.09
152 Pickens County 1.03
153 Dade County 1
154 Murray County 0.67
155 Towns County 0.54
156 Dawson County 0.53
157 Union County 0.52
158 Fannin County 0.39
158 Gilmer County 0.39