Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (72.21%), followed by Dougherty County (68.92%), and Clayton County (68.32%).

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 2015
Hancock
Dougherty
Clayton
Randolph
Calhoun
Clay
Warren
Terrell
Macon
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 72.21
2 Dougherty County 68.92
3 Clayton County 68.32
4 Randolph County 61.42
5 Calhoun County 61.23
6 Clay County 60.71
7 Warren County 60.35
8 Terrell County 59.95
9 Macon County 59.71
10 Taliaferro County 57.47
11 Richmond County 55.21
12 Talbot County 55.1
13 Bibb County 54.2
14 DeKalb County 54.14
15 Jefferson County 52.93
16 Washington County 52.92
17 Sumter County 52.65
18 Rockdale County 51.28
19 Early County 49.46
20 Dooly County 48.72
21 Burke County 47.59
22 Mitchell County 47.58
23 Quitman County 46.68
24 Muscogee County 45.44
25 Baker County 45.18
26 Stewart County 44.53
27 Fulton County 43.81
28 Crisp County 43.65
29 Douglas County 43.28
30 Newton County 42.95
31 Peach County 42.92
32 Jenkins County 42.24
33 Webster County 42.02
34 Screven County 41.96
35 Decatur County 41.85
36 Baldwin County 41.83
37 Wilkes County 41.67
38 McDuffie County 40.83
39 Henry County 40.8
40 Twiggs County 40.7
41 Liberty County 40.27
42 Chatham County 39.66
43 Meriwether County 39.14
44 Wilkinson County 38.78
45 Turner County 38.65
46 Taylor County 37.99
47 Wheeler County 36.69
48 Thomas County 36.41
49 Laurens County 36.22
50 Lowndes County 35.96
51 Troup County 35.36
52 Ben Hill County 35.25
53 Greene County 35.16
54 Brooks County 35.11
55 Wilcox County 34.95
56 Telfair County 34.92
57 Emanuel County 34.22
58 McIntosh County 33.88
59 Johnson County 33.56
60 Seminole County 33.43
61 Spalding County 33.42
62 Treutlen County 31.73
63 Charlton County 31.5
64 Lincoln County 31.1
65 Pulaski County 31.05
66 Marion County 30.5
67 Houston County 29.98
68 Lamar County 29.96
69 Evans County 29.93
70 Dodge County 29.43
70 Tift County 29.43
71 Ware County 29.02
72 Bulloch County 28.96
72 Elbert County 28.96
73 Grady County 28.56
74 Tattnall County 28.5
75 Worth County 28.13
76 Upson County 27.85
77 Butts County 27.77
78 Coffee County 27.73
79 Clarke County 27.37
80 Clinch County 27.26
81 Cook County 26.85
82 Miller County 26.73
83 Cobb County 26.64
84 Irwin County 26.6
85 Putnam County 26.24
86 Glynn County 26.23
87 Gwinnett County 26.08
88 Bleckley County 25.96
89 Montgomery County 25.74
90 Toombs County 25.6
91 Jones County 24.48
92 Candler County 24.44
93 Long County 24.34
94 Monroe County 23.3
95 Morgan County 23.14
96 Colquitt County 22.63
97 Lanier County 21.96
98 Fayette County 21.91
99 Crawford County 21.05
100 Jasper County 20.55
101 Schley County 20.35
102 Lee County 19.96
103 Wayne County 19.07
104 Camden County 18.68
105 Carroll County 18.64
106 Appling County 18.58
107 Hart County 18.45
108 Chattahoochee County 18.22
109 Paulding County 17.65
110 Coweta County 17.41
111 Oglethorpe County 16.93
112 Atkinson County 16.66
112 Walton County 16.66
113 Harris County 16.63
114 Columbia County 16.25
115 Bacon County 16.15
116 Jeff Davis County 14.89
117 Bryan County 14.29
118 Floyd County 14.16
119 Effingham County 13.46
120 Polk County 12.57
121 Barrow County 11.13
122 Stephens County 10.82
123 Berrien County 10.53
124 Bartow County 10.41
125 Chattooga County 9.95
126 Heard County 9.88
127 Pike County 9.57
128 Franklin County 9.2
129 Glascock County 8.94
130 Madison County 8.71
131 Pierce County 8.59
132 Hall County 7.35
133 Jackson County 6.78
134 Cherokee County 6
135 Oconee County 4.86
136 Haralson County 4.72
137 Echols County 4.7
138 Walker County 4.22
139 Gordon County 3.78
140 Whitfield County 3.52
141 Habersham County 3.47
142 Forsyth County 3.1
143 Brantley County 2.93
144 Banks County 2.47
145 Catoosa County 2.4
146 White County 1.82
147 Lumpkin County 1.47
148 Rabun County 1.13
149 Dade County 1.06
150 Pickens County 0.99
151 Towns County 0.86
152 Murray County 0.7
153 Dawson County 0.66
154 Union County 0.63
155 Fannin County 0.6
156 Gilmer County 0.47