Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (71.14%), followed by Clayton County (69.6%), and Dougherty County (69.48%).

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 2017
Hancock
Clayton
Dougherty
Randolph
Clay
Macon
Calhoun
Terrell
Warren
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 71.14
2 Clayton County 69.6
3 Dougherty County 69.48
4 Randolph County 61.26
5 Clay County 60.49
6 Macon County 60.25
7 Calhoun County 60.24
8 Terrell County 59.42
9 Warren County 58.85
10 Taliaferro County 55.83
11 Richmond County 55.72
12 Talbot County 54.96
13 Bibb County 54.79
14 Rockdale County 54.25
15 DeKalb County 53.88
16 Washington County 53.12
17 Sumter County 52.54
18 Jefferson County 52.39
19 Early County 50.45
20 Dooly County 48.34
21 Mitchell County 47.59
22 Burke County 47.39
23 Quitman County 47.17
24 Muscogee County 46.23
25 Douglas County 45.67
26 Newton County 44.67
27 Baker County 44.36
28 Crisp County 44.12
29 Henry County 43.83
30 Fulton County 43.64
31 Peach County 43.58
32 Stewart County 43.4
33 Baldwin County 42.4
34 Decatur County 41.85
35 Jenkins County 41.78
35 Liberty County 41.78
36 Wilkes County 41.32
37 McDuffie County 41.3
38 Twiggs County 40.86
39 Screven County 40.77
40 Webster County 40.76
41 Chatham County 39.86
42 Meriwether County 39.12
42 Turner County 39.12
43 Wilkinson County 38.22
44 Taylor County 38.16
45 Wheeler County 37.15
46 Laurens County 36.79
47 Lowndes County 36.42
48 Thomas County 36.12
49 Troup County 35.85
50 Ben Hill County 35.75
51 Brooks County 34.57
52 Emanuel County 34.46
53 Telfair County 34.21
54 Wilcox County 34.07
55 Spalding County 33.88
56 Greene County 33.79
57 Johnson County 33.72
58 McIntosh County 33.56
59 Seminole County 32.94
60 Treutlen County 31.85
61 Pulaski County 31.7
62 Houston County 31.18
63 Marion County 30.34
64 Ware County 29.92
65 Evans County 29.65
66 Tift County 29.62
67 Lamar County 29.58
68 Charlton County 29.56
69 Lincoln County 29.44
70 Dodge County 29.35
71 Bulloch County 29.1
72 Tattnall County 28.49
73 Grady County 28.33
74 Elbert County 28.27
75 Butts County 28.23
76 Upson County 28.16
77 Worth County 28.14
78 Clarke County 27.92
79 Coffee County 27.81
80 Irwin County 27.65
81 Cook County 27.38
82 Miller County 27.34
83 Cobb County 27.21
84 Gwinnett County 27.06
85 Clinch County 26.54
86 Glynn County 26.26
87 Putnam County 26.12
88 Bleckley County 26.07
89 Long County 25.71
90 Toombs County 25.56
91 Montgomery County 25.28
92 Jones County 24.75
93 Candler County 24.38
94 Fayette County 23.08
95 Colquitt County 23.04
96 Monroe County 22.79
97 Morgan County 22.35
98 Lanier County 21.14
99 Lee County 20.86
100 Crawford County 20.37
101 Schley County 20
102 Jasper County 19.82
103 Wayne County 19.24
104 Paulding County 19.23
105 Carroll County 18.96
106 Hart County 18.88
107 Chattahoochee County 18.81
108 Appling County 18.58
109 Camden County 18.3
110 Coweta County 17.74
111 Walton County 17.43
112 Columbia County 17.14
113 Oglethorpe County 16.54
114 Harris County 16.5
115 Bacon County 16.11
116 Atkinson County 15.89
117 Jeff Davis County 14.7
118 Floyd County 14.28
119 Bryan County 14.15
120 Effingham County 13.58
121 Polk County 12.43
122 Barrow County 11.8
123 Bartow County 10.79
124 Stephens County 10.62
125 Berrien County 10.48
126 Chattooga County 9.84
127 Heard County 9.76
128 Pike County 9.38
129 Glascock County 9.04
130 Franklin County 8.94
131 Madison County 8.76
132 Pierce County 8.36
133 Hall County 7.3
134 Jackson County 6.82
135 Cherokee County 6.57
136 Oconee County 4.85
137 Echols County 4.76
138 Haralson County 4.51
139 Walker County 4.2
140 Gordon County 3.74
141 Whitfield County 3.56
142 Habersham County 3.53
143 Forsyth County 3.5
144 Brantley County 3.31
145 Catoosa County 2.69
146 Banks County 2.44
147 White County 1.8
148 Lumpkin County 1.44
149 Rabun County 1.3
150 Dade County 1.17
151 Pickens County 1.05
152 Towns County 1.04
153 Union County 0.75
154 Murray County 0.73
155 Dawson County 0.72
156 Fannin County 0.68
157 Gilmer County 0.59