Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Georgia counties, Hancock County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (70.96%), followed by Clayton County (70.55%), and Dougherty County (70.33%).

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 2019
Hancock
Clayton
Dougherty
Randolph
Macon
Calhoun
Clay
Terrell
Warren
Rockdale
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Hancock County 70.96
2 Clayton County 70.55
3 Dougherty County 70.33
4 Randolph County 60.96
5 Macon County 60.41
6 Calhoun County 60.01
7 Clay County 59.67
8 Terrell County 59.49
9 Warren County 58.37
10 Rockdale County 56.76
11 Richmond County 56.73
12 Bibb County 55.29
13 Talbot County 54.17
14 Taliaferro County 54.04
15 DeKalb County 53.65
16 Washington County 53.35
17 Sumter County 52.6
18 Jefferson County 52.02
19 Early County 51.47
20 Dooly County 48.95
21 Douglas County 48.27
22 Mitchell County 47.41
23 Quitman County 47.26
24 Henry County 47.19
25 Newton County 46.68
26 Muscogee County 46.53
27 Burke County 46.4
28 Crisp County 44.34
29 Peach County 43.87
30 Fulton County 43.48
31 Baker County 42.76
32 Liberty County 42.69
33 Baldwin County 42.09
34 Decatur County 42.05
35 Webster County 41.39
36 Jenkins County 41.14
37 McDuffie County 41.13
38 Screven County 40.63
39 Stewart County 40.47
40 Wilkes County 40.4
41 Chatham County 40.29
42 Twiggs County 40.12
43 Turner County 39.32
44 Meriwether County 38.33
45 Wilkinson County 38.05
46 Laurens County 37.25
47 Taylor County 36.95
48 Lowndes County 36.91
49 Wheeler County 36.81
50 Ben Hill County 36.6
51 Troup County 36.33
52 Thomas County 36.03
53 Brooks County 34.62
54 Spalding County 34.59
55 Emanuel County 34.17
56 Telfair County 33.95
57 Wilcox County 33.86
58 Johnson County 33.78
59 McIntosh County 33.56
60 Seminole County 32.74
61 Houston County 32.39
62 Greene County 32.3
63 Treutlen County 31.62
64 Pulaski County 31.52
65 Tift County 29.99
66 Dodge County 29.8
67 Ware County 29.77
68 Charlton County 29.68
69 Evans County 29.63
70 Lamar County 29.59
71 Marion County 29.5
72 Bulloch County 29.1
73 Lincoln County 28.46
74 Butts County 28.45
74 Grady County 28.45
75 Coffee County 28.4
76 Tattnall County 28.21
77 Elbert County 28.2
78 Gwinnett County 28
79 Upson County 27.8
80 Clarke County 27.78
81 Worth County 27.75
82 Cobb County 27.61
83 Cook County 27.56
84 Miller County 27.4
85 Irwin County 27.28
86 Clinch County 26.77
87 Bleckley County 26.32
88 Long County 26.11
89 Glynn County 26.09
90 Putnam County 25.88
91 Toombs County 25.86
92 Jones County 25.14
93 Montgomery County 24.97
94 Fayette County 24.57
95 Candler County 24.25
96 Colquitt County 23.31
97 Lee County 22.92
98 Monroe County 22.51
99 Morgan County 21.39
100 Lanier County 21.23
101 Paulding County 21.08
102 Crawford County 20.71
103 Schley County 20.12
104 Wayne County 19.54
105 Jasper County 19.18
106 Carroll County 19.12
107 Hart County 18.96
108 Appling County 18.79
109 Walton County 18.49
110 Camden County 18.36
111 Chattahoochee County 18.03
112 Columbia County 17.95
113 Coweta County 17.92
114 Oglethorpe County 16.88
115 Harris County 16.27
116 Atkinson County 15.87
117 Bacon County 15.73
118 Jeff Davis County 14.64
119 Floyd County 14.46
120 Bryan County 14.33
121 Effingham County 13.95
122 Barrow County 12.4
123 Polk County 12.21
124 Berrien County 10.91
125 Bartow County 10.8
126 Stephens County 10.56
127 Chattooga County 9.62
128 Heard County 9.53
129 Madison County 9.18
130 Pike County 8.96
131 Franklin County 8.85
132 Glascock County 8.38
133 Pierce County 8.37
134 Hall County 7.33
135 Jackson County 7.04
136 Cherokee County 7.02
137 Echols County 5.48
138 Oconee County 4.84
139 Haralson County 4.38
140 Walker County 4.27
141 Forsyth County 4.06
142 Gordon County 3.86
143 Brantley County 3.6
144 Whitfield County 3.59
145 Habersham County 3.46
146 Catoosa County 2.73
147 Banks County 2.64
148 White County 1.94
149 Lumpkin County 1.47
150 Dade County 1.28
151 Rabun County 1.27
152 Pickens County 1.14
153 Towns County 1.06
154 Dawson County 0.97
155 Murray County 0.78
156 Fannin County 0.73
157 Union County 0.71
158 Gilmer County 0.64