Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Georgia counties, Dougherty County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (71.24%), followed by Clayton County (70.55%), and Hancock County (69.05%).

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 2022
Dougherty
Clayton
Hancock
Calhoun
Rockdale
Randolph
Macon
Clay
Terrell
Richmond
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Dougherty County 71.24
2 Clayton County 70.55
3 Hancock County 69.05
4 Calhoun County 62.77
5 Rockdale County 60.86
6 Randolph County 59.99
7 Macon County 59.18
8 Clay County 58.71
9 Terrell County 58.24
10 Richmond County 57.71
11 Bibb County 56.32
12 Warren County 55.91
13 Washington County 53.66
14 Talbot County 53.19
15 Henry County 52.87
16 DeKalb County 52.47
17 Early County 52.4
18 Sumter County 52.14
19 Jefferson County 51.62
20 Douglas County 51.56
21 Taliaferro County 51.12
22 Newton County 49.8
23 Dooly County 47.6
24 Muscogee County 47.56
25 Mitchell County 46.21
26 Stewart County 45.81
27 Burke County 45.4
28 Quitman County 45.2
29 Crisp County 44.67
30 Peach County 44.02
31 Webster County 43.99
32 Fulton County 43.9
33 Liberty County 42.87
34 Baldwin County 41.85
35 Decatur County 41.79
36 Jenkins County 41.7
37 Baker County 41.26
38 McDuffie County 40.51
39 Twiggs County 40.02
40 Chatham County 39.92
41 Screven County 39.56
42 Wilkes County 39.49
43 Turner County 38.9
44 Laurens County 37.3
45 Lowndes County 37.22
46 Wheeler County 37.05
47 Ben Hill County 36.95
48 Wilkinson County 36.65
49 Meriwether County 36.44
50 Spalding County 36.4
51 Troup County 36.3
52 Thomas County 35.94
53 Taylor County 35.83
54 Emanuel County 34.6
55 Johnson County 34.51
56 Brooks County 34.28
57 Telfair County 34.24
58 Wilcox County 34.04
59 Houston County 33.73
60 Seminole County 33.04
61 Pulaski County 31.62
62 McIntosh County 30.93
63 Treutlen County 30.71
64 Tift County 30.23
65 Dodge County 30.03
66 Evans County 30.02
67 Greene County 29.67
68 Ware County 29.35
69 Gwinnett County 29.1
70 Marion County 29.02
71 Bulloch County 28.97
72 Worth County 28.34
73 Grady County 28.3
74 Butts County 28.14
74 Tattnall County 28.14
75 Coffee County 28.09
76 Cobb County 28.05
77 Upson County 28.03
78 Miller County 28.01
79 Elbert County 27.82
80 Cook County 27.71
81 Clarke County 27.18
82 Clinch County 27.09
83 Long County 26.93
84 Lincoln County 26.73
85 Fayette County 26.65
86 Lamar County 26.53
87 Toombs County 26.42
88 Putnam County 25.78
89 Glynn County 25.51
90 Jones County 25.41
91 Montgomery County 25.4
92 Charlton County 25.34
93 Lee County 24.85
94 Candler County 24.69
95 Bleckley County 24.55
96 Paulding County 24.53
97 Irwin County 23.82
98 Colquitt County 23.57
99 Lanier County 22.37
100 Monroe County 21.57
101 Crawford County 20.53
102 Walton County 20.52
103 Schley County 20.33
104 Morgan County 20.01
105 Carroll County 19.71
106 Columbia County 19.69
107 Wayne County 19.4
108 Coweta County 19.16
109 Appling County 18.65
110 Camden County 18.07
111 Hart County 18.05
112 Chattahoochee County 17.61
113 Jasper County 16.6
114 Bacon County 16.53
115 Oglethorpe County 16.1
116 Harris County 15.99
117 Effingham County 15.28
118 Atkinson County 15.21
119 Bryan County 15.2
120 Jeff Davis County 15.12
121 Floyd County 14.45
122 Barrow County 14.12
123 Polk County 12.3
124 Berrien County 11.15
125 Bartow County 11.09
126 Stephens County 10.73
127 Heard County 9.92
128 Madison County 9.9
129 Chattooga County 9.47
130 Pierce County 9.15
131 Franklin County 9.07
132 Pike County 8.49
133 Glascock County 8.4
134 Jackson County 8
135 Hall County 7.81
136 Cherokee County 7.59
137 Echols County 7.16
138 Haralson County 4.81
139 Oconee County 4.75
140 Walker County 4.66
141 Forsyth County 4.54
142 Gordon County 4.11
143 Brantley County 3.9
144 Whitfield County 3.62
145 Habersham County 3.58
146 Banks County 3.3
147 Catoosa County 3.24
148 White County 2.08
149 Lumpkin County 1.82
150 Dade County 1.62
151 Dawson County 1.56
152 Pickens County 1.32
153 Rabun County 1.25
154 Murray County 1.12
155 Union County 1.03
156 Towns County 1
157 Fannin County 0.97
158 Gilmer County 0.87