Counties in Georgia by black or African American population share

Hancock County had the highest black or African American population share of 159 counties in 2022, at 71.7%. Fannin County had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 27.1% and the figure for Georgia was 31.1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest71.7Hancock County
Lowest0.3Fannin County
Median27.1159 counties
Georgia31.1History

Top 40 counties, 2022

CSVChart (SVG)

Hancock CountyHancock County: 71.7 %71.7Dougherty CountyDougherty County: 69.5 %69.5Clayton CountyClayton County: 69 %69Randolph CountyRandolph County: 64.7 %64.7Calhoun CountyCalhoun County: 61.9 %61.9Clay CountyClay County: 61.2 %61.2Stewart CountyStewart County: 61 %61Macon CountyMacon County: 60.2 %60.2Warren CountyWarren County: 59.7 %59.7Terrell CountyTerrell County: 58.4 %58.4Rockdale CountyRockdale County: 56.6 %56.6Talbot CountyTalbot County: 56.5 %56.5Richmond CountyRichmond County: 55.2 %55.2Bibb CountyBibb County: 54.1 %54.1Early CountyEarly County: 52.6 %52.6Quitman CountyQuitman County: 52.6 %52.6DeKalb CountyDeKalb County: 52.4 %52.4Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 52.2 %52.2Sumter CountySumter County: 51 %51Washington CountyWashington County: 50.8 %50.8Taliaferro CountyTaliaferro County: 50.3 %50.3Douglas CountyDouglas County: 48.1 %48.1Henry CountyHenry County: 47.9 %47.9Dooly CountyDooly County: 47.7 %47.7Newton CountyNewton County: 46.4 %46.4Muscogee CountyMuscogee County: 45.8 %45.8Burke CountyBurke County: 45.3 %45.3Crisp CountyCrisp County: 44.8 %44.8Mitchell CountyMitchell County: 44.7 %44.7Webster CountyWebster County: 44.5 %44.5Peach CountyPeach County: 43.6 %43.6Fulton CountyFulton County: 43 %43Twiggs CountyTwiggs County: 41.6 %41.6Baldwin CountyBaldwin County: 41.5 %41.5McDuffie CountyMcDuffie County: 41.2 %41.2Liberty CountyLiberty County: 40.2 %40.2Wilkes CountyWilkes County: 40.1 %40.1Decatur CountyDecatur County: 40.1 %40.1Screven CountyScreven County: 40.1 %40.1Chatham CountyChatham County: 39.5 %39.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Hancock County71.7-1.8 pts
2Dougherty County69.50 pts
3Clayton County69-0.4 pts
4Randolph County64.7+0.6 pts
5Calhoun County61.9+0.3 pts
6Clay County61.2+4.9 pts
7Stewart County61+2.2 pts
8Macon County60.2-0.4 pts
9Warren County59.7-0.6 pts
10Terrell County58.4+1.9 pts
11Rockdale County56.6+1 pts
12Talbot County56.5+0.1 pts
13Richmond County55.2+0.2 pts
14Bibb County54.1-0.1 pts
15Early County52.6+0.2 pts
16Quitman County52.6+0.3 pts
17DeKalb County52.4-0 pts
18Jefferson County52.2-0 pts
19Sumter County51-0.3 pts
20Washington County50.8-1.2 pts
21Taliaferro County50.3-5.4 pts
22Douglas County48.1+0.7 pts
23Henry County47.9+1.8 pts
24Dooly County47.7-1.5 pts
25Newton County46.4+1.2 pts
26Muscogee County45.8+0.4 pts
27Burke County45.3-0.9 pts
28Crisp County44.8-0.9 pts
29Mitchell County44.7-1.7 pts
30Webster County44.5+5.5 pts
31Peach County43.6-0.9 pts
32Fulton County43-0 pts
33Twiggs County41.6+0.1 pts
34Baldwin County41.5+0.2 pts
35McDuffie County41.2+0.2 pts
36Liberty County40.2-0.3 pts
37Wilkes County40.1-0.6 pts
38Decatur County40.1-1.3 pts
38Screven County40.1-1 pts
40Chatham County39.5-0.3 pts
41Taylor County38.5-1.5 pts
42Turner County38.3+0.5 pts
43Wheeler County38.3+4.3 pts
43Wilkinson County38.3-0.2 pts
45Meriwether County38.2-0.9 pts
46Laurens County37.4-0.9 pts
47Ben Hill County37.3+0.1 pts
48Lowndes County36.8-0.3 pts
49Pulaski County36.2-2.9 pts
50Troup County36.1-0.5 pts
51Thomas County35.9-0.2 pts
52Telfair County35.1-0.1 pts
53Jenkins County34.9+3.3 pts
54Spalding County34.5+0.3 pts
55Brooks County34.5-0.7 pts
56Baker County34-4.9 pts
57Wilcox County33.6-0.7 pts
58Seminole County33+0.6 pts
59Johnson County32.9-0.7 pts
60McIntosh County31.7-0.5 pts
61Emanuel County31.7-0.5 pts
62Houston County31.3+0.2 pts
63Greene County31.3-1.6 pts
64Dodge County30.3+0.3 pts
65Ware County29.9-0.3 pts
66Marion County29.5-0.7 pts
67Grady County29.1+0.9 pts
68Tift County28.9-0.2 pts
69Coffee County28.7+0.1 pts
70Charlton County28.6+1.3 pts
71Treutlen County28.5+0.8 pts
72Lincoln County28.2-0.8 pts
73Tattnall County28+0.1 pts
74Gwinnett County27.9+0.3 pts
75Butts County27.7-0.2 pts
76Bulloch County27.6-0.2 pts
77Evans County27.4-1 pts
78Miller County27.3-0.3 pts
79Elbert County27.2-1 pts
80Upson County27.1-1.3 pts
81Cook County27+0.2 pts
82Cobb County26.9+0.1 pts
83Lamar County26.9-1 pts
84Clinch County26.5+0.9 pts
85Clarke County26.4-1.1 pts
86Bleckley County26.2-1.6 pts
87Irwin County26.2-1.3 pts
88Worth County25.6-1.9 pts
89Putnam County25.5-1.3 pts
90Jones County24.6+0.2 pts
91Fayette County24.6+0.8 pts
92Glynn County24.6-0.6 pts
93Toombs County23.8-1.9 pts
94Montgomery County23.5-1.9 pts
95Lee County23.5+1.2 pts
96Lanier County23.1+0.5 pts
97Long County23+0.2 pts
98Colquitt County22.7-0.7 pts
99Candler County22.2-0.1 pts
100Crawford County22+0.9 pts
101Monroe County21.6-0.8 pts
102Morgan County21.4-0.1 pts
103Paulding County20.6+0.6 pts
104Carroll County19.9+0.1 pts
105Wayne County19.9+1.7 pts
106Walton County19.3+0.9 pts
107Jasper County18.5+0.2 pts
108Appling County18.1-1.6 pts
109Schley County17.8-7.5 pts
110Coweta County17.8+0.3 pts
111Hart County17.6-1.8 pts
112Camden County17.1-0.8 pts
113Columbia County16.9+0.1 pts
114Oglethorpe County16.7-0.6 pts
115Chattahoochee County16.1-2.9 pts
116Jeff Davis County15.6+2.5 pts
117Harris County15.5-0.2 pts
118Atkinson County15.2-0.8 pts
119Bacon County15.1-0.7 pts
120Floyd County13.8-0.2 pts
121Effingham County13.6+0.1 pts
122Bryan County13.5-0.5 pts
123Barrow County12.4+0.1 pts
124Polk County12.1-0.1 pts
125Stephens County10.7-0.1 pts
126Glascock County10.6+0.4 pts
127Bartow County10.5+0.6 pts
128Berrien County10.3+0.5 pts
129Pierce County9.7-0.3 pts
130Chattooga County9.5-0.2 pts
131Franklin County9.2+0.4 pts
132Madison County8.8+0.1 pts
133Pike County8.60 pts
134Heard County8.5-1.3 pts
135Jackson County7.1-0.3 pts
136Cherokee County6.9-0.2 pts
137Hall County6.6-0.2 pts
138Haralson County4.7-0.2 pts
139Echols County4.1+1 pts
140Forsyth County4+0.3 pts
141Walker County3.9-0 pts
142Brantley County3.7+1.6 pts
143Habersham County3.5+0.2 pts
144Oconee County3.4-0.2 pts
145Gordon County3.3+0.4 pts
146Whitfield County3.2-0.2 pts
147Banks County2.9+0.3 pts
148Catoosa County2.2+0.1 pts
149White County2.1+0.3 pts
150Towns County1.3-0.5 pts
151Dawson County1.3+0.5 pts
152Rabun County1.2+0.2 pts
153Lumpkin County1.1-0.4 pts
154Dade County1+0.1 pts
155Union County0.6-0.1 pts
156Pickens County0.5-0.8 pts
157Gilmer County0.5+0.2 pts
158Murray County0.4-0.3 pts
159Fannin County0.3-0 pts

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About this ranking

People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US federal statistics ask about Hispanic origin and race separately, and Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race. The shares for White, Black and Asian count people who are not Hispanic and report that race alone, so the published shares do not add up to 100 (people of two or more races and other races are not shown). Calculated from counts in ACS table B03002, which are stored as inputs. EU and Spanish statistics do not collect race.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which county has the highest black or African American population share?

Hancock County, with 71.7% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest black or African American population share?

Fannin County, with 0.3% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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