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 2023, at 71.4%. Gilmer County had the lowest, at 0.4%. The median was 26.5% and the figure for Georgia was 31%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2023 (%) | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock County | 71.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 2 | Dougherty County | 70.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 3 | Clayton County | 68.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 4 | Randolph County | 67.7 | +3 pts |
| 5 | Stewart County | 59.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 6 | Calhoun County | 59.6 | -2.4 pts |
| 6 | Terrell County | 59.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 8 | Clay County | 59.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 9 | Macon County | 59.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 10 | Warren County | 57.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 11 | Rockdale County | 57.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 12 | Richmond County | 55.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 13 | Talbot County | 55.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 14 | Bibb County | 54.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 15 | Jefferson County | 52.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 16 | Early County | 51.6 | -1 pts |
| 17 | Washington County | 51.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 18 | DeKalb County | 51.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 19 | Quitman County | 49.9 | -2.7 pts |
| 20 | Henry County | 49.8 | +2 pts |
| 21 | Sumter County | 49.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 22 | Webster County | 49 | +4.5 pts |
| 23 | Douglas County | 48.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 24 | Dooly County | 47.7 | 0 pts |
| 25 | Newton County | 47.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 26 | Muscogee County | 45.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 27 | Mitchell County | 45.7 | +1 pts |
| 28 | Crisp County | 45 | +0.2 pts |
| 29 | Burke County | 45 | -0.4 pts |
| 30 | Taliaferro County | 44.7 | -5.6 pts |
| 31 | Peach County | 42.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 32 | Fulton County | 42.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 33 | Decatur County | 41.7 | +1.7 pts |
| 34 | Baldwin County | 41.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 35 | Liberty County | 41.4 | +1.2 pts |
| 36 | McDuffie County | 41 | -0.1 pts |
| 37 | Wilkes County | 40.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 38 | Twiggs County | 40.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 39 | Baker County | 40.6 | +6.6 pts |
| 40 | Screven County | 39.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 41 | Chatham County | 38.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 42 | Taylor County | 38.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 43 | Wilkinson County | 38.2 | -0 pts |
| 44 | Meriwether County | 38.2 | -0 pts |
| 45 | Wheeler County | 38.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 46 | Jenkins County | 38 | +3.1 pts |
| 47 | Ben Hill County | 37.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 48 | Turner County | 37.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 49 | Laurens County | 37.5 | 0 pts |
| 50 | Lowndes County | 37 | +0.2 pts |
| 51 | Troup County | 36.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 52 | Telfair County | 35.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 53 | Thomas County | 35.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 54 | Spalding County | 35.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 55 | Brooks County | 34 | -0.4 pts |
| 56 | Seminole County | 33.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 57 | Wilcox County | 33.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 58 | Johnson County | 33.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 59 | Pulaski County | 33 | -3.3 pts |
| 60 | Emanuel County | 32.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 61 | Houston County | 31.3 | -0 pts |
| 62 | Treutlen County | 31.3 | +2.7 pts |
| 63 | Dodge County | 30.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 64 | Greene County | 30.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 65 | McIntosh County | 29.7 | -2 pts |
| 66 | Ware County | 29.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 67 | Grady County | 29.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 68 | Tift County | 28.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 69 | Marion County | 28.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 70 | Lamar County | 28.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 71 | Bulloch County | 28.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 72 | Coffee County | 28 | -0.7 pts |
| 73 | Cook County | 27.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 74 | Gwinnett County | 27.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 75 | Butts County | 27.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 76 | Tattnall County | 27.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 77 | Miller County | 27.3 | -0 pts |
| 78 | Evans County | 27.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 79 | Lincoln County | 27.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 80 | Upson County | 26.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 81 | Cobb County | 26.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 82 | Clarke County | 26.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 83 | Bleckley County | 26 | -0.2 pts |
| 84 | Clinch County | 25.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 84 | Putnam County | 25.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 86 | Elbert County | 25.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 87 | Irwin County | 25.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 88 | Fayette County | 25.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 89 | Jones County | 25.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 90 | Charlton County | 25 | -3.6 pts |
| 91 | Long County | 24.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 92 | Glynn County | 24.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 93 | Lanier County | 24.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 94 | Worth County | 24.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 95 | Toombs County | 23.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 96 | Lee County | 23.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 97 | Montgomery County | 22.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 98 | Colquitt County | 22.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 99 | Candler County | 22.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 100 | Paulding County | 21.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 101 | Monroe County | 21.6 | 0 pts |
| 102 | Crawford County | 21.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 103 | Morgan County | 21.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 104 | Carroll County | 20.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 105 | Wayne County | 19.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 106 | Walton County | 19.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 107 | Coweta County | 18.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 108 | Chattahoochee County | 18 | +1.9 pts |
| 109 | Columbia County | 17.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 110 | Appling County | 17.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 111 | Camden County | 17.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 112 | Schley County | 17.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 113 | Jasper County | 17.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 114 | Hart County | 17 | -0.6 pts |
| 115 | Oglethorpe County | 15.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 116 | Harris County | 15.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 117 | Atkinson County | 15.2 | -0 pts |
| 118 | Bacon County | 15 | -0.1 pts |
| 119 | Effingham County | 14.2 | +0.6 pts |
| 120 | Bryan County | 14 | +0.5 pts |
| 121 | Jeff Davis County | 13.9 | -1.7 pts |
| 122 | Floyd County | 13.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 123 | Barrow County | 13.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 124 | Polk County | 11.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 125 | Glascock County | 11.8 | +1.2 pts |
| 126 | Stephens County | 10.6 | -0 pts |
| 127 | Bartow County | 10.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 128 | Berrien County | 10.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 129 | Pierce County | 9.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 130 | Chattooga County | 9.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 131 | Madison County | 9.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 132 | Pike County | 8.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 133 | Franklin County | 8.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 134 | Heard County | 7.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 135 | Jackson County | 7.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 136 | Cherokee County | 7 | +0.1 pts |
| 137 | Hall County | 6.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 138 | Haralson County | 4.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 139 | Echols County | 4.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 140 | Walker County | 4.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 141 | Forsyth County | 4 | 0 pts |
| 142 | Gordon County | 3.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 142 | Habersham County | 3.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 144 | Whitfield County | 3.3 | 0 pts |
| 145 | Oconee County | 3.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 146 | Brantley County | 2.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 147 | Catoosa County | 2.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 148 | White County | 2.1 | -0 pts |
| 149 | Banks County | 1.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 150 | Dade County | 1.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 150 | Dawson County | 1.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 152 | Lumpkin County | 1.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 153 | Towns County | 1.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 154 | Rabun County | 0.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 155 | Union County | 0.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 156 | Fannin County | 0.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 157 | Pickens County | 0.5 | -0 pts |
| 158 | Murray County | 0.5 | 0 pts |
| 159 | Gilmer County | 0.4 | -0.1 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
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Questions
Which county has the highest black or African American population share?
Hancock County, with 71.4% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest black or African American population share?
Gilmer County, with 0.4% in 2023.
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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