RANKING · 2024 ACS · 159 SHOWN OF 159

Highest Black population share, Georgia counties

Georgia counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Black or African American (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Black residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 159 is 26.0%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Stewart County, GA, up 20 places to #4.

GeorgiaAll states All rankings

SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACKVS 2000

01Dougherty County, GAGA82,61670.2%+10.3 pts

02▲1Hancock County, GAGA8,68269.7%−7.9 pts

03▼1Clayton County, GAGA297,47168.5%+17.4 pts

04▲20Stewart County, GAGA4,63167.7%+6.7 pts

05▲1Randolph County, GAGA6,15667.4%+8.2 pts

06▲4Clay County, GAGA2,81560.5%+0.7 pts

07▼2Terrell County, GAGA8,65659.9%−0.4 pts

08▼1Macon County, GAGA11,75658.4%−0.8 pts

09▼5Calhoun County, GAGA5,41358.4%−0.6 pts

10▼1Rockdale County, GAGA98,41657.5%+39.4 pts

11▲16Webster County, GAGA2,36956.1%+9.1 pts

12▼4Warren County, GAGA5,26956.0%−3.3 pts

13▼2Richmond County, GAGA206,55955.7%+6.4 pts

14▼2Bibb County, GAGA157,55654.7%+7.5 pts

15Talbot County, GAGA5,70953.7%−7.5 pts

16Early County, GAGA10,45553.2%+5.4 pts

17▼4Washington County, GAGA19,45353.1%+0.1 pts

18Jefferson County, GAGA15,01152.7%−3.2 pts

19▲16Quitman County, GAGA2,25452.5%+5.8 pts

20▲1Henry County, GAGA264,92251.2%+36.6 pts

21▼2DeKalb County, GAGA774,39450.4%−3.4 pts

22▼5Sumter County, GAGA28,80149.8%+1.1 pts

23▼1Douglas County, GAGA154,29349.2%+30.8 pts

24▼1Newton County, GAGA125,58347.3%+25.2 pts

25▼5Dooly County, GAGA11,15646.9%−2.4 pts

26Muscogee County, GAGA202,17146.1%+2.8 pts

27▼13Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66245.9%−14.3 pts

28▼3Mitchell County, GAGA20,46745.0%−2.7 pts

29▼1Burke County, GAGA24,40845.0%−5.7 pts

30▼1Crisp County, GAGA19,23744.8%+1.5 pts

31Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79142.1%−2.1 pts

32▲2Decatur County, GAGA29,43241.9%+2.1 pts

33▼3Peach County, GAGA29,87741.4%−3.7 pts

34▼1Baldwin County, GAGA44,02941.3%−1.9 pts

35▼3Liberty County, GAGA70,31340.8%−1.4 pts

36▲3McDuffie County, GAGA21,64040.1%+2.8 pts

37▲4Twiggs County, GAGA7,59739.4%−3.9 pts

38Wilkes County, GAGA9,54039.4%−3.6 pts

39▲13Meriwether County, GAGA21,51639.1%−2.9 pts

40▲3Screven County, GAGA14,40839.0%−6.0 pts

41▲5Chatham County, GAGA311,85538.4%−1.9 pts

42▲5Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09937.9%+5.5 pts

43▲5Taylor County, GAGA7,81837.8%−4.6 pts

44▲5Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65037.7%−2.9 pts

45▼9Jenkins County, GAGA8,84337.1%−3.0 pts

46▼2Lowndes County, GAGA122,86737.0%+3.2 pts

47▼5Wheeler County, GAGA7,57037.0%+3.9 pts

48▼8Baker County, GAGA2,72536.8%−13.2 pts

49▼4Laurens County, GAGA51,04136.5%+2.2 pts

50▼13Turner County, GAGA8,98336.4%−4.3 pts

51▲3Troup County, GAGA72,84436.0%+4.2 pts

52▲4Spalding County, GAGA70,77535.8%+4.8 pts

53▲2Telfair County, GAGA11,19535.5%−2.8 pts

54▼4Thomas County, GAGA46,36834.9%−3.7 pts

55▲3Seminole County, GAGA9,16233.5%−1.0 pts

56▲1Johnson County, GAGA9,31032.8%−3.8 pts

57▼4Brooks County, GAGA16,10132.8%−6.3 pts

58▲3Houston County, GAGA178,21432.2%+7.7 pts

59▼8Wilcox County, GAGA8,79732.1%−3.9 pts

60Emanuel County, GAGA23,14731.3%−1.9 pts

61▲4Dodge County, GAGA19,66330.9%+1.6 pts

62▼3Pulaski County, GAGA10,17230.6%−3.3 pts

63▼1Treutlen County, GAGA6,46630.6%−2.3 pts

64Ware County, GAGA36,90629.7%+1.8 pts

65▲1Tift County, GAGA42,25429.5%+1.7 pts

66▼3Greene County, GAGA21,36729.5%−14.6 pts

67▲7Grady County, GAGA26,59028.8%−1.1 pts

68▼1Miller County, GAGA5,81228.2%−0.7 pts

69▲4Bulloch County, GAGA86,94928.1%−0.5 pts

70▲6Coffee County, GAGA44,40728.0%+2.3 pts

71▼1Evans County, GAGA11,02828.0%−4.7 pts

72▼4McIntosh County, GAGA11,98928.0%−8.7 pts

73▲5Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,09927.8%+14.7 pts

74▲1Cook County, GAGA18,23227.6%−1.3 pts

75▼3Marion County, GAGA7,67627.2%−6.5 pts

76▲1Lincoln County, GAGA8,11227.2%−7.0 pts

77▲4Lamar County, GAGA20,94127.1%−3.1 pts

78▲5Tattnall County, GAGA24,37626.7%−4.6 pts

79▲3Cobb County, GAGA793,34526.4%+7.8 pts

80▲15Bleckley County, GAGA12,86626.0%+1.4 pts

81▼10Upson County, GAGA28,50025.8%−2.0 pts

82▼13Clinch County, GAGA6,84725.7%−3.7 pts

83▲8Clarke County, GAGA129,92125.6%−1.5 pts

84▲4Fayette County, GAGA125,15625.3%+13.9 pts

85Worth County, GAGA20,05925.1%−4.4 pts

86▲17Charlton County, GAGA13,12124.8%−4.2 pts

87▲6Jones County, GAGA29,17124.3%+1.1 pts

88▼9Butts County, GAGA27,21824.3%−4.4 pts

89▲11Lanier County, GAGA10,62324.2%−1.3 pts

90▲4Irwin County, GAGA9,02024.1%−1.6 pts

91▲1Glynn County, GAGA87,59924.1%−2.2 pts

92▲4Lee County, GAGA34,17923.7%+8.3 pts

93▼9Toombs County, GAGA27,54523.6%−0.3 pts

94▼7Montgomery County, GAGA8,63523.4%−3.9 pts

95▲4Paulding County, GAGA190,99623.1%+16.2 pts

96▼10Long County, GAGA21,55722.9%−0.6 pts

97Colquitt County, GAGA47,43822.8%−0.5 pts

98▼8Candler County, GAGA11,27522.4%−4.4 pts

99▼19Elbert County, GAGA20,07222.3%−8.4 pts

100▼2Monroe County, GAGA32,02322.1%−5.5 pts

101▼12Putnam County, GAGA23,72222.0%−7.8 pts

102▲3Crawford County, GAGA12,20621.0%−2.7 pts

103▼2Morgan County, GAGA22,09520.5%−7.8 pts

104▼2Wayne County, GAGA32,48119.5%−0.6 pts

105▲11Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46519.3%−10.0 pts

106▲2Walton County, GAGA112,69618.7%+4.4 pts

107▲2Columbia County, GAGA169,18918.7%+7.6 pts

108▼2Carroll County, GAGA131,03618.2%+2.0 pts

109▲1Coweta County, GAGA160,24018.2%+0.3 pts

110▼3Appling County, GAGA19,10018.1%−1.4 pts

111▲1Hart County, GAGA28,63917.0%−2.3 pts

112▲1Jasper County, GAGA17,63216.3%−10.8 pts

113▼2Camden County, GAGA60,14316.2%−3.8 pts

114▲4Harris County, GAGA37,28015.5%−3.9 pts

115▲2Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41515.4%−4.2 pts

116▼12Schley County, GAGA4,59314.6%−16.5 pts

117▲5Effingham County, GAGA74,39714.4%+1.4 pts

118▲5Barrow County, GAGA99,77313.7%+4.1 pts

119Atkinson County, GAGA8,45413.6%−5.8 pts

120▲1Floyd County, GAGA101,37813.6%+0.3 pts

121▼7Bacon County, GAGA11,07013.4%−2.1 pts

122▼2Bryan County, GAGA52,06213.2%−0.8 pts

123▼8Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21912.0%−3.0 pts

124Polk County, GAGA45,51411.9%−1.4 pts

125▲1Berrien County, GAGA18,93211.2%−0.2 pts

126▲1Bartow County, GAGA120,80010.4%+1.8 pts

127▲4Pierce County, GAGA20,7649.9%−0.9 pts

128▲1Madison County, GAGA32,9199.4%+1.0 pts

129▼1Chattooga County, GAGA25,3008.9%−2.2 pts

130▲2Franklin County, GAGA25,9488.8%0.0 pts

131▲2Pike County, GAGA20,9328.4%−6.4 pts

132▼7Stephens County, GAGA27,8548.1%−3.8 pts

133▼3Heard County, GAGA12,1497.8%−3.0 pts

134▲2Jackson County, GAGA99,2657.6%−0.1 pts

135Glascock County, GAGA3,1417.2%−1.1 pts

136▲1Cherokee County, GAGA299,2737.0%+4.6 pts

137▼3Hall County, GAGA226,5686.7%−0.4 pts

138▲4Echols County, GAGA3,6856.3%−0.5 pts

139▲1Haralson County, GAGA33,0665.0%−0.4 pts

140▲1Forsyth County, GAGA282,8054.2%+3.7 pts

141▼3Oconee County, GAGA44,8933.4%−2.9 pts

142▲2Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.4%−0.1 pts

143▲2Whitfield County, GAGA106,2123.4%−0.3 pts

144▼1Habersham County, GAGA50,4163.2%−1.1 pts

145▲1Brantley County, GAGA18,9363.2%−0.8 pts

146▼7Walker County, GAGA70,2503.0%−0.8 pts

147▲1Banks County, GAGA21,2732.7%−0.5 pts

148▲2Lumpkin County, GAGA36,1782.0%+0.5 pts

149▲5Dawson County, GAGA35,3651.9%+1.6 pts

150▼1White County, GAGA29,8021.9%−0.3 pts

151Towns County, GAGA13,2851.4%+1.3 pts

152▼5Catoosa County, GAGA69,6281.3%+0.1 pts

153▼1Dade County, GAGA16,1541.1%+0.5 pts

154▲2Rabun County, GAGA17,7640.8%0.0 pts

155▲2Union County, GAGA27,8590.7%+0.1 pts

156▼1Murray County, GAGA41,6070.6%+0.1 pts

157▼4Pickens County, GAGA37,1670.6%−0.7 pts

158▲1Fannin County, GAGA26,1110.4%+0.2 pts

159▼1Gilmer County, GAGA33,8940.3%+0.1 pts

SHOWING 1–159 OF 159

Download CSV (full list, 159 rows)

UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES