Georgia: the counties with the highest share of Black students

137 counties

Georgia public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Dougherty County	GA	22	13,241	11,548	87.2%
2	Early County	GA	3	1,482	1,198	80.8%
3	Macon County	GA	3	1,047	784	74.9%
4	Bibb County	GA	40	23,725	17,104	72.1%
5	Richmond County	GA	56	31,674	22,075	69.7%
6	Washington County	GA	4	2,661	1,840	69.1%
7	Jefferson County	GA	5	2,017	1,373	68.1%
8	Rockdale County	GA	19	15,355	10,396	67.7%
9	Turner County	GA	3	1,107	748	67.6%
10	Sumter County	GA	6	4,145	2,772	66.9%
11	Baldwin County	GA	7	4,520	2,943	65.1%
12	Dooly County	GA	4	1,067	693	64.9%
13	Henry County	GA	54	43,102	27,792	64.5%
14	Clayton County	GA	73	63,156	40,477	64.1%
15	Newton County	GA	22	18,672	11,703	62.7%
16	Burke County	GA	5	3,841	2,404	62.6%
17	Randolph County	GA	4	1,157	714	61.7%
18	Crisp County	GA	6	3,327	1,975	59.4%
19	McDuffie County	GA	6	3,088	1,811	58.6%
20	Douglas County	GA	37	26,121	15,217	58.3%
21	Calhoun County	GA	4	1,021	583	57.1%
22	Meriwether County	GA	7	2,245	1,254	55.9%
23	Muscogee County	GA	55	30,110	16,783	55.7%
24	Mitchell County	GA	8	3,390	1,877	55.4%
25	Wilkinson County	GA	4	1,036	568	54.8%
26	Chatham County	GA	59	36,380	19,820	54.5%
27	Liberty County	GA	12	10,925	5,941	54.4%
28	Spalding County	GA	18	9,350	4,986	53.3%
29	DeKalb County	GA	154	102,960	54,401	52.8%
30	Fulton County	GA	202	138,270	72,352	52.3%
31	Brooks County	GA	6	2,179	1,113	51.1%
32	Decatur County	GA	7	4,652	2,364	50.8%
33	Peach County	GA	7	3,980	2,007	50.4%
34	Wilkes County	GA	5	1,272	628	49.4%
35	Screven County	GA	3	2,066	981	47.5%
36	Jenkins County	GA	4	1,774	830	46.8%
37	Lowndes County	GA	20	19,812	9,185	46.4%
38	Laurens County	GA	14	8,693	3,956	45.5%
39	Clarke County	GA	22	13,750	6,040	43.9%
40	Troup County	GA	19	12,262	5,306	43.3%
41	Ben Hill County	GA	5	2,910	1,227	42.2%
42	Johnson County	GA	3	1,026	433	42.2%
43	Thomas County	GA	13	8,451	3,569	42.2%
44	Taylor County	GA	4	1,176	492	41.8%
45	Houston County	GA	38	30,939	12,820	41.4%
46	Emanuel County	GA	6	3,939	1,572	39.9%
47	Pulaski County	GA	3	1,320	527	39.9%
48	Greene County	GA	5	2,597	1,029	39.6%
49	Telfair County	GA	4	1,543	592	38.4%
50	Bulloch County	GA	16	11,194	4,254	38.0%

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