African Americans in Georgia
African American children in Georgia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,495,258 (2017) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Atlanta, Stonecrest, Lithonia, Atlanta metropolitan area, Albany, Columbus, Augusta, Savannah, Macon, Valdosta, Hancock County, Dougherty County, Clayton County, Fulton County, DeKalb County, many rural counties throughout the southwest part of the state | |
| Languages | |
| Southern American English, African American Vernacular English, African-American English, Gullah, African languages | |
| Religion | |
| Historically Black Protestant | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| White Americans in Georgia |
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African-American Georgians are residents of the U.S. state of Georgia who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 31.2% of the state's population. Georgia has the second largest African American population in the United States following Texas. Georgia also has a gullah community. African slaves were brought to Georgia during the slave trade.
In the 2020 Census, 3,320,513 Georgia residents were identified as African American (of the total 10,711,908). In 19 of the state's 159 counties, African Americans make up more than 50% of the population: Dougherty (69.9%), Clayton (69.9%), Hancock (69.0%), Calhoun (64.3%), Terrell (60.6%), Randolph (60.3%), Macon (59.3%), Warren (58.5%), Rockdale (58.1%), Clay (56.1%), and 9 other counties. African Americans in the ten counties of Fulton (453,834), DeKalb (388,963), Gwinnett (262,709), Clayton (207,981), Cobb (203,840), Henry (118,124), Richmond (114,201), Chatham (109,313), Muscogee (96,163), Bibb (85,885) make up more than 61% of all African Americans in the state.