EDITOR’S NOTE: All population totals listed in this article are from the United States Census Bureau’s database (“Annual estimates of the resident population by sex, race, and Hispanic origin…”).
At the turn of the century, from a percentage standpoint, seven Georgia counties had a double-digit Hispanic population.
By 2022, that number was 36.
Furthermore, a total of 25 counties are now at least 1-in-8 Hispanic, which compares to four counties back in 2000.
All totaled, according to the Census data, Georgia’s Hispanic population roughly doubled between 2000 and 2022, increasing from 5.3 percent to 10.6 percent. Most of the largest relative increases were recorded in south Georgia and middle Georgia counties, although the highest Hispanic concentrations remain north of Interstate 20. Out of the 19 Georgia counties with a Hispanic population north of 10,000, only Muscogee and Chatham would not be considered north Georgia.
Gwinnett County continues to have the largest Hispanic population, and it’s one that will soon eclipse 200,000 people. Gwinnett has twice as many Hispanic residents as any other Georgia county, and Gwinnett accounts for roughly 1-in-every-5 Hispanics living in Georgia.
Below is a ranked list of the Georgia counties with the largest percentage increase in its Hispanic population between 2000–2022. The number on the second line, meanwhile, is the Hispanic population total for that county, according to the 2022 Census estimates.
Here’s the list:
1. Stewart // 1875.3%
948 total
2. Telfair // 908.8%
1,733 total
3. Charlton // 719.4%
636 total
4. Clinch // 634.2%
294 total
5. Taliaferro // 535.4%
54 total
6. Franklin // 509.2%
1,086 total
7. Hancock // 480.7%
194 total
8. Quitman // 424.3%
45 total
9. Miller // 412.1%
147 total
10. Paulding // 400.9%
12,205 total
11. Oglethorpe // 396.6%
909 total
12. Hart // 396.6%
944 total
13. Lanier // 384.2%
670 total
14. Washington // 378.0%
429 total
15. Barrow // 377.0%
11,596 total
16. Fannin // 373.4%
669 total
17. Harris // 364.3%
1,417 total
18. Effingham // 357.1%
3,747 total
19. Stephens // 353.1%
903 total
20. Union // 348.8%
919 total
21. Haralson // 339.1%
657 total
22. Bryan // 335.1%
3,302 total
23. Dawson // 327.8%
1,810 total
24. Glascock // 305.9%
50 total
25. Douglas // 305.7%
13,007 total
26. Towns // 279.6%
318 total
27. Bleckley // 274.5%
333 total
28. Meriwether // 271.9%
477 total
29. Newton // 267.2%
5,706 total
30. Henry // 261.3%
14,082 total
31. Madison // 259.3%
1,942 total
32. Spalding // 249.7%
3,054 total
33. Jackson // 247.3%
7,734 total
34. Heard // 240.9%
315 total
35. Johnson // 237.2%
201 total
36. Catoosa // 235.2%
2,192 total
37. Wilkinson // 234.5%
223 total
38. Dodge // 233.4%
566 total
39. Walton // 229.6%
5,168 total
40. Jones // 224.2%
500 total
41. Dade // 222.6%
387 total
42. Walker // 219.1%
1,716 total
43. Bibb // 215.1%
4,703 total
44. McIntosh // 213.6%
194 total
45. Bartow // 212.1%
10,109 total
46. Carroll // 206.0%
8,045 total
47. Lamar // 204.6%
513 total
48. Wilkes // 204.6%
452 total
49. Putnam // 204.1%
1,218 total
50. Treutlen // 204.0%
186 total
51. Murray // 203.2%
5,930 total
52. Chatham // 201.6%
16,255 total
53. Screven // 199.3%
267 total
54. Twiggs // 199.2%
146 total
55. Brantley // 198.0%
399 total
56. Wilcox // 197.9%
323 total
57. Columbia // 195.7%
9,606 total
58. Lee // 195.6%
982 total
59. Fayette // 191.7%
8,188 total
60. Butts // 184.8%
816 total
61. Talbot // 184.0%
114 total
62. Terrell // 183.8%
165 total
63. Schley // 182.3%
198 total
64. Chattooga // 182.3%
1,151 total
65. Jefferson // 179.5%
509 total
66. Elbert // 177.1%
1,011 total
67. Laurens // 170.2%
1,225 total
68. Worth // 169.3%
450 total
69. Brooks // 168.4%
1,027 total
70. Mitchell // 167.1%
866 total
71. McDuffie // 165.1%
529 total
72. Jeff Davis // 163.4%
1,734 total
73. Bacon // 162.4%
826 total
74. Burke // 159.5%
628 total
75. Coweta // 155.0%
10,123 total
76. Baker // 154.1%
151 total
77. Ware // 154.0%
1,361 total
78. Crisp // 153.9%
657 total
79. Warren // 153.0%
68 total
80. Berrien // 151.6%
923 total
81. Lowndes // 150.9%
6,045 total
82. Troup // 146.9%
2,290 total
83. Randolph // 146.5%
114 total
84. Dougherty // 146.1%
1,676 total
85. Bulloch // 144.9%
2,843 total
86. Cook // 142.1%
1,010 total
87. Thomas // 139.7%
1,430 total
88. Banks // 139.7%
1,364 total
89. Montgomery // 139.4%
564 total
90. Greene // 138.6%
1,063 total
91. Glynn // 137.6%
4,898 total
92. Grady // 137.6%
2,435 total
93. Appling // 135.0%
1,653 total
94. Webster // 134.9%
105 total
95. Sumter // 134.1%
1,397 total
96. Gordon // 233.3%
9,122 total
97. White // 133.1%
904 total
98. Houston // 131.4%
9,407 total
99. Lincoln // 131.3%
140 total
100. Pierce // 129.1%
861 total
101. Upson // 125.1%
526 total
102. Clay // 124.9%
54 total
103. Decatur // 123.6%
1,545 total
104. Floyd // 123.6%
10,341 total
104. Irwin // 123.6%
314 total
106. Habersham // 122.1%
6,923 total
107. Monroe // 120.2%
648 total
108. Camden // 119.7%
3,550 total
109. Morgan // 115.7%
503 total
110. Baldwin // 113.2%
889 total
111. Cherokee // 112.1%
27,994 total
112. Jasper // 111.9%
545 total
113. Jenkins // 111.1%
427 total
114. Evans // 109.6%
959 total
115. Gwinnett // 104.6%
184,202 total
116. Turner // 104.4%
319 total
117. Peach // 102.1%
2,030 total
118. Richmond // 99.1%
7,566 total
119. Macon // 97.2%
429 total
120. Colquitt // 91.9%
8,343 total
121. Polk // 87.7%
5,471 total
122. Coffee // 87.3%
4,897 total
123. Calhoun // 85.9%
200 total
124. Muscogee // 85.6%
11,972 total
125. Oconee // 85.3%
1,996 total
126. Pike // 83.7%
369 total
127. Rockdale // 81.3%
7,857 total
128. Clayton // 81.0%
29,765 total
129. Pickens // 80.6%
1,093 total
130. Clarke // 79.1%
12,835 total
130. Early // 79.1%
171 total
132. Cobb // 78.6%
89,538 total
133. Wayne // 78.1%
1,618 total
134. Chattahoochee // 76.4%
1,221 total
135. Dooly // 76.2%
654 total
136. Rabun // 74.7%
1,198 total
137. Forsyth // 74.1%
23,043 total
138. Taylor // 74.0%
175 total
139. Tift // 70.9%
4,767 total
140. Whitfield // 70.8%
35,750 total
141. Crawford // 69.3%
398 total
142. Atkinson // 68.8%
1,908 total
143. Wheeler // 68.6%
344 total
144. Gilmer // 67.8%
3,567 total
145. Lumpkin // 65.1%
1,716 total
146. Liberty // 57.5%
6,362 total
147. Pulaski // 56.9%
330 total
148. Echols // 55.6%
973 total
149. Hall // 52.4%
58,453 total
150. Tattnall // 52.1%
2,407 total
151. Long // 50.0%
1,783 total
152. Marion // 48.6%
438 total
153. Ben Hill // 47.8%
933 total
154. Emanuel // 45.3%
892 total
155. Candler // 39.7%
1,222 total
156. Toombs // 38.7%
2,860 total
157. Fulton // 25.6%
63,985 total
158. Dekalb // 9.4%
50,129 total
159. Seminole // –5.6%
244 total
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