The whitest county in Georgia is Fannin County, Georgia.
Fannin County, Georgia is the whitest county in Georgia by percentage, which over 96.8% of it's residents being and identifying as white.
Although by total volume of white residents, Fulton County, Georgia has the largest volume of white residents, with around 480,000 white residents.
The top 5 counties in Georgia that are the whitest include:
Fannin County, Georgia with 96.8% white residents.
Union County, Georgia with 96.7% white residents.
Towns County, Georgia with 96.5% white residents.
Dawson County, Georgia with 96.2% of white residents.
And Pickens County, Georgia with 96.1 white residents.
Most White residents in Georgia live in the sprawling Atlanta suburbs and exurbs (like Cobb and Cherokee counties), or in the rural, mountainous counties along the northern border (such as Fannin, Union, and Towns counties).
In terms of raw numbers, the highest populations of White residents live in the massive metro Atlanta counties.
Fulton County leads with roughly 479,800 White residents, followed closely by Cobb County (451,000), Gwinnett County (447,600), and Cherokee County (234,500).
The highest density of White residents is found in the northern Appalachian foothills.
Counties like Fannin, Union, Towns, and Rabun are all over 90% White.
Large rural swaths of north, southeast, and coastal Georgia are also predominantly White (e.g., Brantley County in the south is over 93% White).