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Bay County, Florida
17,856 Black residents · 10.2% of the county · ranked 26 of 67 in Florida by Black population
Bay County is a Florida county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Bay County held 175,216 residents in all, of whom 17,856 — 10.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 175,216 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 17,856 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 26 of 67 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Bay County: 18,180 Black residents in 2010 and 17,856 in 2020. The population declined by 1.8%, and the Black share in Bay County moved from 10.8% to 10.2%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Bay County is one of 67 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Florida. Together they hold the state's 3.2 million Black residents, and Bay County's 17,856 of them give it rank 26 of 67 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Bay County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Bay County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Bay County page is their frame: 175,216 residents, 17,856 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.