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Brevard County, Florida
58,692 Black residents · 9.7% of the county · ranked 13 of 67 in Florida by Black population
In Brevard County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 606,612 people, 58,692 of them Black alone. At 9.7%, Brevard County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 606,612 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 58,692 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 9.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 13 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
In 2010 Brevard County counted 54,799 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 58,692. The population grew by 7.1% across the decade, and the Black share in Brevard County moved from 10.1% to 9.7%.
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
Within Florida, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Brevard County among them; it stands 13 by Black population, with 58,692 Black residents of the state's 3.2 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Brevard County, Florida, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Brevard 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 Brevard County page is their frame: 606,612 residents, 58,692 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.