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Columbia County, Florida
11,593 Black residents · 16.6% of the county · ranked 31 of 67 in Florida by Black population
The gazetteer enters Columbia County, Florida, on its published figures: a total population of 69,698 in 2020, with 11,593 Black residents counted alone — 16.6% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 69,698 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,593 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 16.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 31 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 published record across two censuses for Columbia County: 11,818 Black residents in 2010, 11,593 in 2020 — declined by 1.9% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 17.5% to 16.6%.
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, Columbia County among them; it stands 31 by Black population, with 11,593 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 Columbia County, Florida, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Columbia County, Florida, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Columbia County page gives the frame they stand in: 69,698 residents in all, 11,593 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.