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Duval County, Florida

292,337 Black residents · 29.4% of the county · ranked 3 of 67 in Florida by Black population

In Duval County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 995,567 people, 292,337 of them Black alone. At 29.4%, Duval County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.

Black share of state population — Florida highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

Measure	Figure
Total population, 2020	995,567
Black residents (alone), 2020	292,337
Black share of the county, 2020	29.4%
Rank by Black population among Florida counties	3 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 Duval County counted 255,018 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 292,337. The population grew by 14.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Duval County moved from 29.5% to 29.4%.

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

The state's Black population of 3.2 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Duval County holds 292,337 of it, rank 3 in the state's order. The county page for Duval County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Duval 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 Duval County page is their frame: 995,567 residents, 292,337 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.