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Escambia County, Florida
68,978 Black residents · 21.4% of the county · ranked 10 of 67 in Florida by Black population
Escambia County is a Florida county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Escambia County held 321,905 residents in all, of whom 68,978 — 21.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 321,905 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 68,978 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 21.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 10 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 Escambia County: 68,282 Black residents in 2010 and 68,978 in 2020. The population grew by 1.0%, and the Black share in Escambia County moved from 22.9% to 21.4%.
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; Escambia County holds 68,978 of it, rank 10 in the state's order. The county page for Escambia County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Escambia County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Escambia County page holds the frame around them — 321,905 people in all, 68,978 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.