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Hillsborough County, Florida
237,434 Black residents · 16.3% of the county · ranked 6 of 67 in Florida by Black population
In Hillsborough County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 1.5 million people, 237,434 of them Black alone. At 16.3%, Hillsborough 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 | 1,459,762 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 237,434 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 16.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 6 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 Hillsborough County counted 205,073 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 237,434. The population grew by 15.8% across the decade, and the Black share in Hillsborough County moved from 16.7% to 16.3%.
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, Hillsborough County among them; it stands 6 by Black population, with 237,434 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 Hillsborough County, Florida, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County page is their frame: 1.5 million residents, 237,434 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.