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Jackson County, Florida

12,150 Black residents · 25.7% of the county · ranked 30 of 67 in Florida by Black population

In Jackson County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 47,319 people, 12,150 of them Black alone. At 25.7%, Jackson County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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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

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202047,319
Black residents (alone), 202012,150
Black share of the county, 202025.7%
Rank by Black population among Florida counties30 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 Jackson County counted 13,231 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 12,150. The population declined by 8.2% across the decade, and the Black share in Jackson County moved from 26.6% to 25.7%.

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

The state's Black population of 3.2 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Jackson County holds 12,150 of it, rank 30 in the state's order. The county page for Jackson County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Jackson 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 Jackson County page is their frame: 47,319 residents, 12,150 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.