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Lake County, Florida
39,544 Black residents · 10.3% of the county · ranked 19 of 67 in Florida by Black population
In Lake County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 383,956 people, 39,544 of them Black alone. At 10.3%, Lake 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 | 383,956 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 39,544 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 19 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 Lake County counted 29,103 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 39,544. The population grew by 35.9% across the decade, and the Black share in Lake County moved from 9.8% to 10.3%.
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
Lake County is one of 67 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Florida. Together they hold the state's 3.2 million Black residents, and Lake County's 39,544 of them give it rank 19 of 67 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Lake County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Lake County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Lake County page holds the frame around them — 383,956 people in all, 39,544 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.