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Madison County, Florida
6,310 Black residents · 35.1% of the county · ranked 40 of 67 in Florida by Black population
The gazetteer enters Madison County, Florida, on its published figures: a total population of 17,968 in 2020, with 6,310 Black residents counted alone — 35.1% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 17,968 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 6,310 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 40 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 published record across two censuses for Madison County: 7,460 Black residents in 2010, 6,310 in 2020 — declined by 15.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 38.8% to 35.1%.
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
Madison 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 Madison County's 6,310 of them give it rank 40 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 Madison County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Madison County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Madison County page holds the frame around them — 17,968 people in all, 6,310 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.