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Manatee County, Florida
32,121 Black residents · 8.0% of the county · ranked 21 of 67 in Florida by Black population
The gazetteer enters Manatee County, Florida, on its published figures: a total population of 399,710 in 2020, with 32,121 Black residents counted alone — 8.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 399,710 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 32,121 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 8.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 21 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 Manatee County: 28,230 Black residents in 2010, 32,121 in 2020 — grew by 13.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 8.7% to 8.0%.
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
Manatee 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 Manatee County's 32,121 of them give it rank 21 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 Manatee County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Manatee County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Manatee County page holds the frame around them — 399,710 people in all, 32,121 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.