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Marion County, Florida

44,411 Black residents · 11.8% of the county · ranked 17 of 67 in Florida by Black population

In Marion County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 375,908 people, 44,411 of them Black alone. At 11.8%, Marion County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.

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

Measure	Figure
Total population, 2020	375,908
Black residents (alone), 2020	44,411
Black share of the county, 2020	11.8%
Rank by Black population among Florida counties	17 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 Marion County counted 40,828 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 44,411. The population grew by 8.8% across the decade, and the Black share in Marion County moved from 12.3% to 11.8%.

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; Marion County holds 44,411 of it, rank 17 in the state's order. The county page for Marion County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Marion 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 Marion County page is their frame: 375,908 residents, 44,411 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.