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Miami-Dade County, Florida
400,002 Black residents · 14.8% of the county · ranked 2 of 67 in Florida by Black population
The gazetteer enters Miami-Dade County, Florida, on its published figures: a total population of 2.7 million in 2020, with 400,002 Black residents counted alone — 14.8% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 2,701,767 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 400,002 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 14.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 2 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 Miami-Dade County: 472,976 Black residents in 2010, 400,002 in 2020 — declined by 15.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 18.9% to 14.8%.
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
Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County's 400,002 of them give it rank 2 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 Miami-Dade County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Miami-Dade County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Miami-Dade County page holds the frame around them — 2.7 million people in all, 400,002 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.