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Orange County, Florida
277,027 Black residents · 19.4% of the county · ranked 4 of 67 in Florida by Black population
The gazetteer enters Orange County, Florida, on its published figures: a total population of 1.4 million in 2020, with 277,027 Black residents counted alone — 19.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 1,429,908 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 277,027 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 19.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 4 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 Orange County: 238,241 Black residents in 2010, 277,027 in 2020 — grew by 16.3% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 20.8% to 19.4%.
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
Within Florida, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Orange County among them; it stands 4 by Black population, with 277,027 Black residents of the state's 3.2 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Orange County, Florida, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Orange County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Orange County page holds the frame around them — 1.4 million people in all, 277,027 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.