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Osceola County, Florida
40,775 Black residents · 10.5% of the county · ranked 18 of 67 in Florida by Black population
The gazetteer enters Osceola County, Florida, on its published figures: a total population of 388,656 in 2020, with 40,775 Black residents counted alone — 10.5% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 388,656 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 40,775 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 18 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 Osceola County: 30,369 Black residents in 2010, 40,775 in 2020 — grew by 34.3% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 11.3% to 10.5%.
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
Osceola 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 Osceola County's 40,775 of them give it rank 18 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 Osceola County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Osceola County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Osceola County page holds the frame around them — 388,656 people in all, 40,775 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.