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Palm Beach County, Florida
262,422 Black residents · 17.6% of the county · ranked 5 of 67 in Florida by Black population
In Palm Beach County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 1.5 million people, 262,422 of them Black alone. At 17.6%, Palm Beach County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 1,492,191 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 262,422 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 17.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 5 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 Palm Beach County counted 228,690 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 262,422. The population grew by 14.8% across the decade, and the Black share in Palm Beach County moved from 17.3% to 17.6%.
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, Palm Beach County among them; it stands 5 by Black population, with 262,422 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 Palm Beach County, Florida, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Palm Beach County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Palm Beach County page holds the frame around them — 1.5 million people in all, 262,422 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.