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Pinellas County, Florida
94,154 Black residents · 9.8% of the county · ranked 8 of 67 in Florida by Black population
In Pinellas County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 959,107 people, 94,154 of them Black alone. At 9.8%, Pinellas 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 | 959,107 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 94,154 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 9.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 8 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 Pinellas County counted 94,745 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 94,154. The population declined by 0.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Pinellas County moved from 10.3% to 9.8%.
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
Within Florida, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Pinellas County among them; it stands 8 by Black population, with 94,154 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 Pinellas County, Florida, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Pinellas 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 Pinellas County page is their frame: 959,107 residents, 94,154 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.