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Apopka, Florida

14,144 Black residents · 25.8% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 54,873 people in Apopka, Florida, and 14,144 of them — 25.8% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Apopka is built on.

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Black share of state population — Florida highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202054,873
Black residents (alone), 202014,144
Black share of the place, 202025.8%
Rank by Black population among Florida places44 of 955

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 two-census record for Apopka: 8,586 Black residents in 2010 and 14,144 in 2020. The population grew by 64.7%, and the Black share in Apopka moved from 20.7% to 25.8%.

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

Of the 955 places the Census Bureau counts in Florida, Apopka ranks 44 by Black population, with 14,144 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Apopka within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

The institutions of Apopka — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 54,873 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Apopka: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.