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Belle Glade, Florida
9,519 Black residents · 57.0% of the place
In the published counts, Belle Glade, Florida, holds 9,519 Black residents among 16,698 people in all — a Black share of 57.0%, against the statewide 15.1%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 16,698 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,519 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 57.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida places | 61 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 published record across two censuses for Belle Glade: 9,831 Black residents in 2010, 9,519 in 2020 — declined by 3.2% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 56.3% to 57.0%.
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
Belle Glade stands in the gazetteer as one of the 955 places the Census Bureau counts in Florida. Belle Glade's Black population of 9,519 ranks 61 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Belle Glade as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Belle Glade is a place of 16,698 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Belle Glade itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.