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Bradenton, Florida
8,051 Black residents · 14.5% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 55,698 people in Bradenton, Florida, and 8,051 of them — 14.5% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Bradenton is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 55,698 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,051 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 14.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida places | 75 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 Bradenton: 7,888 Black residents in 2010 and 8,051 in 2020. The population grew by 2.1%, and the Black share in Bradenton moved from 15.9% to 14.5%.
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
The gazetteer enters Bradenton among Florida's 955 counted places, at rank 75 by Black population on a count of 8,051. The figures for Bradenton are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Bradenton is a place of 55,698 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 Bradenton itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.