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Brandon, Florida

20,300 Black residents · 17.7% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 114,626 people in Brandon, Florida, and 20,300 of them — 17.7% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Brandon 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, 2020114,626
Black residents (alone), 202020,300
Black share of the place, 202017.7%
Rank by Black population among Florida places33 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 Brandon: 16,648 Black residents in 2010 and 20,300 in 2020. The population grew by 21.9%, and the Black share in Brandon moved from 16.1% to 17.7%.

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, Brandon ranks 33 by Black population, with 20,300 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Brandon within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

The institutions of Brandon — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 114,626 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Brandon: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.