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Brownsville, Florida
8,757 Black residents · 52.8% of the place
Brownsville is a census-designated place in Florida, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 16,583 residents in all, 8,757 of them Black alone — 52.8% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 16,583 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,757 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 52.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida places | 67 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Brownsville declined — 11,445 in 2010 and 8,757 in 2020, a change of -23.5%. The Black share of Brownsville moved from 74.7% to 52.8% over the same span.
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, Brownsville ranks 67 by Black population, with 8,757 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Brownsville within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Brownsville is a place of 16,583 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 Brownsville itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.