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Cape Coral, Florida
8,281 Black residents · 4.3% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 194,016 people in Cape Coral, Florida, and 8,281 of them — 4.3% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Cape Coral is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 194,016 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,281 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 4.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida places | 73 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 Cape Coral: 6,594 Black residents in 2010 and 8,281 in 2020. The population grew by 25.6%, and the Black share in Cape Coral moved from 4.3% to 4.3%.
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
Cape Coral stands in the gazetteer as one of the 955 places the Census Bureau counts in Florida. Cape Coral's Black population of 8,281 ranks 73 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Cape Coral as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
The institutions of Cape Coral — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 194,016 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Cape Coral: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.