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Deerfield Beach, Florida

21,642 Black residents · 24.9% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 86,859 people in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and 21,642 of them — 24.9% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Deerfield Beach 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, 202086,859
Black residents (alone), 202021,642
Black share of the place, 202024.9%
Rank by Black population among Florida places31 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 Deerfield Beach: 19,223 Black residents in 2010 and 21,642 in 2020. The population grew by 12.6%, and the Black share in Deerfield Beach moved from 25.6% to 24.9%.

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, Deerfield Beach ranks 31 by Black population, with 21,642 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Deerfield Beach within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

The institutions of Deerfield Beach — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 86,859 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Deerfield Beach: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.