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Florissant, Missouri
23,529 Black residents · 44.8% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 52,533 people in Florissant, Missouri, and 23,529 of them — 44.8% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Florissant is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 52,533 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 23,529 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 44.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Missouri places | 3 of 1082 |
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 Florissant: 13,957 Black residents in 2010 and 23,529 in 2020. The population grew by 68.6%, and the Black share in Florissant moved from 26.8% to 44.8%.
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 1082 places the Census Bureau counts in Missouri, Florissant ranks 3 by Black population, with 23,529 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Florissant within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Florissant is a place of 52,533 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 Florissant itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.