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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
50,509 Black residents · 27.6% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 182,760 people in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and 50,509 of them — 27.6% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Fort Lauderdale is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 182,760 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 50,509 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 27.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida places | 10 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 Fort Lauderdale: 51,240 Black residents in 2010 and 50,509 in 2020. The population declined by 1.4%, and the Black share in Fort Lauderdale moved from 31.0% to 27.6%.
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
Fort Lauderdale stands in the gazetteer as one of the 955 places the Census Bureau counts in Florida. Fort Lauderdale's Black population of 50,509 ranks 10 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Fort Lauderdale as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
The institutions of Fort Lauderdale — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 182,760 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Fort Lauderdale: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.