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Kissimmee, Florida

8,415 Black residents · 10.6% of the place

In the published counts, Kissimmee, Florida, holds 8,415 Black residents among 79,226 people in all — a Black share of 10.6%, against the statewide 15.1%.

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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, 202079,226
Black residents (alone), 20208,415
Black share of the place, 202010.6%
Rank by Black population among Florida places72 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 published record across two censuses for Kissimmee: 7,386 Black residents in 2010, 8,415 in 2020 — grew by 13.9% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 12.4% to 10.6%.

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

Kissimmee stands in the gazetteer as one of the 955 places the Census Bureau counts in Florida. Kissimmee's Black population of 8,415 ranks 72 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Kissimmee as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.

Institutions

In Kissimmee, a place of 79,226, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Kissimmee itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.