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Oakland Park, Florida

11,426 Black residents · 25.8% of the place

In the published counts, Oakland Park, Florida, holds 11,426 Black residents among 44,229 people in all — a Black share of 25.8%, 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, 202044,229
Black residents (alone), 202011,426
Black share of the place, 202025.8%
Rank by Black population among Florida places52 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 Oakland Park: 10,608 Black residents in 2010, 11,426 in 2020 — grew by 7.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 25.6% to 25.8%.

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

The gazetteer enters Oakland Park among Florida's 955 counted places, at rank 52 by Black population on a count of 11,426. The figures for Oakland Park are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.

Institutions

The institutions of Oakland Park — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 44,229 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Oakland Park: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.