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Ocoee, Florida
11,142 Black residents · 23.6% of the place
Ocoee is a city in Florida, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 47,295 residents in all, 11,142 of them Black alone — 23.6% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 47,295 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,142 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 23.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida places | 53 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Ocoee grew — 6,238 in 2010 and 11,142 in 2020, a change of +78.6%. The Black share of Ocoee moved from 17.5% to 23.6% over the same span.
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, Ocoee ranks 53 by Black population, with 11,142 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Ocoee within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Ocoee is a place of 47,295 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 Ocoee itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.