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West Pensacola, Florida
8,489 Black residents · 40.4% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 21,019 people in West Pensacola, Florida, and 8,489 of them — 40.4% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for West Pensacola is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 21,019 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,489 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 40.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida places | 70 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 West Pensacola: 9,007 Black residents in 2010 and 8,489 in 2020. The population declined by 5.8%, and the Black share in West Pensacola moved from 42.2% to 40.4%.
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, West Pensacola ranks 70 by Black population, with 8,489 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for West Pensacola within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
West Pensacola is a place of 21,019 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 West Pensacola itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.