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Santa Rosa County, Florida
11,035 Black residents · 5.9% of the county · ranked 33 of 67 in Florida by Black population
In Santa Rosa County, Florida, the 2020 Census counted 188,000 people, 11,035 of them Black alone. At 5.9%, Santa Rosa County's Black share stands against the state's 15.1% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 188,000 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,035 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 5.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Florida counties | 33 of 67 |
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
In 2010 Santa Rosa County counted 8,205 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 11,035. The population grew by 34.5% across the decade, and the Black share in Santa Rosa County moved from 5.4% to 5.9%.
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
Santa Rosa County is one of 67 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Florida. Together they hold the state's 3.2 million Black residents, and Santa Rosa County's 11,035 of them give it rank 33 of 67 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Santa Rosa County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Santa Rosa County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Santa Rosa County page holds the frame around them — 188,000 people in all, 11,035 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.