Ranking of Florida Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Florida counties, in April 2020, among all Florida counties, Gadsden County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (53.47%), followed by Madison County (35.12%), and Hamilton County (31.97%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Florida counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Florida.

Ranking of Florida Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Gadsden
53.47%
Madison
35.12%
Hamilton
31.97%
Jefferson
31.85%
Leon
30.41%
Duval
29.36%
Broward
27.36%
Jackson
25.68%
Escambia
21.43%
St. Lucie
20.17%
Ranking of Florida Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Gadsden County 53.47
2 Madison County 35.12
3 Hamilton County 31.97
4 Jefferson County 31.85
5 Leon County 30.41
6 Duval County 29.36
7 Broward County 27.36
8 Jackson County 25.68
9 Escambia County 21.43
10 St. Lucie County 20.17
11 Union County 20.02
12 Orange County 19.37
13 Bradford County 19.36
14 Taylor County 19.31
15 Alachua County 18.73
16 Palm Beach County 17.59
17 Liberty County 17.02
18 Columbia County 16.63
19 Hillsborough County 16.27
20 Putnam County 15.61
21 Miami-Dade County 14.81
22 Polk County 14.56
23 Baker County 13.61
24 Washington County 12.97
25 Lafayette County 12.70
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