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
Madison
Hamilton
Jefferson
Leon
Duval
Broward
Jackson
Escambia
St. Lucie
Ranking of Florida Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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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
26 Wakulla County 12.59
27 DeSoto County 12.57
28 Calhoun County 12.32
29 Clay County 12.20
30 Glades County 12.11
31 Gulf County 12.00
32 Marion County 11.81
33 Suwannee County 11.52
34 Franklin County 11.42
35 Seminole County 11.36
36 Hendry County 11.00
37 Osceola County 10.49
38 Volusia County 10.44
39 Lake County 10.30
40 Bay County 10.19
41 Pinellas County 9.82
42 Highlands County 9.77
43 Brevard County 9.68
44 Flagler County 9.48
45 Dixie County 9.37
46 Okaloosa County 9.29
47 Hardee County 8.60
48 Levy County 8.60
49 Okeechobee County 8.59
50 Indian River County 8.37
51 Manatee County 8.04
52 Lee County 7.74
53 Sumter County 6.62
54 Holmes County 6.29
55 Collier County 6.21
56 Pasco County 6.05
57 Santa Rosa County 5.87
58 Monroe County 5.80
59 Nassau County 5.57
60 Hernando County 5.28
61 Charlotte County 4.96
62 St. Johns County 4.89
63 Martin County 4.79
64 Gilchrist County 4.48
65 Walton County 4.43
66 Sarasota County 3.87
67 Citrus County 2.68