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According to the 2020 census, the racial distributions are as follows; 51.5% Non-Hispanic White, 26.6% of the population are Hispanics or Latino (of any race), 14.5% African American, 4% Native American, and 2.3% Asian, Oriental and other. Map of counties in Florida by racial plurality, per the 2020 US Census
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 16.6% of the population of Florida. [4] The African-American presence in the peninsula extends as far back as the early 18th century, when African-American slaves escaped from slavery in Georgia into the swamps of the peninsula. Black slaves were brought to Florida by Spanish conquistadors. [5] [6]
The compromise counted three-fifths of each state's slave population toward that state's total population for the purpose of apportioning the U.S. House of Representatives. Even though slaves were denied voting rights, this gave Southern states more U.S. representatives and more presidential electoral votes than if slaves had not been counted.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the population of Florida was 21,477,737 on July 1, 2019, a 14.24% increase since the 2010 United States census. [154] The population of Florida in the 2010 census was 18,801,310. [155] Florida was the seventh fastest-growing state in the U.S. in the 12-month period ending July 1, 2012. [156] In 2010, the ...
This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, the 5 populated U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by race/ethnicity. It includes a sortable table of population by race /ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
The sisters were among the more than 40 participants who traveled on Dunn’s tour that stopped at some of Florida’s most horrific sites of racial violence. “This trip has brought the history ...
Through words and deed, Florida’s governor is using a tried, true and divisive tool to instill in white Americans a fear of this country’s demographic changes and their loosening grip on power ...
The 84-year-old’s expression changed as she remembered details passed down by her mother about one of Florida’s darkest moments from 100 years ago. ... was decimated by racial violence ...