US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project, Florida

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US Black Heritage Project; USBH 1880 Project

Goal: To create a profile for every Black American enumerated on the 1880 US federal census in Florida.

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Total Population of Florida in 1880: 269,493

Total Black Population of Florida in 1880: 126,690

Counties in 1880	Total Pop.	Black Pop.	Spreadsheet	Status/Checked
Alachua	16,462	10,016	Florida #4
Baker	2,303	643	Florida #6
Bradford	6,112	1,290	Florida #1
Brevard	1,478	84	Florida #4	Complete!/Checked
Calhoun	1,580	396	Florida #4
Clay	2,838	573	Florida #6
Columbia	9,589	4,769	Florida #8
Dade	257	67[1]	Florida #1	Complete!/Checked
Duval	19,431	10,850	Florida #5
Escambia	12,156	5,302	Florida #8
Franklin	1,791	592	Florida #6
Gadsden	12,169	8,055	Florida #8
Hamilton	6,790	2,318	Florida #7
Hernando	4,248	929	Florida #6
Hillsborough	5,814	915	Florida #4
Holmes	2,170	106	Florida #4	Done
Jackson	14,372	8,735	Florida #3
Jefferson	16,065	12,668	Florida #10
Lafayette	2,441	173	Florida #4	Done
Leon	19,662	16,840	Florida #2
Levy	5,767	2,035	Florida #7
Liberty	1,362	548	Florida #1	Complete!/Checked
Madison	14,798	9,184	Florida #9
Manatee	3,544	135	Florida #4	Done
Marion	13,046	8,305	Florida #3
Monroe	10,940	3,197	Florida #1	Done/
Nassau	6,635	3,547	Florida #7
New River	...	...	...
Orange	6,618	1,023	Florida #6
Polk	630	122	Florida #4	Complete!/Checked
Putnam	6,261	2,416	Florida #7
Saint John's	4,535	1,363	Florida #3
Saint Lucie	...	...	...
Santa Rosa	6,645	1,872	Florida #7
Sumter	4,686	1,185	Florida #1
Suwannee	7,161	3,140	Florida #7
Taylor	2,279	165	Florida #4
Volusia	3,294	538	Florida #6
Wakulla	2,723	1,160	Florida #6
Walton	881	516	Florida #6
Washington	4,089	918	Florida #6

Thank you to our spreadsheet creation helpers for Florida

• Donna Baumann
• Katie Bryant

Sources

1. ↑ Only 4 were actually Black. The rest were "Indian".

• "1880 Census: Volume 1. Statistics of the Population of the United States;" Table V: Population, by Race and by Counties: 1880, 1870, 1860; page 384-385, Florida; image copy, United States Census Bureau, https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-13.pdf : accessed 30 Dec 2023.