Editing Jacksonville, Florida (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|History of African Americans in Jacksonville}}
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! style="background:tan; text-align:center" colspan="4"|<span style="color:black">2000-2010 city compared to county & state</span>&nbsp;
|-style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
!colspan=4|2000-2010 city, county, and state comparison
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|'''[[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]]'''||'''Jacksonville'''||'''Duval County'''||'''Florida'''
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|Total population||821,784||864,263||18,801,310
|-
|Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010||+11.7%||+11.0%||+17.6%
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|Population density||1,100.1/sq&nbsp;mi||1,133.9/sq&nbsp;mi||350.6/sq&nbsp;mi
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! Demographic profile !! 2020<ref name="census"/> !! 2010<ref name="census"/>!! 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau }}</ref>!! 1990<ref name="census1"/> !! 1970<ref name="census1"/>
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| [[White American|White (non-Hispanic)]] || 47.8% || 55.1% || 62.2% || 70.3% || 75.8%
|-
| [[African American|Black or African American]] || 30.0% || 30.1% || 29.0% || 25.2% || 22.3%
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] || 11.6% || 7.7% || 4.2% || 2.6% || 1.3%{{efn|From 15% sample}}
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 5.0% || 4.2% || 2.8% || 1.9% || 0.4%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races (multiracial)]] || 4.6% || 2.9% || 2.0% || N/A || N/A
|}

{{US Census population
| 1850 = 1045
| 1860 = 2118
| 1870 = 6912
| 1880 = 7650
| 1890 = 17201
| 1900 = 28429
| 1910 = 57699
| 1920 = 91558
| 1930 = 129549
| 1940 = 173065
| 1950 = 204275
| 1960 = 201030
| 1970 = 528865
| 1980 = 540920
| 1990 = 635230
| 2000 = 735503
| 2010 = 821784
| 2020 = 949611
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 1009833
| estref = <ref name="CBQF2024a">{{cite web | title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Jacksonville city, Florida | website=Census Bureau QuickFacts | date=2024-07-01|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/jacksonvillecityflorida/LFE041223 | access-date=2025-05-15}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref><br />2010–2020<ref name="QuickFacts"/>
}}

Although incorporated in 1832, Jacksonville did not appear in the U.S. Census for the first time until 1850, when it recorded a population of only 1,045.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1850 Census of Population: Florida|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1850/1850a/1850a-32.pdf|access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref>

===2010 and 2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Jacksonville, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the U.S. Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop. 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Jacksonville city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1235000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop. 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Jacksonville city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1235000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop. 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Jacksonville city, California |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1235000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|457,478
|452,525
|style='background: #ffffe6; |453,795
|62.19%
|55.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.79%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|211,252
|247,516
|style='background: #ffffe6; |284,328
|28.72%
|30.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29.94%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|30,594
|63,485
|style='background: #ffffe6; |110,081
|4.16%
|7.73%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.59%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|20,165
|34,731
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47,821
|2.74%
|4.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.04%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races/Multiracial]] (NH)
|12,092
|18,223
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43,822
|1.64%
|2.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.61%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|1,358
|1,949
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,623
|0.18%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|2,264
|2,687
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,203
|0.31%
|0.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|414
|668
|style='background: #ffffe6; |938
|0.06%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''735,617'''
|'''821,784'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''949,611'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|-
|}

In the [[2020 United States census]], there were 949,611 people, 348,809 households, and 213,174 families living in Jacksonville.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES – 2020: Jacksonville city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Jacksonville+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2020.S1101|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>

In the [[2010 United States census]], there were 821,784 people, 311,064 households, and 197,888 families living in Jacksonville.<ref>{{Cite web|title=S1101 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES – 2010: Jacksonville city, Florida|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Jacksonville+city;+Florida+&tid=ACSST5Y2010.S1101|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Ethnic Origins in Jacksonville, FL.png|thumb|The ethnic origins of people in Jacksonville]]

In 2020, Jacksonville was the most populous city in Florida and the [[List of United States cities by population|eleventh most populous city in the United States]].
[[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Jacksonville (5559898547).png|thumb|A racial distribution map of Jacksonville, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ff0000|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#0000ff|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#00ffaa|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffa600|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffff07|Other}}]]

In 2010, those of Hispanic or Latino ancestry accounted for 7.7% of Jacksonville's population. Of these, 2.6% identified as [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]], 1.7% as [[Mexican people|Mexican]], and 0.9% as [[Cuban people|Cuban]].<ref name=HiLaJax>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Jacksonville, Florida Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 – 2010 Census Summary File 1 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 20, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2010, those of African ancestry accounted for 30.7% of Jacksonville's population, which includes African Americans. Out of the 30.7%, 1.8% identified as [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]n, 1.4% as [[West Indian]] or [[Afro-Caribbean American]] (0.5% [[Haitian people|Haitian]], 0.4% [[Jamaican people|Jamaican]], 0.1% [[Afro-Caribbean|Other or Unspecified West Indian]], 0.1% [[Bahamian people|Bahamian]], 0.1% [[Barbadian people|Barbadian]]), and 0.6% as [[Black Hispanic]]s.<ref name=HiLaJax/><ref name=JAXpop>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Jacksonville, Florida Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 – 2010 Demographic Profile Data |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 20, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=JAXdemo>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Jacksonville, Florida: Selected Social Characteristics in the United States – 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 20, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2010, those of non-Hispanic white European ancestry accounted for 55.1% of Jacksonville's population. Of these, 10.4% identified as ethnic [[German people|German]], 10.2% as [[Irish people|Irish]], 8.8% as [[English people|English]], 3.9% as [[Italian people|Italian]], 2.2% as [[French people|French]], 2.0% as [[Scottish people|Scottish]], 2.0% as [[Scotch-Irish American|Scotch-Irish]], 1.7% [[Polish people|Polish]], 1.1% [[Dutch people|Dutch]], 0.6% [[Russian people|Russian]], 0.5% [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]], 0.5% [[Swedish people|Swedish]], 0.5% [[Welsh people|Welsh]], and 0.5% as [[French Canadian people|French Canadian]].<ref name=JAXdemo/>

In 2010, those of Asian ancestry accounted for 4.3% of Jacksonville's population. Out of the 4.3%, 1.8% were [[Filipino people|Filipino]], 0.9% were [[Indian people|Indian]], 0.6% [[Asian people|Other Asian]], 0.5% [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]], 0.3% [[Chinese people|Chinese]], 0.2% [[Korean People|Korean]], and 0.1% were [[Japanese people|Japanese]].<ref name=JAXdemo/>

In 2010, 6.7% of the population identified as of American ancestry, regardless of race or ethnicity.<ref name=JAXpop/><ref name=JAXdemo/> In 2010, 0.9% were of [[Arab people|Arab]] ancestry.<ref name=JAXdemo/>

{{As of|2010}}, there were 311,064 households, out of which 11.8% were vacant. 23.9% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were married couples, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.21. 23.9% of the population were aged under 18, 10.5% were aged from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.<ref name=JAXdemo/><ref name=JAXage>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Jacksonville, Florida: Age Groups and Sex: 2010 – 2010 Census Summary File 1 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 20, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2010, the median income for a household in the county was $48,829, and the median income for a family was $59,272. Males had a median income of $42,485 versus $34,209 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,227. About 10.5% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.4% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those aged 65 or over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Jacksonville, Florida: SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 20, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2010, 9.2% of the county's population was [[foreign born]], with 49.6% being [[Naturalized citizen of the United States|naturalized American citizens]]. Of foreign born residents, 38.0% were born in Latin America, 35.7% born in Asia, 17.9% were born in Europe, 5.9% born in Africa, 1.9% in North America, and 0.5% were born in Oceania.<ref name=JAXdemo/>

In 2010, 87.1% of Jacksonville's population age five and over spoke only English at home. 5.8% of the population spoke Spanish at home. About 3.3% spoke other [[Indo-European languages]] at home. About 2.9% spoke [[Languages of Asia|Asian language]]s or [[Languages of Oceania|Pacific Islander languages]]/[[Oceanic languages]] at home. The remaining 0.9% of the population spoke [[Language|other languages]] at home. In total, 12.9% spoke another language other than English.<ref name=JAXdemo/>

===2000 census===

In 2000, speakers of [[English language|English]] as a [[first language]] accounted for 90.60% of all residents. Those who spoke [[Spanish language|Spanish]] made up 4.13%, [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] 1.00%, [[French language|French]] 0.47%, [[Arabic language|Arabic]] 0.44%, [[German language|German]] 0.43%, [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] 0.31%, [[Russian language|Russian]] 0.21% and [[Italian language|Italian]] 0.17% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&SRVY_YEAR=2000&geo=&state_id=12&county_id=&mode=&lang_id=&zip=&place_id=35000&cty_id=&region_id=&division_id=&ll=&a=&ea=&order=r&pc=1 |title=MLA Data Center Results of Jacksonville, Florida |publisher=[[Modern Language Association]] |access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref>

===Ethnicities===

Jacksonville has the largest [[Albanian American]] community in Florida, with 3,812 Albanians who lived within it, or 24.93% of all Albanian Americans in Florida. Nationally the city has the 3rd most Albanian Americans, behind [[Philadelphia]] and [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://zipatlas.com/us/fl/city-comparison/largest-albanian-community.htm#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20Total%20Albanian,Population%20in%20Florida%20is%2015%2C290.|title=Cities with the Largest Albanian Community in Florida|accessdate=October 6, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zipatlas.com/us/city-comparison/largest-albanian-community.htm|title=Cities with the Largest Albanian Community in the United States|access-date=January 4, 2024}}</ref>

As of 2010, Jacksonville had Florida's largest [[Filipino American]] community, with 25,033 in the metropolitan area in the 2010 Census. Much of Jacksonville's Filipino community served in or has ties to the [[United States Navy]].<ref name="JAX2009">{{cite news |title=Festival highlights Jacksonville's Filipino culture |first=Deirdre |last=Conner |url=http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-06-18/story/festival_highlights_jacksonvilles_filipino_culture |newspaper=[[Florida Times-Union]] |date=June 18, 2009 |access-date=March 5, 2014 |archive-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927161905/http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-06-18/story/festival_highlights_jacksonvilles_filipino_culture |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2000, Jacksonville had the country's tenth-largest [[Arab American]] population, with a population of 5,751 in the 2000 United States Census.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-23.pdf |title= The Arab Population: 2000 |date= December 2003 |work= Census 2000 Briefs |publisher= United States Census| access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Census reports on Arab-Americans for first time |author= Haya El Nasser|url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-20-arab-americans_x.htm|newspaper= [[USA Today]]|date= November 20, 2003 |access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref>

===Religion===
[[Image:StAndrewsEpiscopalJax.PNG|thumb|upright|[[St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Jacksonville)|St. Andrew's Episcopal Church]], built in 1887, is one of Jacksonville's oldest churches.]]

Jacksonville has a diverse religious population. The largest religious group is [[Protestant]]. According to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] (ARDA), in 2010 the Jacksonville metropolitan area had an estimated 365,267 [[Evangelical Protestant]]s, 76,100 [[Mainline Protestants]], and 56,769 [[Black Protestant]]s, though figures for the latter were incomplete. There were around 1,200 Protestant congregations in various denominations.<ref name=ARDA>{{cite web |url= http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/m/27260/rcms2010_27260_metro_tradition_2010.asp |title= Jacksonville, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area |author= <!--Staff writer; no by-line.--> |date= 2010 |website= www.thearda.com |publisher= Association of Religion Data Archives |access-date= April 15, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140704121931/http://www.thearda.com/rcms2010/r/m/27260/rcms2010_27260_metro_tradition_2010.asp |archive-date= July 4, 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Notable Protestant churches include [[Bethel Baptist Institutional Church]] and [[First Baptist Church of Jacksonville|First Baptist Church]], whose congregations separated after the Civil War and which are the city's oldest Baptist churches. Each has become very large. The [[Episcopal Diocese of Florida]] has its [[Episcopal see|see]] at [[St. John's Cathedral (Jacksonville)|St. John's Cathedral]]; the current building was completed in 1906.

Jacksonville is part of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Diocese of St. Augustine]], which covers seventeen counties in North Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dosafl.com/communications-office/church-stats |title=Church Stats |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |website=www.dosafl.com |publisher=Diocese of St. Augustine |access-date=April 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416192341/http://www.dosafl.com/communications-office/church-stats |archive-date=April 16, 2014 }}</ref> ARDA estimated 133,155 Catholics attending 25 parishes in the Jacksonville metropolitan area in 2010.<ref name=ARDA/> The [[Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Jacksonville)|Basilica of the Immaculate Conception]] in Jacksonville, defined as a [[minor basilica]] in 2013, was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1992.<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Duval/state.html Duval County listings] at National Register of Historic Places</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= August 15, 2013 |title= Jacksonville's Immaculate Conception named a Minor Basilica |url= http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-08-15/story/jacksonvilles-immaculate-conception-named-minor-basilica |newspaper= The Florida Times-Union |access-date= December 5, 2013 }}</ref>

There are also two [[Eastern Catholic]] parishes, one of the [[Syriac Catholic Church]] and one of the [[Maronite Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dosafl.com/parish-life/eastern-rite-churches |title=Eastern Rite Churches |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |website=www.dosafl.com |publisher=Diocese of St. Augustine |access-date=April 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175728/http://www.dosafl.com/parish-life/eastern-rite-churches |archive-date=April 16, 2014 }}</ref> In 2010 there were 2,520 [[Eastern Orthodox]] Christians, representing four churches in the Eastern Orthodox communion, as well as congregations of [[Syriac Orthodox]], [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic]], [[Ethiopian Orthodox]], and [[Coptic Orthodox]] Christians.<ref name=ARDA/>

ARDA estimated 14,886 members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) and 511 [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian Universalists]] in 2010.<ref name=ARDA/> There were an estimated 8,581 [[Muslims]] attending seven mosques, the largest being the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida.<ref name=ARDA/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://icnef.org/ |title=Islamic Center of Northeast Florida, Inc.|access-date=July 19, 2007 }}</ref> The Jewish community, which numbered 6,028 in 2010,<ref name=ARDA/> is largely centered in the neighborhood of [[Mandarin (Jacksonville)|Mandarin]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gerber |first=Ron |url=http://www.walk2shul.com/lif_articles/jacksonville-fl-jewish-community.php |title=Living the Jewish Life in Jacksonville, Florida |publisher=Walk2shul.com |access-date=February 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228123245/http://www.walk2shul.com/lif_articles/jacksonville-fl-jewish-community.php |archive-date=December 28, 2011 }}</ref> There are five [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]], two [[Reform Judaism|Reform]], two [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]], and one [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] synagogues. The [[Rohr Jewish Learning Institute]] teaches courses for the community.<ref name=ARDA/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shorelines|title=Religion Notes|url=http://jacksonville.com/community/shorelines/2015-10-28/story/religion-notes|agency=Jacksonville.com|newspaper=Florida Times-Union|date=October 28, 2015}}</ref>

ARDA estimated 4,595 [[Hinduism|Hindus]], 3,530 [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] and 650 [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]] in the Jacksonville area in 2010.<ref name=ARDA/>