DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – The Hispanic community in Duval County has grown significantly over the last four years, according to the Vintage 2024 Population Estimates released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau.
From July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2024, the Hispanic community in Duval County grew by 25.92%, increasing from 113,524 to 142,951 people.
According to the data, as of 2024, the Hispanic community made up 13.5% of the overall population in Duval County.
The chart below shows the Duval County population estimates by race and Hispanic origin from 2020 to 2024
Note: Hispanic origin may be of any race(s). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Office of Management and Budget requires federal agencies to use a minimum of two ethnicities in collecting and reporting data: Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino. The OMB defines “Hispanic or Latino” as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
According to the U.S. Census data estimates, the Hispanic community in Duval County experienced the most significant growth from 2022 to 2023, with a population increase of 7.42%. From 2023 to 2024, the Hispanic population grew by 6.67%.
In recent years, the City of Jacksonville has been making efforts to adapt to that fast growth.
For example, last year, Mayor Donna Deegan appointed Yanira “Yaya” Cardona to serve as the first Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, a role that allows her to be the much-needed link between the Hispanic community and organizations, resources and officials.
News4JAX reached out to Cardona to ask what the City of Jacksonville is doing to keep pace with the growth of the Hispanic community.
Cardona said the City has been hosting monthly Hispanic forums to connect entrepreneurs to city contracts, grants and Jacksonville Small and Emerging Business certification programs to provide important information for their families and businesses. In addition, the City has hosted rental rights workshops to empower families with the knowledge to protect themselves.
Other programs like Healthlink Jax are providing “dignity and peace” for uninsured Hispanic residents by connecting them to telehealth care, Cardona said.
More Hispanic families, professionals, and entrepreneurs are choosing Jacksonville because they see the opportunity we offer with a lower cost of living, growing job opportunities, and room to dream bigger. We also have dual language schools that many counties do not offer in Florida. Support for our fast-growing Hispanic community is a key priority for Mayor Deegan, and it’s part of our mission to build a Jacksonville that works for everyone.
Yanira “Yaya” Cardona, Hispanic Outreach Coordinator for the City of Jacksonville
The overall population in Duval County also experienced growth from July 2020 to July 2024.
According to the data, the overall population in Duval County grew by 5.7% in that timeframe.
The chart below shows the overall Duval County population estimates from 2020 to 2024
Back in May, the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2023-2024 population estimates, which showed that Jacksonville was one of two cities that crossed the 1 million population threshold last year, with a total population of 1,009,833.
Jacksonville was also ranked as the 10th most populous city in the country.
The chart below shows the Duval County population estimates by age group from 2020 to 2024
The Hispanic community’s booming growth is not stopping anytime soon, projections show.
According to a 2024 University of Florida report, the Hispanic community in Duval County is expected to double from 2025 to 2050.
The UF projections from the Bureau of Economic and Business Research show the Hispanic community is expected to represent 17.16% of the overall population in Duval County by 2050.
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