State

Florida

Florida has a quality-of-life score of 42 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #30 of 51 US states. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), math scores (high) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), rent-burdened households (high) and rent as share of income (high).

42Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #30 of 51 states
Population: 23,462,518 (2025)
Land area: 53,658 mi²
Density: 437.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 12

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety64#19/51
Economy44#29/51
Housing14#44/51
Health62#20/51
Healthcare22#40/51
Environment60#20/49
Education54#24/51
Infrastructure44#29/51
Community28#37/51
Leisure & amenities68#17/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Florida ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Comfortable days · high32.4%
98/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Math scores · high3.28
98/100United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · high27.6 /1k
96/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Depression · low18.0%
96/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · low0.2%
96/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · high7.0 /1k
92/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
0/100United States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · high60.1%
0/100United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high35.2%
0/100United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Hot days · high102 days
2/100United States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Natural hazard risk · high75.9
6/1002025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · high78%
6/100United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
21,591,325 (2020) → 23,462,518 (2025)
+8.7%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 78% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+76 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−90%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
34.2 /100k (2021) → 15.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.0% (2015-2019) → 91.6% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Adult obesityWorsening
26.3% (2019) → 34.5% (2023)
+8.2 pts4 yearsUS 32.1% → 38.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Florida improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 8. 5 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Weekly wage+30%$1,074 → $1,399
Bachelor's++4.3 points29.9% → 34.1%
Uninsured−2.7 points16.4% → 13.7%
Household income+31%$59,198 → $77,687
Child poverty−2.5 points18.2% → 15.7%

Declined8

Students / teacher+1.1×17.2× → 18.3×
Rent / income+1.9 points33.3% → 35.2%
Rent burden+3.8 points56.3% → 60.1%
Price / income+0.9×3.9× → 4.8×
Pharmacies−11%2.3 /10k → 2.0 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.4 /10k2020	5.9 /10k2025	+10%	Improved	26%
Average commute time	27.8 min2015-2019	28.0 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Little change	44%
Average weekly wage	$1,0742020	$1,3992025	+30%	Improved	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	83.0%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Improved	58%
Child poverty rate	18.2%2019	15.7%2024	−2.5 points	Improved	85%
Distance to an airport	21 mi2020	21 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	31.9 /100k2020	15.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−51%	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.78%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	54%
Firearm deaths	14.1 /100k2020	12.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Improved	60%
Grocery stores	1.7 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	36%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+2.8%	Within the margin of error	15%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Improved	66%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	15%
Homicide rate	7.1 /100k2020	4.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−42%	Improved	83%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,8572019	$70,5962024	+31%	Improved	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4862015-2019	0.4852020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$59,1982019	$77,6872024	+31%	Improved	93%
New business applications	23.0 /1k2020	27.6 /1k2025	+20%	Improved	26%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	25%
Poverty rate	12.7%2019	12.1%2024	−0.6 points	Improved	73%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−7.8%	Within the margin of error	9%
Public transit commuters	1.8%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Declined	44%
Rent as share of income	33.3%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Declined	3%
Rent-burdened households	56.3%2015-2019	60.1%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Declined	5%
Restaurants and bars	9.7 /10k2020	9.6 /10k2025	−0.3%	Within the margin of error	36%
Students per teacher	17.2×2019	18.3×2024	+1.1×	Declined	3%
Suicide rate	14.5 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.6%	Declined	34%
Traffic deaths	14.9 /100k2015-2019	15.3 /100k2020-2024	+2.8%	Declined	64%
Unemployment rate	8.0%2020	3.9%2025	−4.1 points	Improved	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.4%2019	13.7%2024	−2.7 points	Improved	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Florida itself moved +3 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

22,416,077 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+0.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

22,416,077 residents

Florida
United States share

White50%11,302,092
Black15%3,279,677
Hispanic or Latino27%6,146,161

Education

16,228,400 residents (±1,373)

Florida
United States share

No high school diploma10%1,631,195
High school or GED27%4,411,235
Some college19%3,002,626

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,752,810 households (±20,285)

Florida
United States share

Under $25k15%1,312,497
$25k–50k18%1,613,500
$50k–75k17%1,473,755
$75k–100k13%1,144,243
$100k–150k17%1,508,312
$150k–200k8.4%738,368
$200k or more11%962,135

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−5.8 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,752,810 households (±20,285)

Florida
United States share

Own68%5,918,647
Rent32%2,834,163

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.2 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,716,443 households (±16,958)

Florida
United States share

Under $7507.1%192,122
$750–1,0007.2%195,254
$1,000–1,50026%707,006

Home values

5,918,647 homes (±31,594)

Florida
United States share

Under $150k14%815,603
$150k–250k16%940,522
$250k–400k28%1,675,785
$400k–750k

Age of homes

10,256,470 homes (±942)

Florida
United States share

2010 or later14%1,457,907
2000–200918%1,851,658
1980–199934%3,455,005
1960–1979

Size of homes

10,256,470 homes (±942)

Florida
United States share

Studio2.3%240,155
1 bedroom10%1,030,399
2 bedrooms31%3,218,347
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

10,356,895 workers (±20,793)

Florida
United States share

Drive alone70%7,266,487
Carpool9.2%948,374
Public transit1.2%124,957
Walk1.4%142,169
Bike0.5%50,220
Work from home16%1,623,149
Other1.9%201,539

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

8,733,746 workers (±19,885)

Florida
United States share

Under 15 min20%1,768,022
15–29 min37%3,235,709
30–44 min25%2,146,923

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Florida employ 2,197,120 people. 1 pay a median above the US median and 9 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Florida by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Retail Salespersons333,460 jobs	333,460	$34,010US $35,410	−4%	1.34×
General and Operations Managers236,290 jobs	236,290	$101,580US $105,770	−4%	1.06×
Fast Food and Counter Workers235,400 jobs	235,400	$29,080US $31,200	−7%	0.96×
Registered Nurses229,940 jobs	229,940	$84,190US $97,550	−14%	1.07×
Customer Service Representatives228,000 jobs	228,000	$40,440US $44,770	−10%	1.38×
Waiters and Waitresses207,180 jobs	207,180	$36,150US $35,230	+3%	1.43×
Cashiers201,370 jobs	201,370	$30,530US $32,880	−7%	1.02×
Office Clerks, General189,700 jobs	189,700	$44,450US $45,010	−1%	1.21×
Stockers and Order Fillers171,380 jobs	171,380	$36,400US $37,330	−2%	0.95×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand164,400 jobs	164,400	$38,160US $40,240	−5%	0.87×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Florida.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Florida has 645,575 employer establishments, 282 for every 10,000 residents (1.13× the US rate of 248), with 9,988,508 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,013. The Census Bureau also counts 3,427,341 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 645,575; 3,427,341 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 282; US 248
Paid employees: 9,988,508
Average annual pay: $60,013; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Florida by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	58,577	25.5	1.23×About typical	587,301	$72,027	208,745
Specialty trade contractors	46,220	20.2	1.30×More than typical	386,498	$57,626	211,238
Lessors of real estate	43,189	18.8	1.53×More than typical	164,840	$60,313	346,604
Restaurants and other eating places	39,216	17.1	0.93×About typical	798,469	$25,217	21,771
Management, scientific and technical consulting	25,862	11.3	1.68×More than typical	123,346	$82,674	112,043
Services to buildings and dwellings	23,544	10.3	1.52×More than typical	178,152	$36,580	270,987
Offices of physicians	21,322	9.3	1.44×More than typical	238,618	$97,610	24,404
Real estate agents and brokers	21,144	9.2	1.89×More than typical	44,695	$72,917	103,086
Legal services	19,257	8.4	1.56×More than typical	106,351	$113,563	24,106
Construction of buildings	19,051	8.3	1.10×About typical	111,597	$82,287	122,805
Full-service restaurants	18,200	7.9	1.03×About typical	444,025	$29,144	10,241
Offices of other health practitioners	17,246	7.5	1.24×About typical	81,582	$47,370	70,719

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,929,248 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $26.8B on contracts performed in Florida: $1,143 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $26.8B; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,143; US $1,994
Sole-source: 31%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.4%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$5.8B22%
Department of the Air Force$4.8B18%
Department of the Army$4B15%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.8B11%
Federal Acquisition Service$1.7B6.2%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.5B5.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.5B5.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$591.5M2.2%

Top recipients

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.6B9.8%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.3B8.5%
THALLE CONSTRUCTION CO INC$1.9B7.1%
LOYAL SOURCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$1.8B6.9%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$976.8M3.6%

Spending by fiscal year

19.2BFY2017
21.2BFY2018
26.5BFY2019
24.6BFY2020
25.7BFY2021
26.6BFY2022
29BFY2023
31.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$7.2B27%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$2.3B8.7%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$2.1B7.9%
Offices of physicians · 6211$1.8B6.9%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.5B5.6%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362

Largest awards

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $283.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Florida: $12,081 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $283.4B; −3.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,081; US $12,955
Loan face value: $45.3B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$98.1B35%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$31.4B11%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$30B11%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$26.9B9.5%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$19.4B6.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.7B6.3%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$9.9B3.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$7.2B2.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

FLORIDA AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION$27.9B9.9%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$6.3B2.2%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$3.3B1.2%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3.3B1.2%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$119.6B42%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$108.8B38%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$20.3B7.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$7.5B2.6%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

254BFY2021
229.7BFY2022
248.9BFY2023
256.1BFY2024
292.8BFY2025
283.4BFY2026

County aggregates

78%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Florida, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Florida
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Florida	United States
FY2017	$915	$1,436
FY2018	$999	$1,552
FY2019	$1,231	$1,654
FY2020	$1,142	$1,880
FY2021	$1,176	$1,810
FY2022	$1,187	$1,917
FY2023	$1,265	$2,079
FY2024	$1,346	$2,047
FY2025	$1,383	$2,165
FY2026	$1,143 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Florida	United States
FY2017	$78.14	$93.28
FY2018	$97.34	$105
FY2019	$119	$128
FY2020	$102	$145
FY2021	$112	$117
FY2022	$186

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Florida	United States
FY2021	$3,931	$5,748
FY2022	$3,230	$5,221
FY2023	$3,228	$5,364
FY2024	$3,338	$5,501
FY2025	$3,500	$5,732
FY2026	$3,307

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Florida	United States
FY2021	$191	$298
FY2022	$191	$357
FY2023	$192	$301
FY2024	$195	$319
FY2025	$192	$360
FY2026	$193 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Florida	United States
FY2021	$200	$239
FY2022	$113	$185
FY2023	$146	$229
FY2024	$259	$229
FY2025	$260	$249
FY2026	$184 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Florida	United States
FY2021	$1,435	$2,304
FY2022	$1,304	$2,197
FY2023	$1,280	$2,274
FY2024	$1,173	$2,267
FY2025	$1,170	$2,397
FY2026	$1,402 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Florida	United States
FY2021	$1,348	$1,186
FY2022	$587	$465
FY2023	$123	$76.52
FY2024	$157	$120
FY2025	$227	$148
FY2026	$128 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Florida
United States
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Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Florida and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	3.2%	2.0%
2015	3.7%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Florida whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Volusia County, FLContracts and grants · FY2024$1,139 (3.1×)
Dixie County, FLFederal contracts · FY2024$624 (10×)
Sarasota County, FLHousing assistance · FY2024$525 (5.7×)
Gulf County, FLSBA lending volume · FY2024$497 (2.5×)
Calhoun County, FLTransportation grants · FY2024$360 (5.7×)
Taylor County, FL

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/12

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

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Counties of Florida

All 67 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Florida

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Florida, largest first.

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/12

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	−4.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+6.4%	+6.8%
2019	+9.9%	+10.5%
2020	+18.7%	+19.4%
2021	+28.1%	+26.1%
2022	+35.5%	+30.6%
2023	+41.2%	+35.0%
2024	+47.6%	+41.0%
2025	+54.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	−6.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.9%	+4.1%
2018	+11.6%	+8.9%
2019	+17.4%	+13.5%
2020	+23.8%	+20.8%
2021	+36.9%	+32.1%
2022	+43.1%	+35.4%
2023	+53.2%	+42.9%
2024	+59.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	4.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	6.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	7.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	7.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	9.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	9.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	8.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	7.4/1k	4.3/1k
2025	7.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	−6.7%	−6.9%
2015	−2.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+4.7%
2018	+9.0%	+7.5%
2019	+16.4%	+14.0%
2020	+21.4%	+16.9%
2021	+24.0%	+21.0%
2022	+36.2%	+29.7%
2023	+44.1%	+34.9%
2024	+52.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	−16.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+15.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+20.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+59.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+89.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+92.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+90.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+81.0% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	6.5%	6.2%
2015	5.5%	5.3%
2016	4.9%	4.9%
2017	4.3%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.2%	3.7%
2020	8.0%	8.1%
2021	4.7%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	16.6%	15.5%
2015	15.8%	14.7%
2016	14.8%	14.0%
2017	14.1%	13.4%
2018	13.7%	13.1%
2019	12.7%	12.3%
2020	12.4%	11.9%
2021	13.2%	12.8%
2022	12.7%	12.6%
2023	12.4%	12.5%
2024	12.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	20.2%	13.5%
2015	16.3%	10.9%
2016	15.4%	10.0%
2017	16.0%	10.2%
2018	16.1%	10.4%
2019	16.4%	10.8%
2020	15.5%	10.4%
2021	15.1%	10.2%
2022	13.9%	9.5%
2023	13.4%	9.5%
2024	13.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Florida	United States
2014	15.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	15.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	16.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	17.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	18.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	18.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	23.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	29.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	27.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	29.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	27.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	27.6/1k	16.6/1k

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