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Hardee County, Florida

Hardee County, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,885 of 3,143 US counties. Within Florida it ranks #58 of 67 counties. It ranks best on depression (low), math scores (high) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on income adjusted for local prices (low), natural hazard risk (high) and hot days (high).

8Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,885 of 3,143 counties
Florida: #58 of 67 in FL
Population: 25,932 (2025)
Land area: 638 mi²
Density: 40.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 12049

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety39#1,901/3,096
Economy6#2,969/3,143
Housing12#2,779/3,140
Health22#2,447/3,144
Healthcare14#2,705/3,143
Environment34#2,058/3,108
Education20#2,504/3,144
Infrastructure43#1,792/3,144
Community2#3,083/3,144
Leisure & amenities30#2,211/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Depression · low18.3%
97/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Math scores · high3.42
92/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high1.0%
86/100Florida 1.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Grocery stores · high3.1 /10k
84/100Florida 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Comfortable days · high30.0%
81/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Reading scores · high3.20
79/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Income adjusted for local prices · low$40,439
1/100Florida $70,596United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Natural hazard risk · high99.1
1/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Hot days · high132 days
1/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Some college · low34.8%
2/100Florida 65.0%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent-burdened households · high49.7%
2/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
High school diploma or higher · low76.9%
3/100Florida 89.9%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 90% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+90 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.5% (2015-2019) → 88.2% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
56.1% (2010 & 2021) → 30.9% (2022 & 2024)
−25 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedImproving
2.4 /1k (2021) → 5.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+108%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Premature deathWorsening
8,286 /100k (2018-2020) → 12,927 /100k (2021-2023)
+56%3 yearsUS 7,282 /100k → 8,123 /100k

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, Hardee County, Florida improved on 6 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 21 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved6

Broadband+29 points59.5% → 88.2%
Household income+35%$41,430 → $56,091
Weekly wage+28%$726 → $931
New businesses+44%7.9 /1k → 11.4 /1k
Unemployment−1.3 points6.0% → 4.7%

Declined1

Traffic deaths+52%30.3 /100k → 46.0 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Hardee County, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.2 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−39%	Within the margin of error	5%
Average commute time	24.3 min2015-2019	26.8 min2020-2024	+2.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Average weekly wage	$7262020	$9312025	+28%	Improved	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Broadband subscriptions	59.5%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+29 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	28.3%2019	24.1%2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Distance to an airport	44 mi2020	44 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	39.5 /100k2020	22.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Within the margin of error	70%
Effective property tax rate	0.88%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Firearm deaths	11.9 /100k2020	12.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.6%	Within the margin of error	37%
Grocery stores	3.9 /10k2020	3.1 /10k2025	−22%	Within the margin of error	17%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.4 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	39%
High school diploma or higher	77.2%2015-2019	76.9%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	50%
Homicide rate	5.0 /100k2020	5.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	21%
Income adjusted for local prices	$32,7412019	$40,4392024	+24%	Improved	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4682015-2019	0.5142020-2024	+0.045	Within the margin of error	7%
Median household income	$41,4302019	$56,0912024	+35%	Improved	90%
New business applications	7.9 /1k2020	11.4 /1k2025	+44%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	58%
Poverty rate	22.1%2019	18.9%2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	+2.7%	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	46.1%2015-2019	49.7%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Restaurants and bars	5.9 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	18%
Students per teacher	17.1×2019	17.2×2024	+0.1×	Little change	22%
Suicide rate	14.0 /100k2020	17.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+25%	Within the margin of error	16%
Traffic deaths	30.3 /100k2015-2019	46.0 /100k2020-2024	+52%	Declined	13%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2020	4.7%2025	−1.3 points	Improved	19%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.9%2019	18.0%2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 counties 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Hardee County, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hardee County, 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, Hardee County, Florida itself moved −3 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

25,675 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

8,219 households (±270)

Hardee County, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k22%1,843
$25k–50k21%1,699
$50k–75k17%1,436

Homes

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

Owners and renters

8,219 households (±270)

Hardee County, Florida
Florida share

Own71%5,868
Rent29%2,351

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+6.5 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

9,779 workers (±592)

Hardee County, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone70%6,812
Carpool22%2,199
Public transit1.0%†95

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.

Hardee County has 436 employer establishments, 168 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.60× Florida's), with 4,829 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,142. The Census Bureau also counts 1,716 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 436; 1,716 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 168; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 4,829
Average annual pay: $45,142; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	31	12	0.77×Fewer than typical	209	$46,507	137
Ambulatory health care services	29	11.2	0.54×Fewer than typical	187	$73,743	89
Religious organizations	28	10.8	1.95×More than typical	97	$23,876	—
Restaurants and other eating places	25	9.6	0.53×Fewer than typical	391	$16,949	13
Lessors of real estate	20	7.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	120	$81,433	136
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	6.6	0.97×About typical	107	$31,009	171
Truck transportation	16	6.2	1.22×About typical	80	$57,525	75
Landscaping services	15	5.8	1.65×More than typical	103	$31,233	71
Offices of physicians	14	5.4	0.83×About typical	63	$106,921	8
Child day care services	12	4.6	1.90×More than typical	170	$28,724	51
Construction of buildings	12	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	59	$60,678	84
Grocery and convenience stores	12	4.6	1.56×More than typical	106	$23,179	11

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,927 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 $0 on contracts performed in Hardee County, Florida: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

641.9KFY2017
163.8KFY2018
-310.9KFY2019
544.3KFY2020
103.1KFY2021
44.1KFY2022
61KFY2023
8.4KFY2024
0FY2025

What was bought

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.

Explore contracts in Hardee County, Florida

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 $132.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Hardee County, Florida: $5,101 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $132.3M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,101; US $12,955
Loan face value: $9.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 6.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$75.2M57%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$11.8M8.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$8.1M6.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$8M6.0%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$5.5M4.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$5.4M4.1%
10.931 · Agricultural Conservation Easement Program$4M3.0%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$3.3M2.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$6.8M5.1%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
FLORIDA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE$2.3M1.8%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
TALLAHASSEE TITLE GROUP$1.6M1.2%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY$987.6K0.7%
FORT MYERS, FL
CITY OF WAUCHULA$600K

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$100.5M76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$9.1M6.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$7.6M5.8%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$7.2M5.4%
Department of Transportation
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

143.3MFY2021
168.5MFY2022
136.9MFY2023
120.7MFY2024
155MFY2025
132.3MFY2026

County aggregates

83%

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.

Explore grants in Hardee County, Florida

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.

How Hardee County, Florida compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

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.

Hardee County, Florida
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Hardee County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hardee County, Florida	United States

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.

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

House

Scott FranklinR-FL-18 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Cities and towns in Hardee County

Places whose residents live mostly in Hardee County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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/12049

FY2017

$23.62

$1,436

FY2018

$6.04

$1,552

FY2019

-$11.60

$1,654

FY2020

$21.49

$1,880

FY2021

$4.07

$1,810

FY2022

$1.72

$1,917

FY2023

$2.35

$2,079

FY2024

$0.32

$2,047

FY2025

$2,165

FY2026

$0 (partial year)

$1,911

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

−2.5%

2.0%

2015

0.6%

2.1%

2016

−3.9%

1.7%

2017

1.0%

1.4%

2018

−1.5%

1.6%

2019

−4.2%

1.4%

2020

0.1%

−6.1%

2021

6.3%

3.4%

2022

−8.5%

4.3%

2023

10.9%

2.1%

2024

−3.6%

1.2%

2025

2.2%

0.5%

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

−7.5%

−4.2%

2015

−4.2%

−1.3%

2016

0.0%

2017

+2.8%

+3.3%

2018

+5.0%

+6.8%

2019

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

8.0%

6.2%

2015

7.1%

5.3%

2016

6.0%

4.9%

2017

5.2%

4.4%

2018

4.7%

3.9%

2019

4.5%

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

−3.0%

−5.5%

2015

+2.3%

−1.9%

2016

0.0%

2017

+7.9%

+4.1%

2018

+6.3%

+8.9%

2019

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

0.6/1k

3.3/1k

2015

0.6/1k

3.7/1k

2016

0.8/1k

3.7/1k

2017

0.9/1k

3.9/1k

2018

1.7/1k

4.1/1k

2019

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

−6.0%

−6.9%

2015

−4.7%

−3.2%

2016

0.0%

2017

+6.5%

+4.7%

2018

+4.1%

+7.5%

2019

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

29.9%

15.5%

2015

25.9%

14.7%

2016

23.8%

14.0%

2017

23.3%

13.4%

2018

27.0%

13.1%

2019

22.1%

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

−19.5% (Dec 2014)

−10.8% (Dec 2014)

2015

−10.5% (Dec 2015)

−5.2% (Dec 2015)

2016

0.0% (Dec 2016)

2017

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

27.2%

13.5%

2015

21.8%

10.9%

2016

21.1%

10.0%

2017

20.0%

10.2%

2018

19.0%

10.4%

2019

Calendar years

Hardee County, Florida

United States

2014

5.4/1k

8.5/1k

2015

5.3/1k

8.7/1k

2016

5.9/1k

9.1/1k

2017

5.7/1k

9.8/1k

2018

6.0/1k

10.7/1k

2019

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hardee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$206	$5,748
FY2022	$149	$5,221
FY2023	$745	$5,364
FY2024	$59.29	$5,501
FY2025	$581	$5,732
FY2026	$341 (partial year)	$5,446

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hardee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$196	$298
FY2022	$129	$357
FY2023	$647	$301
FY2024	$42.04	$319
FY2025	$471	$360
FY2026	$301 (partial year)	$349

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hardee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$33.66	$239
FY2022	$47.81	$185
FY2023	$113	$229
FY2024	$74.01	$229
FY2025	$56.61	$249
FY2026	$29.22 (partial year)	$201

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hardee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$618	$1,186
FY2022	$223	$465
FY2023	$209	$76.52
FY2024	$86.09	$120
FY2025	$39.09	$148
FY2026	$48.70 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hardee County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$3.55	$117
FY2022	$0	$138
FY2023	$0	$159
FY2024	$0	$157
FY2025	$0	$149
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$211

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Hardee County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$1.93	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	-$1.28	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$2.31 (partial year)	$2,597

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved6

Declined1

Counties like Hardee County, Florida five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in Hardee County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved6

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Jumps not compared

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought