Scores by category

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

Safety80#615/3,096
Economy86#449/3,143
Housing47#1,680/3,140
Health78#681/3,144
Healthcare45#1,720/3,143
Environment30#2,162/3,108
Education85#473/3,144
Infrastructure70#935/3,144
Community44#1,766/3,144
Leisure & amenities38#1,935/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Reading scores · high3.41
96/100Florida 3.17United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · high10.2 /1k
95/100Florida 7.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Broadband subscriptions · high93.7%
95/100Florida 91.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Comfortable days · high32.6%
94/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Distance to an airport · low14 mi
94/100Florida 21 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Physical inactivity · low19.7%
93/100Florida 25.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high18.4×
6/100Florida 18.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Natural hazard risk · high87.4
11/100Florida 75.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
11/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Average commute time · high30.5 min
12/100Florida 28.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · low6.8 /10k
18/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.5 µg/m³
19/100Florida 7.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

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

PopulationRising
189,024 (2020) → 211,115 (2025)
+12%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 67% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+66 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
2 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
77.4% (2010 & 2021) → 62.1% (2022 & 2024)
−15 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Mental health providersImproving
77 /100k (2021) → 120 /100k (2025)
+56%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
35.1 /100k (2021) → 15.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /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, Santa Rosa County, Florida improved on 11 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 17 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 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Household income+34%$66,139 → $88,354
Rent burden−5.7 points45.9% → 40.2%
Weekly wage+28%$802 → $1,025
Uninsured−2.2 points12.0% → 9.8%
Bachelor's++4.2 points27.7% → 32.0%

Declined2

Students / teacher+1.3×17.1× → 18.4×
Price / income+0.7×2.9× → 3.6×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Santa Rosa County, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+6.1%	Within the margin of error	52%
Average commute time	29.7 min2015-2019	30.5 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	39%
Average weekly wage	$8022020	$1,0252025	+28%	Improved	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%2015-2019	32.0%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	75%
Broadband subscriptions	89.0%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Improved	9%
Child poverty rate	12.2%2019	12.5%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Distance to an airport	14 mi2020	14 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	29.6 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−47%	Improved	73%
Effective property tax rate	0.71%2015-2019	0.60%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	48%
Firearm deaths	18.5 /100k2020	18.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−1.6%	Within the margin of error	51%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+8.4%	Within the margin of error	77%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−3.8%	Within the margin of error	34%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	25%
Homicide rate	4.6 /100k2020	3.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	38%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,1082019	$64,3622024	+28%	Improved	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4202015-2019	0.4172020-2024	−0.002	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$66,1392019	$88,3542024	+34%	Improved	87%
New business applications	11.4 /1k2020	15.7 /1k2025	+38%	Improved	42%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	45%
Poverty rate	9.8%2019	10.3%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Property crime rate	794 /100k2020	427 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	69%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent-burdened households	45.9%2015-2019	40.2%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Improved	80%
Restaurants and bars	5.6 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	+8.3%	Within the margin of error	70%
Students per teacher	17.1×2019	18.4×2024	+1.3×	Declined	6%
Suicide rate	25.4 /100k2020	23.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−9.1%	Within the margin of error	74%
Traffic deaths	11.1 /100k2015-2019	11.4 /100k2020-2024	+2.8%	Within the margin of error	52%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2020	4.1%2025	−1.3 points	Improved	20%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.0%2019	9.8%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	72%
Violent crime rate	128 /100k2020	133 /100k2025	+3.8%	Within the margin of error	29%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 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; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 Santa Rosa County, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Santa Rosa 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, Santa Rosa County, Florida itself moved +1.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

198,472 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: 30–39 women (+0.8 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

198,472 residents

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

White78%155,619
Black5.5%10,888
Hispanic or Latino6.9%13,647

Education

140,549 residents (±198)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma6.9%9,747
High school or GED26%36,946
Some college22%30,878

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

72,605 households (±871)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k9.8%7,080
$25k–50k15%10,927
$50k–75k15%10,610
$75k–100k15%11,153
$100k–150k23%16,467
$150k–200k11%7,745
$200k or more12%8,623

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.6 points).

Table view

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

72,605 households (±871)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

Own81%58,531
Rent19%14,074

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.6 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

13,039 households (±1,038)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

Under $7509.0%1,169
$750–1,00011%1,454
$1,000–1,50027%3,581

Home values

58,531 homes (±1,111)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k13%7,471
$150k–250k20%11,518
$250k–400k34%20,188

Age of homes

80,002 homes (±79)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later24%18,854
2000–200922%17,626
1980–199934%27,405

Size of homes

80,002 homes (±79)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

Studio0.9%†710
1 bedroom2.9%2,310
2 bedrooms14%11,251

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

89,468 workers (±1,647)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone76%68,259
Carpool8.3%7,444
Public transit0.0%†42
Walk0.6%574
Bike0.2%†165
Work from home13%11,354
Other1.8%1,630

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

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

Time to get to work

78,114 workers (±1,684)

Santa Rosa County, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min18%13,909
15–29 min32%25,375
30–44 min27%20,843

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 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

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.

Santa Rosa County has 3,442 employer establishments, 169 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.60× Florida's), with 32,335 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,502. The Census Bureau also counts 17,697 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,442; 17,697 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 169; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 32,335
Average annual pay: $41,502; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	338	16.6	1.07×About typical	1,951	$51,418	1,173
Ambulatory health care services	333	16.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	2,091	$61,048	854
Lessors of real estate	289	14.2	1.15×About typical	469	$47,109	1,978
Restaurants and other eating places	236	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	5,273	$20,296	59
Real estate agents and brokers	177	8.7	1.79×More than typical	221	$51,140	798
Construction of buildings	149	7.3	0.97×About typical	308	$55,231	603
Services to buildings and dwellings	147	7.2	1.07×About typical	1,535	$31,775	1,349
Offices of physicians	141	6.9	1.07×About typical	630	$93,632	216
Building equipment contractors	123	6	1.00×About typical	1,008	$51,602	165
Management, scientific and technical consulting	113	5.6	0.83×About typical	172	$78,651	577
Limited-service restaurants	105	5.2	0.64×Fewer than typical	2,501	$18,711	24
Offices of other health practitioners	105	5.2	0.85×About typical	493	$41,730	393

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 203,470 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 $123.4M on contracts performed in Santa Rosa County, Florida: $585 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $123.4M; −0.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $585; US $1,995
Sole-source: 2.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.8%; 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$117.4M95%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$3M2.4%
Department of the Air Force$809.5K0.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$691.8K0.6%
National Park Service$551.2K0.4%
Defense Commissary Agency$246.7K0.2%
U.S. Geological Survey$216.6K0.2%
U.S. Coast Guard$195.7K0.2%

Top recipients

WALSH FEDERAL LLC$93.7M76%
FLIGHTSAFETY DEFENSE CORPORATION$9.8M7.9%
NCS/EML SB JOINT VENTURE LLC$9.4M7.6%
PRIMARY AIMLINE LLC$3M2.4%
GSS - GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICES LLC$3M2.4%

Spending by fiscal year

26.2MFY2017
28.5MFY2018
63MFY2019
89.2MFY2020
71.5MFY2021
96.2MFY2022
131.7MFY2023
78.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$92.8M75%
Facilities support services · 5612$10.4M8.4%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$10.2M8.2%
Investigation and security services · 5616$3M2.5%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$3M2.4%
Utility system construction · 2371$885K

Largest awards

PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES$139.1M
WALSH FEDERAL LLC· Santa Rosa County, FL· Construction & real property· May 13, 2022 – May 25, 2026· N6945022C0027
CONTRACTOR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES$13.6M
FLIGHTSAFETY DEFENSE CORPORATION· Santa Rosa County, FL· Education & social services· Jun 23, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· N6134025F0098
FUNDING FOR OY6 RECURRING SERVICES - POP IS 1 APR 2025 - 31 MAR 2026$10.2M
NCS/EML SB JOINT VENTURE LLC· Santa Rosa County, FL· Construction & real property· Apr 14, 2025 – Jun 9, 2026· N6945025F0371
FOCUS AT DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE SENSOR SYSTEM SOLUTIONS PROVIDING HIGHER RELIABILTY, LOWER WEIGHTS, FOR HIGH VOLUME APPLICATIONS.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 $1.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Santa Rosa County, Florida: $8,134 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.7B; +3.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,134; US $12,957
Loan face value: $258.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$818.7M48%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$564.9M33%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$120.5M7.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$77.9M4.5%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$25.5M1.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$20.4M1.2%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$17.2M1.0%
64.117 · Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance$14M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$27.5M1.6%
TALLAHASSEE, FL
MILTON HOUSING AUTHORITY$5.7M0.3%
MILTON, FL
COUNTY OF SANTA ROSA BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION$4.5M0.3%
MILTON, FL
FLORIDA THREE RIVERS RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, INC.$2M0.1%
MILTON, FL
P. E. OF MILTON,

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$1B60%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$631.4M37%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$27.5M1.6%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$5.7M0.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1.3BFY2022
1.3BFY2023
1.4BFY2024
1.7BFY2025
1.7BFY2026

County aggregates

98%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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.

How Santa Rosa 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.

Santa Rosa County, Florida
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$150	$1,436
FY2018	$159	$1,552
FY2019	$341	$1,654
FY2020	$472	$1,880
FY2021	$369	$1,810
FY2022	$485	$1,917
FY2023	$647	$2,079
FY2024	$380	$2,047
FY2025	$589	$2,165
FY2026	$585 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
FY2017	$77.30	$93.28
FY2018	$62.71	$105
FY2019	$77.06	$128
FY2020	$93.09	$145
FY2021	$94.77	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$581	$5,748
FY2022	$859	$5,221
FY2023	$758	$5,364
FY2024	$455	$5,501
FY2025	$699	$5,732
FY2026	$708

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$138	$298
FY2022	$313	$357
FY2023	$78.02	$301
FY2024	$48.11	$319
FY2025	$88.40	$360
FY2026	$136

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$22.91	$239
FY2022	$26.27	$185
FY2023	$27.58	$229
FY2024	$29.10	$229
FY2025	$34.64	$249
FY2026	$33.03

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$16.75	$2,304
FY2022	$22.52	$2,197
FY2023	$15.28	$2,274
FY2024	$15.68	$2,267
FY2025	$15.41	$2,397
FY2026	$15.01

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
FY2021	$519	$1,186
FY2022	$239	$465
FY2023	$15.28	$76.52
FY2024	$44.67	$120
FY2025	$91.47	$148
FY2026	$12.06

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.

Santa Rosa County, Florida
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Santa Rosa County, Florida and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	2.1%	2.0%
2015

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.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

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/12113

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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.

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

House

Jimmy PatronisR-FL-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.2%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Santa Rosa County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL43Central county

Cities and towns in Santa Rosa County

Places whose residents live mostly in Santa Rosa 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 2026-10-06
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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

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Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	−6.9%	−4.2%
2015	−3.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.1%	+3.3%
2018	+4.3%	+6.8%
2019	+8.0%	+10.5%
2020	+14.6%	+19.4%
2021	+20.6%	+26.1%
2022	+32.9%	+30.6%
2023	+35.1%	+35.0%
2024	+40.7%	+41.0%
2025	+46.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	−7.2%	−5.5%
2015	−5.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+4.1%
2018	+5.8%	+8.9%
2019	+10.2%	+13.5%
2020	+17.6%	+20.8%
2021	+30.3%	+32.1%
2022	+33.0%	+35.4%
2023	+39.5%	+42.9%
2024	+47.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	6.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	7.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	8.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	8.8/1k	3.9/1k
2018	8.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	11.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	10.8/1k	5.2/1k
2022	7.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	8.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	9.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	9.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	−6.5%	−6.9%
2015	−5.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.4%	+4.7%
2018	+11.0%	+7.5%
2019	+5.5%	+14.0%
2020	+14.2%	+16.9%
2021	+29.0%	+21.0%
2022	+31.7%	+29.7%
2023	+39.8%	+34.9%
2024	+41.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	11.2%	15.5%
2015	12.3%	14.7%
2016	10.6%	14.0%
2017	10.2%	13.4%
2018	9.5%	13.1%
2019	9.8%	12.3%
2020	9.4%	11.9%
2021	8.9%	12.8%
2022	9.4%	12.6%
2023	8.1%	12.5%
2024	10.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	5.7%	6.2%
2015	4.9%	5.3%
2016	4.6%	4.9%
2017	4.0%	4.4%
2018	3.4%	3.9%
2019	3.1%	3.7%
2020	5.4%	8.1%
2021	3.6%	5.4%
2022	2.8%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	3.4%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	−7.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+17.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+24.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+40.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+69.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+90.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+92.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+92.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+89.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2015	−3.5% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.3% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.3% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.8% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+26.8% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+53.7% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.2% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+67.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+69.0% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+73.5% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	15.1%	13.5%
2015	11.7%	10.9%
2016	11.1%	10.0%
2017	12.5%	10.2%
2018	11.9%	10.4%
2019	12.0%	10.8%
2020	14.3%	10.4%
2021	11.9%	10.2%
2022	9.7%	9.5%
2023	10.0%	9.5%
2024	9.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Santa Rosa County, Florida	United States
2014	8.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	9.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	15.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.7/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined2

Counties like Santa Rosa County, Florida five years ago that improved

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Representation in Congress

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Metro area

Cities and towns in Santa Rosa County

Neighboring counties

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Data and sources

Improved11

Declined2

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Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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