Rank

2090of 3,144

Baker, Florida

Score 5.96 / 10· population 28,368

Baker County borders Georgia, about 20 minutes from Jacksonville, and a large part of the Osceola National Forest lies inside it. Government work was 30.6% of local jobs in 2024, nearly three times Florida's 11.3%, and the chamber of commerce names Northeast Florida State Hospital as the largest employer, with Baker Correctional Institution also on its list. In 2020, about 3,060 people, roughly one resident in nine, lived in group quarters rather than households.

Sources
  • Baker County borders Georgia bakerchamberfl.com
  • Jacksonville is twenty minutes away bakerchamberfl.com
  • A large part of the Osceola National Forest lies within Baker County's boundaries bakerchamberfl.com
  • Chamber's major employers list: Northeast Florida State Hospital 1,100 (largest listed), Wal-Mart Distribution Center 700, Baker County School Board 582, Baker Correctional Institution 330 bakerchamberfl.com
  • Government was 30.6% of Baker County's average annual employment in 2024, versus 11.3% for Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • Baker County group quarters population 3,062 and household population 25,197; together they equal the 2020 Census population of 28,259, so both are 2020 Census counts edr.state.fl.us
  • Baker County 2020 Census population was 28,259 edr.state.fl.us

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.7
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax5.6

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.7
  2. Life expectancy2.5
  3. Government employees1.1
  4. Single-parent households6.0

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