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Citrus, Florida

Score 6.05 / 10· population 166,696

Citrus County lies north of Tampa on Florida's Gulf coast, where Crystal River and Homosassa are the coastal towns; Inverness is inland to the east on Highway 44. Hurricane Helene's record-high storm surge in September 2024 put 3 to 5 feet of water into some homes. In October, Hurricane Milton pushed the Withlacoochee River to record levels and forced evacuations along its banks; the county counted 7,000 coastal structures affected that year.

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  • From Tampa, the route to Citrus County runs north on the Veterans Expressway to U.S. 98 discovercrystalriverfl.com
  • Highway 44 runs west to Inverness and on to the coastal cities of Crystal River and Homosassa discovercrystalriverfl.com
  • Citrus County's visitor bureau describes its spring-fed rivers and warm Gulf water discovercrystalriverfl.com
  • Hurricane Helene's storm surge flooded homes along the water in Crystal River and Homosassa (report dated September 27, 2024) fox13news.com
  • Record-high storm surge from Hurricane Helene in September 2024 caused extensive water damage in Citrus County; some homes were inundated with 3 to 5 feet of water chronicleonline.com
  • Hurricane Milton struck on October 9, 2024; record-high water levels along the Withlacoochee River forced those living along its banks to evacuate chronicleonline.com
  • County growth management director: 7,000 coastal structures were affected by the 2024 hurricanes, 100 substantially damaged chronicleonline.com

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.3
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax6.9

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.6
  2. Life expectancy3.6
  3. Government employees4.5
  4. Single-parent households2.5

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