Rank

1666of 3,144

Dixie, Florida

Score 6.22 / 10· population 17,465

Dixie County reaches the coast at Horseshoe Beach, where Hurricane Idalia's surge ran 7 to 12 feet above dry ground in August 2023. The 2024 presidential count was 6,920 for Donald Trump and 1,183 for Kamala Harris. Life expectancy over 2020 to 2022 was 73 years, against 78 statewide, and 24 percent of adults smoked in 2022, with about one primary care doctor per 4,300 residents in 2021.

Sources
  • Hurricane Idalia made landfall on August 30, 2023 and produced a devastating surge along coastal communities in Taylor and Dixie Counties weather.gov
  • Peak Idalia surge ran from Dekle Beach in Taylor County southeastward to Horseshoe Beach in Dixie County, 7 to 12 feet above normally dry ground along the immediate coast weather.gov
  • November 5, 2024 general election, President, Dixie County: Trump/Vance 6,920, Harris/Walz 1,183 (8,148 cast for all candidates) results.elections.myflorida.com
  • Life expectancy is 73.3 years in Dixie County and 78.1 in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Adult smoking is 24% in Dixie County and 12% in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Dixie County had 4 primary care physicians for 17,102 residents, about one per 4,276 (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2025 County Health Rankings release, Life Expectancy uses 2020-2022 data, Adult Smoking 2022 data, and Primary Care Physicians 2021 data countyhealthrankings.org

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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 President8.5
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.7
  2. Life expectancy2.9
  3. Government employees5.2
  4. Single-parent households4.5

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