Rank

2969of 3,144

Gadsden, Florida

Score 4.64 / 10· population 43,833

Gadsden County lies next to Florida's capital, 11 miles from the Capitol, and its largest employer is Florida State Hospital. Government agencies supplied 23.1% of the jobs located in the county in 2024, against 11.3% across Florida. Over 2016 to 2022, homicide killed 15.5 people per 100,000 a year, more than twice Florida's 6.4, and in 2019 to 2023, 48% of children lived with a single parent.

Sources
  • Gadsden County is adjacent to the state capital and 11 miles from the Florida Capitol gadsdenbiz.com
  • Florida State Hospital is the largest employer in Gadsden County chattahoocheefl.gov
  • Government was 23.1% of average annual employment in Gadsden County in 2024, against 11.3% in Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • County Health Rankings 2025 data: 15.5 homicide deaths per 100,000 in Gadsden County (49 deaths), 6.4 in Florida countyhealthrankings.org
  • County Health Rankings 2025 data: 48% of Gadsden County children live in single-parent households (Florida 27%) countyhealthrankings.org
  • In County Health Rankings 2025, the homicide measure covers 2016-2022 and children in single-parent households covers 2019-2023 (ACS five-year estimates) 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 President3.5
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate0.9
  2. Life expectancy2.4
  3. Government employees2.2
  4. Single-parent households0.3

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