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Hendry, Florida

Score 6.04 / 10· population 43,333

Hendry County has the towns of LaBelle and Clewiston and views of Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River. Natural resource and mining work was 21% of its jobs in 2024, against 0.7% statewide. In 2017 Hurricane Irma's winds gusted to 78 knots, about 90 mph, near Clewiston, and 10.3 inches of rain fell near LaBelle.

Sources
  • Hendry County has LaBelle and Clewiston (county transfer stations in both) and views of Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River hendryfla.net
  • Natural resource and mining was 21.0% of Hendry County's average annual employment in 2024, against 0.7% for Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • Hurricane Irma (September 2017): the Airglades FAWN station at Clewiston recorded a gust of 78 kt (sustained 59 kt) nhc.noaa.gov
  • Hurricane Irma (2017): storm-total rainfall of 10.31 inches at LaBelle 2 WNW nhc.noaa.gov

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

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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 President6.9
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax5.7

Environment

  1. Air quality6.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.8
  2. Life expectancy5.3
  3. Government employees8.5
  4. Single-parent households2.0

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