Rank

1638of 3,144

Hernando, Florida

Score 6.24 / 10· population 212,807

Hernando County's seat, Brooksville, lies about 45 miles north of Tampa and 15 miles east of the Gulf of Mexico. In September 2024, Hurricane Helene's storm surge left at least 500 homes here with major damage, mostly on the barrier islands and the immediate coast, and 18 people were rescued from floodwaters. That year 42% of working residents had jobs in other counties, and 26.1% of the population was 65 or older.

Sources
  • Brooksville is the county seat of Hernando County, about forty-five miles north of Tampa and fifteen miles east of the Gulf of Mexico cityofbrooksville.us
  • Hurricane Helene, 24 to 27 September 2024: in Hernando County at least 500 homes suffered major damage, mostly from storm surge flooding along the barrier islands and immediate coast, and 18 people were rescued from the floodwaters nhc.noaa.gov
  • ACS 2024 1-year, table B08007: of 89,720 Hernando County workers aged 16 and over, 37,789 worked in Florida outside their county of residence and 217 worked outside Florida, 38,006 in all (42.4%) api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year, table B01001: Hernando County population 218,150, of whom 57,002 (26.1%) were 65 or older api.censusreporter.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 President6.8
  4. Sales tax4.1
  5. Property tax6.5

Environment

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

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.7
  2. Life expectancy4.7
  3. Government employees6.4
  4. Single-parent households4.7

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