Rank

2326of 3,144

Jackson, Florida

Score 5.74 / 10· population 48,622

Jackson County is in the Florida Panhandle, an hour west of Tallahassee and an hour north of Panama City, and has Marianna and the 1,300-acre Florida Caverns State Park. In 2018 Hurricane Michael destroyed 400 buildings in the county and left 600 more with major damage, the National Hurricane Center reported. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 put 38% of the county's children in homes headed by a man or woman with no spouse or partner present.

Sources
  • Jackson County is in the Florida panhandle jacksoncountyfl.gov
  • Jackson County is in Northwest Florida, one hour west of Tallahassee and one hour north of Panama City visitjacksoncountyfla.com
  • Florida Caverns State Park covers 1,300 acres; its address is 3345 Caverns Road, Marianna floridacaverns.com
  • National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Report on Hurricane Michael (October 2018): Jackson County, Florida, including Marianna, was hard hit, with 400 buildings reportedly destroyed and 600 more suffering major damage nhc.noaa.gov
  • ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) table B09005: of 9,089 children under 18 in households in Jackson County, 640 live in a male-householder and 2,827 in a female-householder household with no spouse or partner present (3,467, 38%) 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 President7.3
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax7.6

Environment

  1. Air quality5.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate5.5
  2. Life expectancy3.1
  3. Government employees5.7
  4. Single-parent households1.2

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