Rank

1019of 3,144

Lafayette, Florida

Score 6.60 / 10· population 8,078

The Suwannee River forms the whole eastern edge of Lafayette County, where Mayo is the only incorporated town and there are about 16 people per square mile. Donald Trump won 87.8% of its 2024 presidential vote, against 56.1% statewide. In Census estimates for 2020 to 2024, 71% of children here lived in married-couple households and 19% with a single parent, compared with 64% and 27% across Florida.

Sources
  • The Suwannee River forms the entire eastern boundary of Lafayette County lafayettecountyfl.org
  • The county seat moved to Mayo in 1893; Mayo remains Lafayette County's only incorporated town lafayettecountyfl.org
  • Lafayette County had 15.8 persons per square mile in 2025 (Florida 435.8) edr.state.fl.us
  • 2024 general election, President: Trump/Vance 3,296 of 3,756 votes in Lafayette County (87.8%) results.elections.myflorida.com
  • 2024 general election, President: Trump/Vance 56.1% statewide (6,110,125 of 10,893,752) results.elections.myflorida.com
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year table B09005: of 1,394 children in Lafayette County households, 985 (70.7%) lived in married-couple households and 263 (18.9%) in male or female householder households with no spouse or partner present api.censusreporter.org
  • Same table for Florida: 63.6% of children in married-couple households, 26.8% in single householder households with no spouse or partner present 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 President8.8
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.5
  2. Life expectancy4.5
  3. Government employees8.0
  4. Single-parent households7.8

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