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Lake, Florida

Score 6.36 / 10· population 424,462

Lake County lies northwest of Orlando among rolling hills and lakes such as Harris, Eustis and Griffin; Clermont is its largest city. In 2020, 27.5% of residents were 65 or older, against 21.2% statewide, and the 2025 County Health Rankings put children living with a single parent at 20%, versus 27% for Florida. After Hurricane Ian in 2022, the St. Johns River at Astor crested at a record 4.71 feet, and the town was still flooded on October 10.

Sources
  • Lake County is in the central part of Florida, northwest of Orlando, with rolling hills whereig.com
  • Lake County lakes include Lake Harris, Lake Eustis and Lake Griffin; Clermont is the largest city whereig.com
  • 2020 Census: 27.5% of Lake County residents aged 65 and over, versus 21.2% in Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • County Health Rankings 2025: children in single-parent households 20.4% in Lake County, 27.4% in Florida countyhealthrankings.org
  • After Hurricane Ian, the St. Johns River at Astor crested at a record 4.71 feet on Oct. 1, 2022 (flood stage 2.3 feet), per the National Weather Service yahoo.com
  • On Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, Astor was still flooded; Lake County's appraiser had recorded $4,511,000 in Ian damage without counting Astor yahoo.com

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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 President6.2
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.8
  2. Life expectancy8.1
  3. Government employees5.6
  4. Single-parent households6.0

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