Rank

2207of 3,144

Levy, Florida

Score 5.87 / 10· population 46,545

Levy County, on Florida's Nature Coast, has 12 communities, including Williston and the island town of Cedar Key, and nearly a fifth of its land is state or national wildlife area. In 2024 Hurricane Helene's surge flooded the coast from Cedar Key north 8 to 12 feet above ground, and the Cedar Key tide gauge, reporting since 1914, set a record. Government was 21% of the county's jobs in 2024, against 11.3% statewide.

Sources
  • Levy County is on Florida's Nature Coast; the site lists 12 communities, including Williston and Cedar Key visitlevy.com
  • Nearly one fifth of Levy County is set aside for state and national wildlife areas visitlevy.com
  • Cedar Key is an island town cedarkey.org
  • Hurricane Helene (September 2024): maximum storm surge inundation of 8 to 12 ft above ground level occurred from south of Steinhatchee through Cedar Key nhc.noaa.gov
  • Hurricane Helene (2024): the NOS tide gauge at Cedar Key measured 9.30 ft above MHHW, the highest recorded water level since the station started reporting in 1914 nhc.noaa.gov
  • Government was 21.0% of average annual employment in Levy County in 2024, against 11.3% for Florida edr.state.fl.us

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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 President7.5
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.8

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.4
  2. Life expectancy4.3
  3. Government employees1.3
  4. Single-parent households1.6

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