Rank

2264of 3,144

Madison, Florida

Score 5.81 / 10· population 18,519

Madison County is 716 square miles of forest and rolling hills, and its seat, Madison, has about 3,000 people and North Florida College. Hurricane Idalia brought some of its strongest winds here in August 2023, and a falling tree killed one person. The 2025 County Health Rankings show 37 percent of children living with a single parent, nine points above the Florida rate, and a life expectancy of 72 years to the state's 78.

Sources
  • Madison County consists of 716 square miles of forests, rivers, lakes and gently rolling hills madisonfl.org
  • The city of Madison, with about 3,000 residents, is the county seat, and has been home to North Florida College for over 50 years madisonfl.org
  • Hurricane Idalia made landfall on August 30, 2023; the greatest wind impacts were across nearly all of Taylor, Madison, and Lafayette counties weather.gov
  • There was one direct fatality in Madison County during Hurricane Idalia, due to a falling tree weather.gov
  • Children in single-parent households: 36.6% in Madison County, 27.4% in Florida, in the 2025 County Health Rankings countyhealthrankings.org
  • Life expectancy is 72.4 years in Madison County and 78.1 in Florida, in the 2025 County Health Rankings countyhealthrankings.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 President6.4
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax6.8

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.1
  2. Life expectancy2.8
  3. Government employees6.5
  4. Single-parent households1.1

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