Rank

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Manatee, Florida

Score 6.43 / 10· population 441,095

Manatee County is on Florida's Gulf Coast, bordering Hillsborough and Sarasota counties, and has six cities and towns, among them Bradenton, Palmetto, Anna Maria and Longboat Key. In September 2022, Hurricane Ian's rain pushed the Myakka and other rivers to record crests, flooding parts of Manatee and its neighbors. Over 2020-2022, life expectancy in Manatee was 79.8 years, compared with Florida's 78.1.

Sources
  • Manatee County borders Hillsborough County (and DeSoto, Hardee and Polk); Sarasota County is listed as a neighbor datausa.io
  • The Bradenton area is on Florida's Gulf Coast ("Discover real, authentic Florida on the Gulf Coast") bradentongulfislands.com
  • The county's six incorporated municipalities are the City of Anna Maria, City of Bradenton, City of Bradenton Beach, City of Holmes Beach, City of Palmetto and Town of Longboat Key mymanatee.org
  • Hurricane Ian (September 2022) produced heavy rainfall in Florida; counties north of its track, including Charlotte, Sarasota, Hardee, DeSoto, Polk and Manatee, had significant flooding when the Peace, Myakka and Alafia Rivers and Horse Creek all crested to record levels (NHC Tropical Cyclone Report) nhc.noaa.gov
  • Life expectancy 79.8 years in Manatee County and 78.1 years in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release; data years 2020-2022 per the 2025 technical documentation) countyhealthrankings.org
  • The County Health Rankings 2025 life expectancy measure uses 2020-2022 data from National Center for Health Statistics natality and mortality files countyhealthrankings.org

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

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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 / hurricanes0.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.8
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees7.6
  4. Single-parent households3.9

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