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Martin, Florida

Score 6.62 / 10· population 163,315

Martin County takes in Stuart, Jensen Beach, Hobe Sound and Indiantown, 45 minutes from Palm Beach International Airport. In September 2004, Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne came ashore three weeks apart at the southern end of Hutchinson Island, just east of Stuart. Government held 7.7% of jobs here in 2024, next to 11.3% statewide, and life expectancy for 2020-2022 was 80.4 years, 2.3 above Florida's.

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  • Martin County is 45 minutes from Palm Beach International Airport discovermartin.com
  • Martin County's communities include Port Salerno, Stuart, Palm City, Jensen Beach, Indiantown, Jupiter Island, Hobe Sound, Sewall's Point, Rio and Hutchinson Island discovermartin.com
  • Hurricane Frances made landfall over the southern end of Hutchinson Island, Florida, near 0430 UTC on 5 September 2004 as a Category 2 nhc.noaa.gov
  • Hurricane Jeanne's eye crossed the coast at the southern end of Hutchinson Island just east of Stuart at 0400 UTC on 26 September 2004 nhc.noaa.gov
  • Government was 7.7% of average annual employment in Martin County in 2024, against 11.3% in Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • Life expectancy 80.4 years in Martin County and 78.1 years in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) 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

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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 President6.6
  4. Sales tax4.1
  5. Property tax6.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.6
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees9.1
  4. Single-parent households5.7

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