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Miami-Dade, Florida

Score 6.05 / 10· population 2,686,867

Miami-Dade County in southeastern Florida lies close to sea level, with the Atlantic Ocean, Biscayne Bay and many canals around it. In 2017 Hurricane Irma's surge and tide put 4 to 6 feet of water over the ground along parts of Biscayne Bay, and about 1,000 homes in the county had major damage. Government held 141,000 of the county's 1,279,800 jobs in December 2024, about 11 percent, against about 15 percent nationwide.

Sources
  • Miami-Dade County lies close to sea level miamidade.gov
  • The County is surrounded by major water bodies, the Atlantic Ocean, Biscayne Bay, and many rivers, lakes and canals miamidade.gov
  • Miami-Dade County is in southeastern Florida nhc.noaa.gov
  • Hurricane Irma (September 2017): storm surge and tide produced maximum inundation of 4 to 6 ft above ground level for portions of Miami-Dade County, especially along Biscayne Bay nhc.noaa.gov
  • In Miami-Dade County, about 1,000 homes sustained major damage from Irma (2017) nhc.noaa.gov
  • Miami-Dade government employment was 141,000 in December 2024 (QCEW, preliminary) bls.gov
  • Miami-Dade total employment was 1,279,800 in December 2024, so government was about 11 percent (computed) bls.gov
  • US December 2024 (not seasonally adjusted): government 23,797 thousand of 160,458 thousand total nonfarm jobs, about 15 percent (computed) bls.gov

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 President5.5
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.1
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees9.2
  4. Single-parent households2.3

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