Rank

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Putnam, Florida

Score 5.94 / 10· population 75,955

Putnam County, with its government in Palatka, lies on the St. Johns River as it flows north to Jacksonville and shares the Ocala National Forest with Marion and Lake counties. Residents' life expectancy was 70.8 years in 2020-2022, more than seven years below Florida's, and 22% of adults smoked in 2022, nearly double the state's 12%. More than a third of Putnam's children, 36% over 2019-2023, lived in single-parent homes; statewide the share was 27%.

Sources
  • Putnam County government is at 2509 Crill Avenue, Palatka putnam-fl.gov
  • The St. Johns River flows north to Jacksonville putnamcountychamber.com
  • Ocala National Forest (382,408 acres) is in Marion, Putnam, and Lake counties putnamcountychamber.com
  • Life expectancy 70.8 years in Putnam County and 78.1 years in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Adult smoking 22.4% in Putnam County and 12% in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Children in single-parent households 35.7% in Putnam County and 27.4% in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • Data years for the County Health Rankings 2025 release: life expectancy 2020-2022, adult smoking 2022, children in single-parent households 2019-2023 (ACS five-year estimates) 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 President7.4
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.8

Environment

  1. Air quality7.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.0
  2. Life expectancy1.1
  3. Government employees5.9
  4. Single-parent households1.2

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