Rank

2479of 3,144

Taylor, Florida

Score 5.56 / 10· population 21,582

Hurricane Idalia came ashore near Keaton Beach in Taylor County as a Category 3 storm in August 2023, flooding the coast to Steinhatchee with 8 to 12 feet of water. Keaton Beach is 22.5 miles south of Perry, the county seat, which calls itself the Tree Capital of the South and holds the Florida Forest Festival each October. In 2024, government held 22.5% of the county's jobs and manufacturing 16.3%, against 11.3% and 4.3% statewide.

Sources
  • Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida, as a category 3 hurricane on 30 August 2023 nhc.noaa.gov
  • Idalia's maximum storm surge inundation of 8 to 12 ft above ground level occurred from Keaton Beach to Steinhatchee nhc.noaa.gov
  • Keaton Beach is a Gulf coast community in southern Taylor County, 22.5 miles south of the county seat of Perry taylorcountychamber.com
  • Perry is the county seat of Taylor County taylorcountychamber.com
  • Perry is called the Tree Capital of the South; the Florida Forest Festival is held in late October taylorcountychamber.com
  • Government was 22.5% of Taylor County's average annual employment in 2024, versus 11.3% for Florida edr.state.fl.us
  • Manufacturing was 16.3% of Taylor County's average annual employment in 2024, versus 4.3% for Florida edr.state.fl.us

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.0
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.8

Environment

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

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate5.9
  2. Life expectancy2.3
  3. Government employees0.6
  4. Single-parent households0.8

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