Rank

1908of 3,144

Union, Florida

Score 6.08 / 10· population 15,532

Union County holds Union Correctional Institution at Raiford and the Reception and Medical Center at Lake Butler, state prisons with room for about 3,460 male inmates, and government held 58 percent of its jobs in 2024. Life expectancy here is 68 years, the lowest of Florida's 67 counties in the 2025 County Health Rankings and ten years under the state figure. About five in six 2024 presidential ballots went to Donald Trump.

Sources
  • Union Correctional Institution, a Florida Department of Corrections institution at 25636 NE SR-16, Raiford, in Union County, holds adult males with a capacity of 1,957 fdc.myflorida.com
  • The Reception and Medical Center, a Florida Department of Corrections institution at 7765 S CR 231, Lake Butler, in Union County, holds males with a capacity of 1,503 fdc.myflorida.com
  • Government was 57.6% of Union County's average annual employment in 2024 (Florida 11.3%) edr.state.fl.us
  • Life expectancy in Union County is 67.9 years, the lowest of the 67 Florida counties in the 2025 County Health Rankings data; Florida is 78.1 countyhealthrankings.org
  • November 5, 2024 general election, President, Union County: Trump/Vance 5,224 votes out of 6,231 cast for all candidates (83.8%) results.elections.myflorida.com

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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 President8.4
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.6
  2. Life expectancy0.0
  3. Government employees6.1
  4. Single-parent households3.2

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