Rank

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Wakulla, Florida

Score 6.03 / 10· population 36,449

Wakulla County lies south of Tallahassee, and the Apalachicola National Forest covers 269 of its 607 square miles of land. Of the county's 6,620 jobs in 2024, 28.2% were in government, against 11.3% statewide, and a state prison and its annex in Crawfordville have room for 2,484 men. Single-parent homes held 18.7% of Wakulla children in 2019-2023, well under Florida's 27.4%.

Sources
  • Wakulla County is located south of Tallahassee and has 606.66 square miles of land; the Apalachicola National Forest covers 269.18 square miles mywakulla.com
  • Average annual employment in Wakulla County was 6,620 in 2024, and government was 28.2% of it (Florida 11.3%) edr.state.fl.us
  • Wakulla Correctional Institution, a Florida Department of Corrections prison at 110 Melaleuca Drive, Crawfordville, houses males with a capacity of 1,345 fdc.myflorida.com
  • Wakulla Correctional Institution Annex, at the same Crawfordville address, houses males with a capacity of 1,139 (2,484 with the main unit) fdc.myflorida.com
  • Children in single-parent households: 18.7% in Wakulla County and 27.4% in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release) countyhealthrankings.org
  • The County Health Rankings 2025 children in single-parent households measure uses American Community Survey five-year estimates for 2019-2023 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 President7.2
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax6.6

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.9
  2. Life expectancy5.0
  3. Government employees1.0
  4. Single-parent households6.9

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