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County health in Florida

Florida had 67 counties in CDC’s model-based county estimates for 2023, according to CDC’s PLACES.

Florida’s counties on each measure

Age-adjusted, as counties are compared, with each end’s 95% interval. The median is one of the published values: at least half the counties are at or below it. Each measure links to Florida’s counties ranked on it.

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Each PLACES measure across Florida's counties: the median, highest and lowest age-adjusted estimate
MeasureMedian countyHighest
Any disability among adults31.4%DeSoto 40.5% (35.5% to 45.3%)
Cognitive disability among adults15.7%DeSoto 20.6% (17.8% to 23.2%)
Hearing disability among adults6.4%DeSoto 8.3% (7.3% to 9.3%)
Independent living disability among adults8.4%Hamilton 12.4% (10.9% to 14.1%)
Mobility disability among adults13.1%DeSoto 19.0% (16.5% to 21.5%)
Self-care disability among adults3.7%Gadsden 6.4% (5.6% to 7.3%)
Vision disability among adults5.5%Hendry 9.9% (8.8% to 11.2%)
All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 years14.2%Hendry 26.0% (21.5% to 30.9%)
Arthritis among adults23.4%Dixie 26.8% (23.9% to 29.8%), Washington 26.8% (24.0% to 29.6%)
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults7.4%Nassau 8.0% (7.2% to 8.9%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults6.7%Hamilton 10.1% (8.8% to 11.6%), Putnam 10.1% (8.7% to 11.6%)
Coronary heart disease among adults5.9%DeSoto 7.9% (7.0% to 8.8%)
Current asthma among adults10.0%Gadsden 11.2% (9.9% to 12.4%)
Depression among adults19.7%Gilchrist 21.8% (18.7% to 25.0%), Holmes 21.8% (18.6% to 25.1%)
Diagnosed diabetes among adults11.2%Hendry 16.1% (14.1% to 18.2%)
High blood pressure among adults32.9%Hamilton 39.6% (35.5% to 43.6%)
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened33.5%DeSoto 37.4% (33.2% to 41.5%)
Obesity among adults34.5%Gadsden 44.5% (39.1% to 49.5%)
Stroke among adults3.2%Gadsden 4.7% (4.2% to 5.2%)
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults19.6%Hendry 30.9% (27.0% to 35.1%)
Frequent mental distress among adults18.7%Putnam 21.7% (19.1% to 24.4%)
Frequent physical distress among adults13.9%Hendry 18.2% (16.1% to 20.6%)
Cholesterol screening among adults83.6%St. Johns 86.2% (83.9% to 88.4%)
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years58.8%St. Johns 67.2% (62.6% to 71.6%)
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years15.6%Hendry 31.9% (26.5% to 37.3%)
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years73.7%Hillsborough 78.2% (72.0% to 83.5%)
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure58.3%Gadsden 64.3% (60.5% to 67.8%)
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults54.6%St. Johns 67.0% (63.6% to 70.2%)
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults74.9%Alachua 77.9% (74.5% to 81.0%), Gadsden 77.9% (74.7% to 80.7%)
Binge drinking among adults17.0%Sarasota 20.1% (16.8% to 23.6%)
Current cigarette smoking among adults14.8%Putnam 21.7% (18.2% to 25.3%)
No leisure-time physical activity among adults25.5%Hendry 37.9% (32.8% to 43.3%)
Short sleep duration among adults39.5%Holmes 45.2% (39.4% to 51.0%)

Measures CDC did not publish for Florida

CDC served no estimate of these for any of Florida’s counties in this release. Why is on the methodology page.

  • Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults
  • Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults
  • Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults
  • Lack of social and emotional support among adults
  • Loneliness among adults
  • Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults
  • Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults

Every county in Florida

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Every county CDC served in Florida, with how many measures it has a published estimate for
CountyMeasures published
Alachua33 of 40
Baker33 of 40
Bay33 of 40
Bradford33 of 40
Brevard33 of 40
Broward33 of 40
Calhoun33 of 40
Charlotte33 of 40
Citrus33 of 40
Clay33 of 40
Collier33 of 40
Columbia33 of 40
DeSoto33 of 40
Dixie33 of 40
Duval33 of 40
Escambia33 of 40
Flagler33 of 40
Franklin33 of 40
Gadsden33 of 40
Gilchrist33 of 40
Glades33 of 40
Gulf33 of 40
Hamilton33 of 40
Hardee33 of 40
Hendry33 of 40
Hernando33 of 40
Highlands33 of 40
Hillsborough33 of 40
Holmes33 of 40
Indian River33 of 40
Jackson33 of 40
Jefferson33 of 40
Lafayette33 of 40
Lake33 of 40
Lee33 of 40
Leon33 of 40
Levy33 of 40
Liberty33 of 40
Madison33 of 40
Manatee33 of 40
Marion33 of 40
Martin33 of 40
Miami-Dade33 of 40
Monroe33 of 40
Nassau33 of 40
Okaloosa33 of 40
Okeechobee33 of 40
Orange33 of 40
Osceola33 of 40
Palm Beach33 of 40
Pasco33 of 40
Pinellas33 of 40
Polk33 of 40
Putnam33 of 40
Santa Rosa33 of 40
Sarasota33 of 40
Seminole33 of 40
St. Johns33 of 40
St. Lucie33 of 40
Sumter33 of 40
Suwannee33 of 40
Taylor33 of 40
Union33 of 40
Volusia33 of 40
Wakulla33 of 40
Walton33 of 40
Washington33 of 40

Florida elsewhere on the Factbook

  • Reported crime Crime and justice

    Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.

  • Most dangerous cities in Florida Crime and justice

    What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.

  • Prison population Crime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

  • Arrests by race, sex and age Crime and justice

    Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.

  • Hate crime Crime and justice

    Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.

  • Federal obligations Federal spending

    What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.

  • Registered nonprofits Nonprofits

    How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.

  • Payments to doctors Health

    What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.

  • Immigration courts Immigration and the border

    The EOIR courts sitting in the state, what they completed and still have pending, and how far apart their asylum grant rates are. The courts, not the state’s residents: a detention court hears cases from far outside it.

  • Farm program payments Farm subsidies

    What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.

  • Paycheck Protection Program loans PPP loans

    The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.

  • Population, age, income and origin Demographics

    The Census Bureau's population estimates year by year, with births, deaths and migration, and age, income, poverty, housing and origin from the American Community Survey, each with its margin of error.

  • Public schools Schools

    Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.

  • Banks and credit unions Banks and credit unions

    The FDIC-insured banks headquartered in the state and their offices, and the credit unions based there and their sites, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Housing Housing

    The homes under HUD’s rental assistance programs in the state, by program and county, and its tax-credit housing, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Mortgage lending Mortgage lending

    The mortgage applications, loans and denials lenders reported in the state under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and its largest lenders and counties.

  • Cost of living Cost of living

    BEA’s price level for the state against the nation, for goods, rents, utilities and other services, and its metro areas beside it.

  • College athletics Sports

    Every college in the state that reported to the Equity in Athletics survey, ranked by its athletics revenue, with its expenses, athletes and athletic aid.

  • Federal civilian workforce Federal salaries

    Federal civilian employees stationed in the state by agency and occupation, with the pay OPM publishes and the share it withholds.

  • The Florida Factbook entry Across the Factbook

    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

The immigration link above is EOIR’s courts, which sit in this state. CBP’s encounters are not by state and will not be: its sectors and field offices are areas of responsibility rather than a geography, and assigning them to states would be a claim the data does not make. Immigration and the border.

Sources

Compiled automatically from PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data, 2025 release by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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