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Deadliest counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked by traffic deaths across 2020–2024, and by their average yearly death rate. Counties with more residents and more road miles tend to have more deaths, so the rate is the fairer comparison.

Most traffic deaths, 2020–2024

#	County	Deaths 2020–2024	Deaths 2024	Per 100,000 a year
1	Miami-Dade County	1,577	279	11.5
2	Broward County	1,298	243	13.2
3	Hillsborough County	1,120	181	14.7
4	Palm Beach County	1,039	214	13.6
5	Orange County	925	158	12.6
6	Duval County	845	152	16.5
7	Polk County	719	113	18.2
8	Volusia County	634	108	21.9
9	Pinellas County	609	108	12.7
10	Lee County	600	122	14.7
11	Marion County	522	113	26.1
12	Pasco County	520	111	17.0
13	Brevard County	475	86	15.0
14	Manatee County	337	61	15.7
15	Lake County	326	52	15.8
16	Osceola County	324	48	15.2
17	Escambia County	313	61	19.2
18	Sarasota County	294	56	12.8
19	Alachua County	265	50	18.6
20	St. Lucie County	239	50	13.2
21	Collier County	225	59	11.3
22	Hernando County	211	44	20.4
23	Seminole County	204	35	8.5
24	Leon County	194	38	13.1
25	Bay County	189	36	20.3
26	St. Johns County	179	27	11.7
27	Citrus County	158	32	19.5
28	Charlotte County	156	29	15.5
29	Okaloosa County	154	19	14.2
30	Clay County	141	25	12.4
31	Highlands County	141	22	26.7
32	Walton County	138	25	33.2
33	Sumter County	134	21	18.7
34	Putnam County	128	17	34.1
35	Martin County	122	19	15.1
36	Columbia County	118	27	32.9
37	Santa Rosa County	113	27	11.4
38	Indian River County	112	23	13.4
39	Flagler County	111	17	17.6
40	Suwannee County	87	15	38.3
41	Gadsden County	78	12	35.6
42	Hendry County	78	10	36.6
43	Levy County	78	20	34.4
44	Nassau County	76	15	15.5
45	Jackson County	73	12	30.3
46	Okeechobee County	71	11	34.8
47	DeSoto County	69	8	39.0
48	Monroe County	68	6	16.5
49	Hardee County	59	13	46.0
50	Hamilton County	41	8	60.3

Highest death rates, 2020–2024

Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, averaged over 2020–2024. Only counties with at least 20 deaths in that time are ranked, because rates based on fewer deaths swing too much from year to year to compare. The rate divides deaths by the people who live in a county, so small counties crossed by busy highways can rank high: many of the people who die there are travelling through. How rates are worked out

#	County	Deaths 2020–2024	Deaths 2024	Per 100,000 a year
1	Hamilton County	41	8	60.3
2	Glades County	35	8	55.6
3	Calhoun County	35	4	52.0
4	Hardee County	59	13	46.0
5	Dixie County	38	7	44.1
6	Madison County	37	10	40.5
7	DeSoto County	69	8	39.0
8	Suwannee County	87	15	38.3
9	Hendry County	78	10	36.6
10	Gadsden County	78	12	35.6
11	Okeechobee County	71	11	34.8
12	Levy County	78	20	34.4
13	Putnam County	128	17	34.1
14	Walton County	138	25	33.2
15	Columbia County	118	27	32.9
16	Jefferson County	23	10	30.5
17	Jackson County	73	12	30.3
18	Holmes County	29	6	29.4
19	Gulf County	22	5	29.1
20	Bradford County	39	6	28.0
21	Taylor County	30	4	28.0
22	Union County	22	5	28.0
23	Washington County	35	9	27.4
24	Highlands County	141	22	26.7
25	Marion County	522	113	26.1
26	Gilchrist County	21	6	22.1
27	Volusia County	634	108	21.9
28	Hernando County	211	44	20.4
29	Bay County	189	36	20.3
30	Baker County	28	9	19.6
31	Citrus County	158	32	19.5
32	Escambia County	313	61	19.2
33	Sumter County	134	21	18.7
34	Alachua County	265	50	18.6
35	Polk County	719	113	18.2
36	Flagler County	111	17	17.6
37	Pasco County	520	111	17.0
38	Duval County	845	152	16.5
39	Monroe County	68	6	16.5
40	Lake County	326	52	15.8
41	Manatee County	337	61	15.7
42	Charlotte County	156	29	15.5
43	Nassau County	76	15	15.5
44	Osceola County	324	48	15.2
45	Martin County	122	19	15.1
46	Brevard County	475	86	15.0
47	Hillsborough County	1,120	181	14.7
48	Lee County	600	122	14.7
49	Okaloosa County	154	19	14.2
50	Wakulla County	25	4	14.1

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