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Highest Medicare coverage, Florida counties

Florida counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 67 counties in Florida that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 67 is 24.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lafayette County, FL, up 17 places to #33.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01Sumter County, FLFL157,77261.5%−2.1 pts

02Charlotte County, FLFL217,21242.2%−0.7 pts

03Citrus County, FLFL171,66639.5%−1.0 pts

04Highlands County, FLFL111,12238.8%+1.1 pts

05Sarasota County, FLFL479,95837.6%+0.1 pts

06Indian River County, FLFL172,79936.1%+1.3 pts

07Flagler County, FLFL140,36033.4%−0.6 pts

08▲1Collier County, FLFL417,13133.3%+0.8 pts

09▲1Martin County, FLFL166,27233.3%+0.9 pts

10▲3Dixie County, FLFL18,03831.9%+1.3 pts

11▼3Glades County, FLFL13,27031.4%−2.1 pts

12▲2Gulf County, FLFL15,94331.1%+1.0 pts

13▲8Franklin County, FLFL13,02931.0%+3.9 pts

14▼3Marion County, FLFL442,66031.0%−0.5 pts

15▲2Manatee County, FLFL468,20029.6%+0.7 pts

16▼1Lee County, FLFL875,60729.4%−0.2 pts

17▼5Hernando County, FLFL221,70128.9%−1.8 pts

18▲6Putnam County, FLFL77,73428.5%+1.8 pts

19▲1Levy County, FLFL48,52028.4%0.0 pts

20▼1Lake County, FLFL456,06828.1%−0.5 pts

21▲4Madison County, FLFL18,75927.1%+0.5 pts

22▲4Pinellas County, FLFL948,56327.0%+0.4 pts

23▲6DeSoto County, FLFL37,07826.9%+1.6 pts

24▼2Volusia County, FLFL606,57326.8%0.0 pts

25▼7Jefferson County, FLFL16,00726.6%−2.0 pts

26▲2Brevard County, FLFL663,98226.2%+0.2 pts

27▼11Taylor County, FLFL21,21026.2%−3.0 pts

28▲5Nassau County, FLFL106,87925.8%+1.4 pts

29▲9Hamilton County, FLFL14,18025.5%+2.5 pts

30▼3St. Lucie County, FLFL402,44925.4%−0.8 pts

31▲6Monroe County, FLFL80,40625.3%+2.1 pts

32▲2Suwannee County, FLFL48,14925.3%+0.9 pts

33▲17Lafayette County, FLFL8,79224.9%+4.7 pts

34▼2Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,72624.9%+0.3 pts

35▼4Holmes County, FLFL20,11924.5%−0.1 pts

36▼13Jackson County, FLFL49,62924.5%−2.2 pts

37▲3Calhoun County, FLFL13,28924.4%+1.5 pts

38▼2Washington County, FLFL26,69524.3%+0.5 pts

39▼4Gilchrist County, FLFL20,48823.7%−0.5 pts

40▲3Gadsden County, FLFL44,29823.4%+0.8 pts

41▼11Pasco County, FLFL674,51623.4%−1.5 pts

42Okeechobee County, FLFL42,60822.9%+0.2 pts

43▼2Columbia County, FLFL74,09422.3%−0.5 pts

44▲1Walton County, FLFL93,28822.3%+0.4 pts

45▲2St. Johns County, FLFL346,32821.8%+0.4 pts

46▼7Polk County, FLFL874,79021.3%−1.7 pts

47▲2Escambia County, FLFL333,83421.0%+0.8 pts

48▼4Bradford County, FLFL28,30720.6%−1.9 pts

49▼1Bay County, FLFL204,47920.1%−0.4 pts

50▲4Santa Rosa County, FLFL211,11519.1%+0.4 pts

51▼5Liberty County, FLFL8,03518.9%−2.7 pts

52Okaloosa County, FLFL221,81018.9%0.0 pts

53▲3Clay County, FLFL239,59318.8%+1.2 pts

54▲3Wakulla County, FLFL38,08918.5%+0.9 pts

55▼2Hardee County, FLFL25,93218.4%−0.4 pts

56▼5Union County, FLFL16,25018.3%−0.9 pts

57▲1Broward County, FLFL2,013,31717.8%+0.8 pts

58▲2Seminole County, FLFL491,88417.3%+0.6 pts

59▼4Baker County, FLFL29,73717.1%−0.6 pts

60▼1Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,02916.9%+0.1 pts

61Duval County, FLFL1,062,96316.7%+0.7 pts

62Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,11516.2%+0.5 pts

63Alachua County, FLFL290,02816.1%+0.6 pts

64▲1Leon County, FLFL299,04815.6%+1.1 pts

65▲1Hendry County, FLFL48,27615.1%+0.7 pts

66▼2Osceola County, FLFL481,71814.7%−0.4 pts

67Orange County, FLFL1,528,00213.5%+0.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES