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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Florida snapshot48,150

Reported induced terminations

Calendar year 2025 report, revised July 8, 2026

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Induced terminations of pregnancy reported to Florida AHCA for 2025, tabulated by the patient's county or state of residence.

Patient residence context

Out-of-state residents: 1,463

This is context, not a complete breakdown of the statewide total. The source lists Florida counties separately and suppresses county cells of 20 or fewer.

Suppressed county cells are still included in the statewide total, so visible county rows cannot be summed to reproduce 48,150.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration ↗

How it was measured: FactVote uses AHCA's revised statewide total in the agency's final 2025 county-of-residence report rather than summing partially suppressed county rows.

Keep in mind

AHCA suppresses county cells of 20 or fewer but includes them in the statewide total.
The agency says the report is subject to change because of late or corrected reports; it is an administrative count, not an estimate of unreported care.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Florida snapshot$1,669/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

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Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

Florida compared with the U.S.

Median gross rent

Florida: $1,669/month
United States: $1,413/month

Florida's statewide median was $256 per month higher, or about 18.1% above the U.S. median.

Both values are Census QuickFacts 2020–2024 estimates using the same gross-rent definition and dollar period.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Other statewide housing measures

Owner costs with mortgage: $1,959/month
Owner costs without mortgage: $673/month
Median owner-occupied home value: $359,000
Owner-occupied housing rate: 67.6%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year estimate, so local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Florida snapshot13.6%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

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Share of Florida’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

Florida compared with the U.S.

People under 65 without health insurance

Florida: 13.6%
United States: 9.8%

Florida's estimate was 3.8 percentage points higher than the U.S. estimate.

Both figures use the same 2024 ACS 1-year table and under-65 population.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Medicaid and CHIP enrollment

April 2026

Medicaid and CHIP total: 3,571,613
Medicaid total: 3,400,007
Adults on Medicaid: 1,276,906
Children on Medicaid: 2,123,101
CHIP enrollment: 171,606

Florida compared with the U.S.

Medicaid and CHIP enrollment

Florida: 3,571,613 Medicaid + CHIP enrollees
United States: 73,871,024 Medicaid + CHIP enrollees

Florida accounted for about 4.8% of U.S. Medicaid and CHIP enrollment in this snapshot.

This is a raw point-in-time enrollment comparison, not an enrollment rate. Florida and the United States have very different population sizes.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ↗

The Medicaid total equals CMS's adult and child Medicaid counts. The combined total adds CHIP enrollment.

These are preliminary last-day-of-month enrollment counts for people receiving comprehensive benefits, not the number of different people covered during the year.
Definitions can differ from other CMS enrollment products, so this snapshot should be compared only with the same series.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ↗

Prescription-related spending

2020

Annual spending per Florida resident: $1,508
U.S. annual spending per resident: $1,318

Florida compared with the U.S.

Prescription drugs and other nondurable medical products

Florida: $1,508 per resident
United States: $1,318 per resident

Florida's estimate was $190 per resident higher, or about 14.4% above the U.S. estimate.

Both values come from the same CMS 2020 state health-expenditure series and cover the same combined spending category.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ↗

CMS combines retail prescription drugs with other nondurable medical products in this state expenditure category.

This is annual per-person spending across the whole population—not an average pharmacy price, copay, or amount paid by a typical patient.
The latest CMS state health-expenditure series currently ends in 2020, so it should not be read as a current price.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ↗Download official data ↗

How it was measured: Published ACS 1-year estimate for the civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65, Census historical table HIC-6_ACS. The legacy fact ID is retained for existing action relationships.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older and describes an annual survey estimate, not a live enrollment count.
The estimate has a 90% margin of error of 0.2 percentage points. Close state differences may not be statistically significant.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Florida snapshot92.2%

Public high school graduation rate

2024–25 school year

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Florida's federal uniform four-year cohort graduation rate for public high school students.

Recent statewide rates

2023–24: 89.7%
2021–22: 87.3%

How it was measured: Florida Department of Education cohort calculation under the federal uniform graduation-rate method.

Keep in mind

The rate measures graduation within the defined cohort and is not the same as the share of all adults who hold a diploma.

Florida Department of Education ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Florida snapshot3,191

Firearm deaths

2024

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Deaths in Florida for which a firearm injury was recorded as the cause of death, across intents including suicide, homicide, and other categories.

Florida compared with the U.S.

Firearm mortality rate

The displayed Florida rate is age-adjusted, while the readily published 2024 U.S. FastStats rate is a population rate. FactVote does not present a numerical difference between differently calculated rates.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted rate: 12.7 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System mortality data published through CDC WONDER; the displayed rate is age-adjusted.

Keep in mind

This is a mortality measure, not a count of shootings or crimes.
The total combines multiple intents and does not by itself explain causes or policy effects.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗USAFacts explainer ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Florida snapshot590,000

Estimated unauthorized immigrant population

January 2022 estimate

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DHS estimate of foreign-born noncitizens residing in Florida who were not in a lawful immigration status in January 2022.

DHS estimate over time

January 2018: 680,000
Estimated change, 2018–2022: −90,000

How it was measured: DHS residual-estimation model using Census American Community Survey data and federal administrative records; state figures are rounded.

Keep in mind

This is a modeled 2022 estimate, not an exact count or a current population tracker; DHS rounds state figures to the nearest 10,000.
Foreign-born and noncitizen populations are not interchangeable with the unauthorized population.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Homeland Security Statistics ↗USAFacts explainer ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Florida snapshotAbout 72%

Electricity generated from natural gas

2025

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Share of Florida's total electricity net generation supplied by natural gas; solar and nuclear shares are shown for context.

Electricity generation mix

Solar: About 11%
Nuclear: About 11%
Natural gas: About 72%

How it was measured: FactVote divided EIA's 2025 utility-scale generation by total utility-scale plus estimated small-scale generation, adding small-scale solar to the solar numerator.

Keep in mind

Electricity generation is only one part of total energy use and these rounded shares do not measure the effect of any individual policy.
Shares are rounded to whole percentages, so the displayed categories are contextual rather than a complete accounting of every energy source.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Florida snapshot$3.83/gal

Regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average Florida retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations, including taxes.

Florida compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Florida: $3.825/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

Florida's statewide average was 24.6 cents per gallon lower, or about 6.0% below the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent weekly prices

Prior week: $3.786/gal
Weekly change: +3.9¢
One year earlier: $2.880/gal
Change from one year earlier: +94.5¢

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail motor-gasoline survey estimate for Florida. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from the published prior-week and year-earlier observations.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide survey estimate, not the price at every station or in every Florida community.
The series is nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns.
Weekly estimates can be revised and can differ from monthly averages.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Florida snapshot3.8%

CPS U-3 unemployment estimate

2025 annual average

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Share of Florida's civilian labor force that was unemployed under the Current Population Survey U-3 definition.

Florida compared with the U.S.

CPS unemployment estimate (U-3)

Florida: 3.8%
United States: 4.3%

Florida's annual U-3 estimate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the U.S. estimate.

Both figures are BLS 2025 annual averages. Both use an 11-month average because October data were not collected during the federal shutdown.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ↗

Broad labor underutilization rate (U-6)

Florida: 7.9%
United States: 8.0%

Florida's annual U-6 estimate was 0.1 percentage point lower than the U.S. estimate.

Both figures are BLS 2025 annual averages under the same U-6 definition.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ↗

Labor-underutilization measures

Florida U-3: 3.8%
Florida U-6: 7.9%
U.S. U-3: 4.3%
U.S. U-6: 8.0%

How it was measured: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual Current Population Survey labor-underutilization estimate.

Keep in mind

BLS says this CPS U-3 series is not the official state unemployment estimate; official state rates come from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program.
The 2025 annual estimate is an 11-month average because October data were not collected during the federal government shutdown.
U-3 does not include every form of labor underutilization.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Florida snapshot

78.9%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

22.4%

Primary election turnout

August 20, 2024 primary election

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Ballots counted in Florida's 2024 general election as a share of registered voters reported for that election.

2024 turnout comparison

General: Nov. 5 · Primary: Aug. 20

General election turnout: 78.9%
Primary election turnout: 22.4%

Florida's Division of Elections reports both rates as ballots counted divided by registered voters for the election.

Primary eligibility depended on party registration and, in some places, whether a universal primary or local contest was on the ballot.

Florida Department of State, Division of Elections ↗Download official data ↗

Primary participation totals

Ballots counted: 3,029,269
Registered voters: 13,530,515

How it was measured: Official county turnout results aggregated by the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.

Keep in mind

Not every registered voter had the same set of primary contests; Florida notes that some primary eligibility depends on local and universal-primary contests.
The primary and general offered different contests and choices, so the rates should not be read as a causal comparison.

Florida Department of State, Division of Elections ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Florida snapshot260.9 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2025 FBI estimate

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Estimated violent offenses reported to law enforcement in Florida per 100,000 residents.

Estimated reported-crime rates

2025

Violent crime: 260.9 per 100,000
Property crime: 1,176.1 per 100,000
Murder and non-negligent manslaughter: 3.2 per 100,000
Rape: 27.2 per 100,000
Robbery: 36.5 per 100,000
Aggravated assault: 193.9 per 100,000

Florida compared with the U.S.

Estimated reported violent-crime rate

Florida: 260.9 per 100,000
United States: 327.6 per 100,000

Florida's estimated reported rate was 66.7 offenses per 100,000 lower, or about 20.4% below the U.S. estimate.

Both are 2025 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting estimates. A lower reported rate does not by itself identify a cause or measure unreported crime.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Estimated reported property-crime rate

Florida: 1,176.1 per 100,000
United States: 1,534.8 per 100,000

Florida's estimated reported rate was 358.7 offenses per 100,000 lower, or about 23.4% below the U.S. estimate.

Both are 2025 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting estimates. The comparison is affected by reporting practices, agency participation, estimation, and later revisions.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

FBI state estimates describe offenses reported to law enforcement and use estimation procedures to account for agencies that did not provide complete data.

Reported-crime estimates are not a count of every crime experienced, and they are not arrest totals.
The FBI flags limited 2025 data availability for Florida; its estimates account for incomplete reporting, but reporting practices, participation, population estimates, and later revisions can still affect comparisons.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer ↗

Correctional populations

End of July 2025

State prison: 89,436
Probation: 139,818
Post-prison supervision: 5,067

These are end-of-month administrative populations in different correctional statuses.

The prison count excludes local jails and federal facilities.
This archived July 2025 snapshot is overdue for a newer public monthly report and must not be read as today's population.
Population size alone does not measure crime, safety, fairness, or program effectiveness.

Florida Department of Corrections ↗

How it was measured: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting state estimates based on reported agency data with estimation for incomplete reporting.

Keep in mind

This is a reported-crime estimate, not a victimization survey or arrest rate.
It should not be interpreted as the probability that an individual Floridian will experience crime.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Florida snapshot1,176.1 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2025 FBI estimate

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents.

How it was measured: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting state estimates based on reported agency data with estimation for incomplete reporting.

Keep in mind

This is a reported-crime estimate, not a victimization survey or arrest rate.
It should not be interpreted as the probability that an individual Floridian will experience crime.
Reported-crime estimates are not a count of every crime experienced, and they are not arrest totals.
The FBI flags limited 2025 data availability for Florida; its estimates account for incomplete reporting, but reporting practices, participation, population estimates, and later revisions can still affect comparisons.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Florida snapshot5,294,001

Social Security beneficiaries

December 2025

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Florida beneficiaries receiving payable Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits.

Beneficiary type

Retired workers: 4,191,491
Disabled workers: 462,756
Widow(er)s and parents: 260,003
Spouses: 145,263
Children: 234,488

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record, with controlled rounding applied to protect privacy.

Keep in mind

The total includes retired workers, disabled workers, survivors, spouses, and children; it is not a count of retirees alone.
Counts describe current-payment status in December 2025.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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