State Profile

Florida

Population (2023): 22,610 million

Florida scores among top performing states for emergency preparedness. Its outcomes on two key health measures are mixed. According to TFAH’s 2024 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, the state placed in the high performance tier for public health emergency preparedness. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide outpace the country as a whole. Based on the 2022 data, the percentage of adults with obesity is lower than the U.S. median, even as rates of diabetes and hypertension rank higher than the U.S. median.