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Florida

Below-median composite Life Score — grade C, 29th percentile of the national corpus.

45.6
Life Score / 100
C
Grade (curved)
#36
of 51 states
29%
composite percentile

Data updated August 2026

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The verdict

Florida is below-median composite Life Score — #36 of 51 (45.6/100, grade C, 29th percentile). Carried by schools at 92/100; held back most by cost of living at 20/100.

29th
composite percentile
#36
of 51 peers
20th
cost dimension percentile
31st
wages dimension percentile

Life Score shape · LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE

Florida at a glance

Florida is a LOWER-band RENT-SQUEEZE state: schools leads at 92/100 while cost of living drags at 20/100 (DEAR cost · LOW wages). According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Florida ranks #36 of 51 states by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #41 of 51 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.

Where Florida sits among all US states

Composite Life Score vs the 50 states + DC

46 29th percentile higher than 29% of 51 US states

25–30: 1 US states (2%). Below this entry. 30–35: 2 US states (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 4 US states (8%). Below this entry. 40–45: 6 US states (12%). Below this entry. 45–50: 10 US states (20%). This entry sits in this band. 50–55: 12 US states (24%). Above this entry. 55–60: 10 US states (20%). Above this entry. 60–65: 4 US states (8%). Above this entry. 65–70: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry. This state 25 70 every US state, bucketed by value

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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data

Dimension detail

How Florida scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 20/100 (20%)
Wages 32/100 (20%)
Rent 22/100 (15%)
Safety 88/100 (15%)
Schools 92/100 (10%)
Childcare 57/100 (10%)
Environment 38/100 (10%)

Read with Florida

Nearest composite peers and cost poles (LOWER · DEAR/LOW).

Colorado

ABS(composite) peer at 45.8 (Δ 0.2 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · DEAR/LOW.

Rhode Island

ABS(composite) peer at 45.3 (Δ 0.3 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · DEAR/LOW.

Tennessee

ABS(composite) peer at 45.3 (Δ 0.3 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · DEAR/LOW.

Alaska

ABS(composite) peer at 44.2 (Δ 1.4 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade C vs this page's LOWER · RENT-SQUEEZE · DEAR/LOW.

Connecticut (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 18/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp DEAR vs this state's DEAR.

Oregon (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 22/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp DEAR vs this state's DEAR.
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Data sourced from official public datasets, current as of 2026. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCompare