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Okaloosa County ranked seventh in state for resident earnings in 2017

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Okaloosa County ranked seventh among counties in Florida by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Okaloosa County residents was an inflation-adjusted $29,815 per year. Okaloosa County had 76,574 households in 2017, with a population of 197,591.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was St. Johns County. St. Johns County's median income was $33,827 per year after adjusting for inflation – $4,012 more than Okaloosa County. It had 83,744 households in 2017 and a population of 226,578.

Madison County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Florida, with a median income of only $18,832 per year. That was $10,983 less than the median income in Okaloosa County at the time. Madison County had 6,743 households in 2017 and a population of 18,518.

The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Florida counties ranked by earnings per resident (2017)
RankCountyEarnings per resident ($$$)
1St. Johns County33,827
2Monroe County31,636
3Clay County30,704
4Wakulla County30,574
5Seminole County30,431
6Nassau County30,425
7Okaloosa County29,815
8Sarasota County29,337
9Collier County29,016
10Santa Rosa County28,940
11Duval County28,493
12Palm Beach County28,273
13Hillsborough County27,767
14Broward County27,702
15Pinellas County27,619
16Martin County27,594
17Jefferson County27,210
18Manatee County26,990
19Leon County26,652
20Walton County26,265
21Brevard County26,236
22Lee County26,138
23Orange County26,056
24Baker County25,914
25Sumter County25,762
26Pasco County25,443
27Indian River County25,371
28Bay County25,361
29Escambia County25,332
30Lake County25,101
31Flagler County24,772
32Bradford County24,748
33Polk County24,479
34Volusia County24,441
35St. Lucie County24,348
36Charlotte County24,318
37Columbia County23,914
38Gadsden County23,713
39Alachua County23,711
40Franklin County22,980
41Hernando County22,825
42Marion County22,821
43Gilchrist County22,694
44Lafayette County22,672
45Gulf County22,668
46Citrus County22,221
47Osceola County21,967
48Liberty County21,941
49Suwannee County21,723
50Okeechobee County21,598
51Jackson County21,578
52Hardee County21,437
53Calhoun County21,293
54Washington County20,988
55Holmes County20,650
56Union County20,648
57Levy County20,618
58DeSoto County20,413
59Taylor County20,338
60Dixie County20,211
61Highlands County20,068
62Glades County20,022
63Hamilton County20,007
64Hendry County19,943
65Putnam County19,665
66Madison County18,832
* All values are inflation-adjusted

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