St. Johns County took the top spot for the sixth consecutive year in a ranking of Florida's healthiest counties.
The study, released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ranked Duval County No. 55 on the list, down seven spots from 2016.
Clay and Nassau counties were both in the top third of counties, with Clay ranked at 9 and Nassau at 18.
Baker County ranked 39 and Union County ranked last.
Two main categories were included in the ranking: health outcomes and factors.
Health outcomes were described as a measure of today's health and health factors were indicators of future health.
Full list of Florida county rankings:
1 St. Johns
2 Collier
3 Sarasota
4 Seminole
5 Martin
6 Lafayette
7 Santa Rosa
8 Palm Beach
9 Clay
10 Monroe
11 Okaloosa
12 Lee
13 Indian River
14 Flagler
15 Sumter
16 Orange
17 Leon
18 Nassau
19 Broward
20 Wakulla
21 Manatee
22 Charlotte
23 Miami-Dade
24 Lake
25 Brevard
26 Alachua
27 Calhoun
28 Pinellas
29 Hillsborough
30 Osceola
31 St. Lucie
32 Walton
33 Gulf
34 DeSoto
35 Pasco
36 Polk
37 Washington
38 Taylor
39 Baker
40 Hernando
41 Franklin
42 Volusia
43 Marion
44 Liberty
45 Glades
46 Bay
47 Hardee
48 Highlands
49 Gilchrist
50 Jackson
51 Jefferson
52 Citrus
53 Hendry
54 Suwannee
55 Duval
56 Dixie
57 Columbia
58 Escambia
59 Holmes
60 Levy
61 Bradford
62 Okeechobee
63 Hamilton
64 Putnam
65 Madison
66 Gadsden
67 Union
While St. Johns County was named No. 1, some of the counties in our area are the most unhealthy in Florida:
Posted by Action News Jax on Thursday, March 30, 2017
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