Forbes' Twenty Best Counties to Raise a Family

A subjective study and survey of the best counties across the US for raising a family has been just released. The researchers used a variety of criteria to make their findings. Among them included population size, property tax support of public education, high SAT scores, cost of living, graduation rate, standardized scores, home price, property tax rate as a percentage of median home price, percentage of homes occupied by owner, per-capita income, air quality, crime rate and commute time. Virtually every county recognized is at least a suburb or exurb of a major metropolitan area.

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20) Norfolk County, MA ( northwest of Boston)

19) Sarasota County, FL (south of Tampa Bay)

18) Minnehaha County, SD ( north of Sioux Falls)

17) Howard County, MD (southwest of Baltimore)

16) Somerset County, NJ (southwest of Newark and NYC)

15) Marin County, CA (north of San Francisco)

14) Collin County, TX ( north of Dallas)

13) Abemarle County, VA (northwest of Richmond)

12) Washington County, RI (south of Providence)

11) Martin County, FL (north of West Palm Beach)

10) Chester County, PA (west of Philadelphia)

-9) Montgomery County, PA (northwest of Philadelphia)

-8) Waukesha County, WI (west of Milwaukee)
-7) Hunterdon County, NJ (northwest of Trenton)

-6) Morris County, NJ ( northeast of Newark and NYC)

-5) Delaware County, OH (north of Columbus)

-4) Geauga County, OH (east of Cleveland)

-3) Johnson County, KS (southwest of Kansas City)

-2) Ozaukee County, WI (north of Milwaukee)

-1) Hamilton County, IN (north of Indianapolis)

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