Florida is named the shark attack capital of the world

Florida — specifically Volusia County — is the shark capital of the world. 

The Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File found the most unprovoked shark attacks in the world in the Sunshine State, specifically in Volusia County, where there have been 351 attacks since 1882. 

Brevard County follows with 158 attacks, then Palm Beach with 83. 

Unprovoked bites "are defined as incidents in which a bite on a live human occurs in the shark’s natural habitat with no human provocation of the shark," according to the Florida Museum.