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1244of 3,144

Clarke, Alabama

Score 6.46 / 10· population 22,337

About 22,300 people live in Clarke, Alabama. It ranks #1,244 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #20 of 67 in Alabama. The combined sales tax is 5%, lower than in 89% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.28% of a home's value each year, less than in 97% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 80% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 71.9 years, shorter than in 85% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 65% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 84% of counties. On this site's state scores, Alabama gets 6.66 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.7
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.8
  4. Sales tax5.5
  5. Property tax8.6

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy1.9
  3. Government employees8.0
  4. Single-parent households0.7

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