Rank
1228of 3,144
St. Clair, Alabama
Score 6.47 / 10· population 95,552
About 95,600 people live in St. Clair, Alabama. It ranks #1,228 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #19 of 67 in Alabama. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% 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 61% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 82% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.4 years, shorter than in 72% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 50), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 65% 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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.7
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.2
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax8.6
Environment
- Air quality5.0
- Floods / hurricanes2.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate6.3
- Life expectancy3.4
- Government employees6.1
- Single-parent households5.6