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Cross, Arkansas

Score 6.08 / 10· population 16,420

About 16,400 people live in Cross, Arkansas. It ranks #1,900 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #42 of 75 in Arkansas. The combined sales tax is 8.62%, higher than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.57% of a home's value each year, less than in 69% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 66% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 71.6 years, shorter than in 87% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 77% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 63% of counties. On this site's state scores, Arkansas gets 6.57 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)6.6
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.3
  4. Sales tax2.2
  5. Property tax7.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy1.6
  3. Government employees3.2
  4. Single-parent households1.6

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