Rank

1380of 3,144

Saline, Arkansas

Score 6.39 / 10· population 129,574

About 129,600 people live in Saline, Arkansas. It ranks #1,380 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #22 of 75 in Arkansas. The combined sales tax is 6.5%, lower than in 52% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.59% of a home's value each year, less than in 67% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 73% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 78% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.3 years, shorter than in 53% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 91% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 49), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 64% 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 President7.0
  4. Sales tax4.1
  5. Property tax7.1

Environment

  1. Air quality5.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.8
  2. Life expectancy5.3
  3. Government employees7.3
  4. Single-parent households6.5

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