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2910of 3,144

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Score 4.78 / 10· population 280,316

About 280,300 people live in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It ranks #2,910 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #6 of 9 in Connecticut. The combined sales tax is 6.35%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.56% of a home's value each year, more than in 94% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 55% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 56% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.4 years, longer than in 87% of counties. Flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 91% of counties. On this site's state scores, Connecticut gets 6.67 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 0 of 10 for gun rights.

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.7
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.3
  4. Sales tax4.2
  5. Property tax2.2

Environment

  1. Air quality est.6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.8
  2. Life expectancy9.4
  3. Government employees4.3
  4. Single-parent households3.2

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