Rank
1044of 3,144
Cobb, Georgia
Score 6.59 / 10· population 776,743
About 776,700 people live in Cobb, Georgia. It ranks #1,044 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #20 of 159 in Georgia. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.69% of a home's value each year, less than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 96% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 69% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.6 years, longer than in 88% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 54% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 42), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 93% of counties. On this site's state scores, Georgia gets 7.56 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)7.6
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.3
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax6.6
Environment
- Air quality5.8
- Floods / hurricanes0.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.5
- Life expectancy9.6
- Government employees9.7
- Single-parent households4.5