Rank
266of 3,144
Dade, Georgia
Score 7.23 / 10· population 16,165
About 16,200 people live in Dade, Georgia. It ranks #266 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #2 of 159 in Georgia. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.56% of a home's value each year, less than in 71% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 83% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 72% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.2 years, shorter than in 64% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 75% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 73% 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 President8.3
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax7.2
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes6.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.5
- Life expectancy4.2
- Government employees8.3
- Single-parent households7.4