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1517of 3,144

Lincoln, Georgia

Score 6.31 / 10· population 7,879

About 7,900 people live in Lincoln, Georgia. It ranks #1,517 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #39 of 159 in Georgia. The combined sales tax is 9%, higher than in 93% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.8% of a home's value each year, more than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 73% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 64% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.2 years, shorter than in 54% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 82% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 59% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.3
  4. Sales tax1.8
  5. Property tax6.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy5.2
  3. Government employees2.5
  4. Single-parent households4.8

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