Rank
2177of 3,144
Quitman, Georgia
Score 5.89 / 10· population 2,280
About 2,300 people live in Quitman, Georgia. It ranks #2,177 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #78 of 159 in Georgia. The combined sales tax is 8%, higher than in 82% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.73% of a home's value each year, less than in 50% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in almost every other county. Life expectancy is about 73.3 years, shorter than in 73% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 88% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 50% 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 President5.8
- Sales tax2.7
- Property tax6.4
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes3.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate est.5.3
- Life expectancy3.3
- Government employees10.0
- Single-parent households0.0