Rank

2461of 3,144

Spalding, Georgia

Score 5.59 / 10· population 69,946

About 69,900 people live in Spalding, Georgia. It ranks #2,461 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #111 of 159 in Georgia. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.89% of a home's value each year, more than in 62% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 52% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 90% of counties. Life expectancy is about 71.7 years, shorter than in 86% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 89% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 49), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 57% 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 President5.8
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax5.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate4.6
  2. Life expectancy1.7
  3. Government employees5.2
  4. Single-parent households0.7

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