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258of 3,144

Lewis, Idaho

Score 7.24 / 10· population 3,739

About 3,700 people live in Lewis, Idaho. It ranks #258 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #36 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.55% of a home's value each year, less than in 72% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 83% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.9 years, shorter than in 57% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 91% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 49), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 91% of counties. On this site's state scores, Idaho gets 7.89 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.9
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.2
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax7.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy4.9
  3. Government employees1.5
  4. Single-parent households7.9

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