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3104of 3,144

Alexander, Illinois

Score 4.05 / 10· population 4,695

About 4,700 people live in Alexander, Illinois. It ranks #3,104 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #92 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.17% of a home's value each year, more than in 80% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 96% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 84% of counties. Life expectancy is about 71.1 years, shorter than in 89% 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 71% of counties. On this site's state scores, Illinois gets 5.58 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 0 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.6
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.9
  4. Sales tax4.3
  5. Property tax4.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.0
  2. Life expectancy1.1
  3. Government employees0.2
  4. Single-parent households0.3

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