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2222of 3,144

Brown, Illinois

Score 5.86 / 10· population 6,294

About 6,300 people live in Brown, Illinois. It ranks #2,222 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #1 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.34% of a home's value each year, more than in 87% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 98% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.2 years, longer than in 76% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 65% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 94% 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 President7.9
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax3.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy8.2
  3. Government employees9.8
  4. Single-parent households7.8

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