Rank

3105of 3,144

Champaign, Illinois

Score 4.04 / 10· population 205,644

About 205,600 people live in Champaign, Illinois. It ranks #3,105 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #93 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes at least 2% of a home's value each year, more than in 98% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 81% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 79% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.8 years, longer than in 82% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 69% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 45), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 85% 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 President3.7
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.6
  2. Life expectancy8.8
  3. Government employees8.1
  4. Single-parent households2.7

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