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2665of 3,144

Crawford, Illinois

Score 5.26 / 10· population 18,300

About 18,300 people live in Crawford, Illinois. It ranks #2,665 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #23 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.36% of a home's value each year, more than in 89% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 58% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 75% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.1 years, longer than in 53% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 50), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 69% 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 President7.5
  4. Sales tax4.3
  5. Property tax3.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.7
  2. Life expectancy6.1
  3. Government employees4.0
  4. Single-parent households7.5

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