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2691of 3,144

Edwards, Illinois

Score 5.20 / 10· population 5,968

About 6,000 people live in Edwards, Illinois. It ranks #2,691 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #27 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.26% of a home's value each year, more than in 84% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 98% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78 years, longer than in 74% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 92% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 49), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 84% 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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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.6
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.5
  4. Sales tax3.4
  5. Property tax3.7

Environment

  1. Air quality5.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate est.5.2
  2. Life expectancy8.0
  3. Government employees9.8
  4. Single-parent households4.5

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