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3057of 3,144

Livingston, Illinois

Score 4.31 / 10· population 35,320

About 35,300 people live in Livingston, Illinois. It ranks #3,057 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #84 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.88% of a home's value each year, more than in 97% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 62% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 50% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.9 years, longer than in 51% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 86% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 72% 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 President7.2
  4. Sales tax3.4
  5. Property tax0.6

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.6
  2. Life expectancy5.9
  3. Government employees3.6
  4. Single-parent households2.5

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