Rank
3022of 3,144
McLean, Illinois
Score 4.44 / 10· population 170,441
About 170,400 people live in McLean, Illinois. It ranks #3,022 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #78 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% 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 77% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 55% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.9 years, longer than in 83% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 75% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 78% 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
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.6
- 2A (state)0.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.7
- Sales tax3.4
- Property tax0.0
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes1.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.3
- Life expectancy8.9
- Government employees7.7
- Single-parent households5.0