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2823of 3,144

Piatt, Illinois

Score 4.96 / 10· population 16,714

About 16,700 people live in Piatt, Illinois. It ranks #2,823 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #41 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.66% of a home's value each year, more than in 95% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 67% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 60% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.9 years, longer than in 73% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 82% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), 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 President6.4
  4. Sales tax3.4
  5. Property tax1.7

Environment

  1. Air quality5.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.0
  2. Life expectancy7.9
  3. Government employees3.1
  4. Single-parent households8.8

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