Rank
2306of 3,144
Pope, Illinois
Score 5.77 / 10· population 3,707
About 3,700 people live in Pope, Illinois. It ranks #2,306 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #2 of 102 in Illinois. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.99% of a home's value each year, more than in 70% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 78% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.8 years, longer than in 61% 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 lower than in 82% 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 President8.0
- Sales tax4.3
- Property tax5.1
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes7.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy6.8
- Government employees7.8
- Single-parent households5.9