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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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.6
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.0
  4. Sales tax4.3
  5. Property tax5.1

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy6.8
  3. Government employees7.8
  4. Single-parent households5.9

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