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525of 3,144

Adams, Indiana

Score 6.92 / 10· population 36,288

About 36,300 people live in Adams, Indiana. It ranks #525 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #21 of 92 in Indiana. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.7% of a home's value each year, less than in 54% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 71% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 51% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.1 years, longer than in 75% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 73% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 52% of counties. On this site's state scores, Indiana gets 7.51 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 8 of 10 for gun rights.

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.5
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.6
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes3.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.6
  2. Life expectancy8.1
  3. Government employees7.1
  4. Single-parent households9.7

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