Rank
568of 3,144
Dubois, Indiana
Score 6.88 / 10· population 43,546
About 43,500 people live in Dubois, Indiana. It ranks #568 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #24 of 92 in Indiana. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.71% of a home's value each year, less than in 53% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 90% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 56% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.9 years, longer than in 73% of counties. Air quality is better than in 52% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 41), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 53% 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
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.5
- 2A (state)8.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.1
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax6.5
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes3.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.8
- Life expectancy7.9
- Government employees9.0
- Single-parent households7.4