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431of 3,144

Posey, Indiana

Score 7.02 / 10· population 25,040

About 25,000 people live in Posey, Indiana. It ranks #431 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #8 of 92 in Indiana. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.52% of a home's value each year, less than in 76% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 63% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 50% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79 years, longer than in 83% of counties. Air quality is better than in 74% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 37), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 62% 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 President7.1
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.6
  2. Life expectancy9.0
  3. Government employees6.3
  4. Single-parent households8.0

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