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521of 3,144

Ripley, Indiana

Score 6.92 / 10· population 29,227

About 29,200 people live in Ripley, Indiana. It ranks #521 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #19 of 92 in Indiana. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.58% of a home's value each year, less than in 68% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 89% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 59% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.5 years, shorter than in 51% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 79% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 59% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.5
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.1
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax7.1

Environment

  1. Air quality5.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.9
  2. Life expectancy5.5
  3. Government employees9.0
  4. Single-parent households7.1

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