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453of 3,144

Union, Indiana

Score 6.99 / 10· population 6,973

About 7,000 people live in Union, Indiana. It ranks #453 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #13 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 50% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.9 years, longer than in 51% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 83% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 93% 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 President7.8
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy5.9
  3. Government employees4.9
  4. Single-parent households7.7

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