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322of 3,144

Plymouth, Iowa

Score 7.14 / 10· population 25,722

About 25,700 people live in Plymouth, Iowa. It ranks #322 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #8 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.99% of a home's value each year, more than in 70% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 80% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 62% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.7 years, longer than in 89% of counties. Air quality is better than in 63% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 68% of counties. On this site's state scores, Iowa gets 6.91 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.7
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax5.1

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.1
  2. Life expectancy9.7
  3. Government employees8.0
  4. Single-parent households8.9

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