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Ringgold, Iowa

Score 6.61 / 10· population 4,642

About 4,600 people live in Ringgold, Iowa. It ranks #1,006 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #65 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.15% of a home's value each year, more than in 79% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 92% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.8 years, longer than in 50% of counties. Air quality is better than in 62% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 94% 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 President7.5
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax4.3

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy5.8
  3. Government employees0.6
  4. Single-parent households5.8

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