Rank
200of 3,144
Sioux, Iowa
Score 7.37 / 10· population 36,246
About 36,200 people live in Sioux, Iowa. It ranks #200 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #1 of 99 in Iowa. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.08% of a home's value each year, more than in 75% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 94% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 76% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 66% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 38), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 63% 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
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.5
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax4.6
Environment
- Air quality6.2
- Floods / hurricanes5.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.7
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees9.5
- Single-parent households10.0