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1513of 3,144

Anderson, Kansas

Score 6.32 / 10· population 7,838

About 7,800 people live in Anderson, Kansas. It ranks #1,513 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #73 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.37% of a home's value each year, more than in 89% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 84% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.4 years, longer than in 56% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 73% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 87% of counties. On this site's state scores, Kansas gets 7.12 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.0
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax3.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy6.4
  3. Government employees1.4
  4. Single-parent households2.6

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