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1107of 3,144

Brown, Kansas

Score 6.54 / 10· population 9,250

About 9,300 people live in Brown, Kansas. It ranks #1,107 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #49 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.06% of a home's value each year, more than in 74% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 74% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 74% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.4 years, shorter than in 81% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 55% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 42), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 88% 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 President7.4
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax4.7

Environment

  1. Air quality5.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.6
  2. Life expectancy2.4
  3. Government employees2.4
  4. Single-parent households8.0

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