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469of 3,144

Gove, Kansas

Score 6.97 / 10· population 2,735

About 2,700 people live in Gove, Kansas. It ranks #469 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #9 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 8.5%, higher than in 91% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.27% of a home's value each year, more than in 85% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 96% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.1 years, longer than in 84% of counties. Flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 96% 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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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.8
  4. Sales tax2.3
  5. Property tax3.7

Environment

  1. Air quality est.6.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy9.1
  3. Government employees0.2
  4. Single-parent households9.8

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