Rank
1474of 3,144
Johnson, Kansas
Score 6.34 / 10· population 622,237
About 622,200 people live in Johnson, Kansas. It ranks #1,474 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #71 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.97%, higher than in 82% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.12% of a home's value each year, more than in 77% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 74% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 56% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% 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 higher than in 91% 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
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.5
- Sales tax2.8
- Property tax4.4
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes0.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.8
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees7.4
- Single-parent households8.5