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1059of 3,144

Rice, Kansas

Score 6.57 / 10· population 9,260

About 9,300 people live in Rice, Kansas. It ranks #1,059 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #44 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.35% of a home's value each year, more than in 88% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 91% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.4 years, shorter than in 52% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 54% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 42), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 85% 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 President7.8
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax3.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy5.4
  3. Government employees0.7
  4. Single-parent households9.0

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