Rank
2435of 3,144
Sedgwick, Kansas
Score 5.62 / 10· population 528,469
About 528,500 people live in Sedgwick, Kansas. It ranks #2,435 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #102 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.18% of a home's value each year, more than in 81% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 66% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 86% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.4 years, shorter than in 52% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 77% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 93% 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 President5.7
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax4.1
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes0.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate5.7
- Life expectancy5.4
- Government employees6.6
- Single-parent households3.6