Rank
1667of 3,144
Sumner, Kansas
Score 6.22 / 10· population 22,334
About 22,300 people live in Sumner, Kansas. It ranks #1,667 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #79 of 105 in Kansas. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.36% of a home's value each year, more than in 89% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 91% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 51% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.7 years, shorter than in 59% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 79% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 66% 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 President7.5
- Sales tax3.2
- Property tax3.2
Environment
- Air quality5.3
- Floods / hurricanes5.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.6
- Life expectancy4.7
- Government employees0.7
- Single-parent households9.7