Rank

967of 3,144

Bath, Kentucky

Score 6.63 / 10· population 12,975

About 13,000 people live in Bath, Kentucky. It ranks #967 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #33 of 120 in Kentucky. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.56% of a home's value each year, less than in 71% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 92% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 65% of counties. Life expectancy is 70 years or less, shorter than in 94% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 57% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 43), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 80% of counties. On this site's state scores, Kentucky gets 5.8 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)5.8
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.5
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax7.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy0.0
  3. Government employees9.3
  4. Single-parent households4.6

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