Rank
1848of 3,144
Daviess, Kentucky
Score 6.12 / 10· population 103,458
About 103,500 people live in Daviess, Kentucky. It ranks #1,848 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #94 of 120 in Kentucky. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.81% of a home's value each year, more than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 84% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 67% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.9 years, shorter than in 57% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 62% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 83% 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
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.8
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.6
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax6.0
Environment
- Air quality5.6
- Floods / hurricanes1.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.6
- Life expectancy4.9
- Government employees8.4
- Single-parent households4.3