Rank
640of 3,144
Meade, Kentucky
Score 6.83 / 10· population 30,131
About 30,100 people live in Meade, Kentucky. It ranks #640 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #9 of 120 in Kentucky. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.66% of a home's value each year, less than in 58% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 90% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 51% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.1 years, longer than in 53% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 87% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 68% 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 President7.6
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax6.7
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes5.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.6
- Life expectancy6.1
- Government employees9.1
- Single-parent households7.6