Rank
1993of 3,144
Livingston, Louisiana
Score 6.03 / 10· population 150,145
About 150,100 people live in Livingston, Louisiana. It ranks #1,993 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #11 of 64 in Louisiana. The combined sales tax is 9%, higher than in 93% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.44% of a home's value each year, less than in 86% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 50% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 79% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.9 years, shorter than in 67% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 85% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 95% of counties. On this site's state scores, Louisiana gets 6.56 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)6.6
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.4
- Sales tax1.8
- Property tax7.8
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes0.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate6.7
- Life expectancy3.9
- Government employees4.8
- Single-parent households5.6