Rank
2221of 3,144
Cass, Minnesota
Score 5.86 / 10· population 31,446
About 31,400 people live in Cass, Minnesota. It ranks #2,221 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #65 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 7.37%, higher than in 75% 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 larger share of working residents than in 84% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.1 years, shorter than in 55% of counties. Air quality is better than in 92% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 29), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 50% of counties. On this site's state scores, Minnesota gets 6.34 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 4 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.3
- 2A (state)4.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.6
- Sales tax3.3
- Property tax7.2
Environment
- Air quality7.1
- Floods / hurricanes3.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy5.1
- Government employees1.4
- Single-parent households5.1