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1762of 3,144

Faribault, Minnesota

Score 6.17 / 10· population 13,873

About 13,900 people live in Faribault, Minnesota. It ranks #1,762 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #28 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 7.37%, higher than in 75% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.9% of a home's value each year, more than in 63% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 63% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.5 years, longer than in 87% of counties. Air quality is better than in 73% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 37), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 64% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.3
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.8
  4. Sales tax3.3
  5. Property tax5.5

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy9.5
  3. Government employees3.5
  4. Single-parent households8.1

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