Rank
2377of 3,144
Mower, Minnesota
Score 5.69 / 10· population 40,058
About 40,100 people live in Mower, Minnesota. It ranks #2,377 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #76 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 7.37%, higher than in 75% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.98% of a home's value each year, more than in 69% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 58% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 63% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.6 years, longer than in 80% 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 higher 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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.3
- 2A (state)4.0
- GOP + LP vote for President5.5
- Sales tax3.3
- Property tax5.1
Environment
- Air quality6.3
- Floods / hurricanes2.5
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.1
- Life expectancy8.6
- Government employees4.0
- Single-parent households6.9