Rank
2016of 3,144
Otter Tail, Minnesota
Score 6.01 / 10· population 60,626
About 60,600 people live in Otter Tail, Minnesota. It ranks #2,016 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #54 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 7.37%, higher than in 75% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.73% of a home's value each year, less than in 50% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 54% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 60% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.3 years, longer than in 86% of counties. Air quality is better than in 60% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 75% 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 President6.7
- Sales tax3.3
- Property tax6.4
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes1.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.0
- Life expectancy9.3
- Government employees4.4
- Single-parent households8.8