Rank

1599of 3,144

Red Lake, Minnesota

Score 6.27 / 10· population 3,911

About 3,900 people live in Red Lake, Minnesota. It ranks #1,599 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #21 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 6.88%, higher than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.01% of a home's value each year, more than in 71% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 65% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.9 years, longer than in 90% of counties. Air quality is better than in 69% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 38), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 94% 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 tax3.8
  5. Property tax5.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy9.9
  3. Government employees3.3
  4. Single-parent households6.2

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