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1443of 3,144

Yellow Medicine, Minnesota

Score 6.36 / 10· population 9,467

About 9,500 people live in Yellow Medicine, Minnesota. It ranks #1,443 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #13 of 87 in Minnesota. The combined sales tax is 6.88%, higher than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.96% of a home's value each year, more than in 67% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 70% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.6 years, longer than in 80% of counties. Air quality is better than in 78% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 36), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 80% 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 President7.0
  4. Sales tax3.8
  5. Property tax5.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy8.6
  3. Government employees7.0
  4. Single-parent households6.5

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