Rank
377of 3,144
Camden, Missouri
Score 7.07 / 10· population 44,044
About 44,000 people live in Camden, Missouri. It ranks #377 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #29 of 115 in Missouri. The combined sales tax is 6.23%, lower than in 61% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.46% of a home's value each year, less than in 84% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 80% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 66% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.7 years, longer than in 60% of counties. Air quality is better than in 56% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 89% of counties. On this site's state scores, Missouri gets 6.81 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.8
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.7
- Sales tax4.3
- Property tax7.7
Environment
- Air quality6.0
- Floods / hurricanes0.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.2
- Life expectancy6.7
- Government employees8.0
- Single-parent households8.7