Rank

828of 3,144

Franklin, Missouri

Score 6.71 / 10· population 106,404

About 106,400 people live in Franklin, Missouri. It ranks #828 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #76 of 115 in Missouri. The combined sales tax is 6.48%, lower than in 54% 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 smaller share of working residents than in 87% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 66% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.8 years, longer than in 50% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 55% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 42), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 78% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.8
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.3
  4. Sales tax4.1
  5. Property tax6.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.7
  2. Life expectancy5.8
  3. Government employees8.8
  4. Single-parent households8.5

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