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1215of 3,144

Howard, Missouri

Score 6.48 / 10· population 10,101

About 10,100 people live in Howard, Missouri. It ranks #1,215 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #93 of 115 in Missouri. The combined sales tax is 8.1%, higher than in 89% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.53% of a home's value each year, less than in 74% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 56% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.7 years, longer than in 49% of counties. Air quality is better than in 55% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 84% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.8
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.2
  4. Sales tax2.6
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes7.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate est.5.7
  2. Life expectancy5.7
  3. Government employees4.2
  4. Single-parent households7.1

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