Rank
387of 3,144
Maries, Missouri
Score 7.06 / 10· population 8,430
About 8,400 people live in Maries, Missouri. It ranks #387 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #32 of 115 in Missouri. The combined sales tax is 6.89%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.45% of a home's value each year, less than in 85% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 83% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 72% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.7 years, shorter than in 59% of counties. Air quality is better than in 59% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 80% 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 President8.4
- Sales tax3.7
- Property tax7.8
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes7.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.5
- Life expectancy4.7
- Government employees1.4
- Single-parent households9.8