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1184of 3,144

Garden, Nebraska

Score 6.50 / 10· population 1,794

About 1,800 people live in Garden, Nebraska. It ranks #1,184 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #85 of 93 in Nebraska. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.87% of a home's value each year, more than in 61% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 95% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.4 years, shorter than in 62% of counties. Air quality is better than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 28), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 98% of counties. On this site's state scores, Nebraska gets 6.87 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 9 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)9.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.5
  4. Sales tax5.0
  5. Property tax5.7

Environment

  1. Air quality7.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate est.8.6
  2. Life expectancy4.4
  3. Government employees0.3
  4. Single-parent households0.3

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