Rank
2046of 3,144
Person, North Carolina
Score 6.00 / 10· population 39,737
About 39,700 people live in Person, North Carolina. It ranks #2,046 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #64 of 100 in North Carolina. The combined sales tax is 6.75%, higher than in 48% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.68% of a home's value each year, less than in 56% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 51% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 87% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.2 years, shorter than in 64% of counties. Air quality is better than in 63% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 60% of counties. On this site's state scores, North Carolina gets 7.59 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)7.6
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.2
- Sales tax3.9
- Property tax6.6
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes2.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate5.4
- Life expectancy4.2
- Government employees5.0
- Single-parent households1.3