Rank
2292of 3,144
Pitt, North Carolina
Score 5.78 / 10· population 175,119
About 175,100 people live in Pitt, North Carolina. It ranks #2,292 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #73 of 100 in North Carolina. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.81% of a home's value each year, more than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 76% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 88% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.8 years, shorter than in 58% 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 93% 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 President4.7
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax6.0
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes0.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate5.3
- Life expectancy4.8
- Government employees7.7
- Single-parent households1.1