Rank
2737of 3,144
Robeson, North Carolina
Score 5.13 / 10· population 117,365
About 117,400 people live in Robeson, North Carolina. It ranks #2,737 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #96 of 100 in North Carolina. The combined sales tax is 7%, higher than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.8% of a home's value each year, more than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 78% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 97% of counties. Life expectancy is 70 years or less, shorter than in 94% of counties. Air quality is better than in 51% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 41), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 94% 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 President6.4
- Sales tax3.6
- Property tax6.0
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes0.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate0.0
- Life expectancy0.0
- Government employees7.8
- Single-parent households0.4