Rank
50of 3,144
Slope, North Dakota
Score 7.83 / 10· population 674
About 674 people live in Slope, North Dakota. It ranks #50 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #4 of 53 in North Dakota. The combined sales tax is 5%, lower than in 89% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.4% of a home's value each year, less than in 90% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 91% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Air quality is better than in 91% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 30), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in almost every other county. On this site's state scores, North Dakota gets 7.55 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 9 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
- 2A (state)9.0
- GOP + LP vote for President9.1
- Sales tax5.5
- Property tax8.0
Environment
- Air quality7.0
- Floods / hurricanes9.9
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy est.8.7
- Government employees0.7
- Single-parent households9.9