Rank

2819of 3,144

Mahoning, Ohio

Score 4.98 / 10· population 225,596

About 225,600 people live in Mahoning, Ohio. It ranks #2,819 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #83 of 88 in Ohio. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.3% of a home's value each year, more than in 86% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 61% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 92% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.8 years, shorter than in 68% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 73% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 82% of counties. On this site's state scores, Ohio gets 6.08 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.1
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.5
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax3.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate3.9
  2. Life expectancy3.8
  3. Government employees6.1
  4. Single-parent households1.3

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