Rank
1459of 3,144
Delaware, Oklahoma
Score 6.35 / 10· population 41,703
About 41,700 people live in Delaware, Oklahoma. It ranks #1,459 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #54 of 77 in Oklahoma. The combined sales tax is 6.2%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.51% of a home's value each year, less than in 77% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 73% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 79% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.5 years, shorter than in 80% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 94% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 51), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 80% of counties. On this site's state scores, Oklahoma gets 7.49 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)7.5
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.0
- Sales tax4.4
- Property tax7.5
Environment
- Air quality4.9
- Floods / hurricanes1.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate6.6
- Life expectancy2.5
- Government employees7.3
- Single-parent households3.2