Rank
1650of 3,144
Ottawa, Oklahoma
Score 6.24 / 10· population 30,287
About 30,300 people live in Ottawa, Oklahoma. It ranks #1,650 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #61 of 77 in Oklahoma. The combined sales tax is 5.85%, lower than in 78% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.6% of a home's value each year, less than in 65% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 78% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 74% of counties. Life expectancy is 70 years or less, shorter than in 94% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 96% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 51), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 68% 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 President7.6
- Sales tax4.7
- Property tax7.0
Environment
- Air quality4.9
- Floods / hurricanes2.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.1
- Life expectancy0.0
- Government employees7.8
- Single-parent households2.2