Rank
321of 3,144
Texas, Oklahoma
Score 7.14 / 10· population 20,371
About 20,400 people live in Texas, Oklahoma. It ranks #321 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #8 of 77 in Oklahoma. The combined sales tax is 5.95%, lower than in 78% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.91% of a home's value each year, more than in 63% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 76% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 65% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77 years, longer than in 64% of counties. Air quality is better than in 78% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 36), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 91% 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 President8.3
- Sales tax4.6
- Property tax5.5
Environment
- Air quality6.4
- Floods / hurricanes8.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.7
- Life expectancy7.0
- Government employees7.6
- Single-parent households4.3