Rank

222of 3,144

Codington, South Dakota

Score 7.32 / 10· population 28,971

About 29,000 people live in Codington, South Dakota. It ranks #222 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #47 of 66 in South Dakota. The combined sales tax is 4.2%, lower than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.96% of a home's value each year, more than in 67% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 55% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 76% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.7 years, longer than in 89% of counties. Air quality is better than in 61% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 52% of counties. On this site's state scores, South Dakota gets 8.18 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.0
  4. Sales tax6.2
  5. Property tax5.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes3.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.8
  2. Life expectancy9.7
  3. Government employees4.3
  4. Single-parent households7.7

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