Rank
34of 3,144
Grant, South Dakota
Score 7.92 / 10· population 7,553
About 7,600 people live in Grant, South Dakota. It ranks #34 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #8 of 66 in South Dakota. The combined sales tax is 4.2%, lower than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.92% of a home's value each year, more than in 64% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 89% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.5 years, longer than in 79% of counties. Air quality is better than in 72% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 37), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 88% 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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.2
- Sales tax6.2
- Property tax5.4
Environment
- Air quality6.3
- Floods / hurricanes8.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy8.5
- Government employees8.9
- Single-parent households9.8