Rank
54of 3,144
Sully, South Dakota
Score 7.82 / 10· population 1,494
About 1,500 people live in Sully, South Dakota. It ranks #54 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #14 of 66 in South Dakota. The combined sales tax is 4.2%, lower than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.86% of a home's value each year, more than in 60% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 58% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Air quality is better than in 96% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 25), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 90% 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 President8.0
- Sales tax6.2
- Property tax5.7
Environment
- Air quality7.5
- Floods / hurricanes8.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy est.9.4
- Government employees4.0
- Single-parent households6.8