Rank
2469of 3,144
Bexar, Texas
Score 5.58 / 10· population 2,087,679
About 2,087,700 people live in Bexar, Texas. It ranks #2,469 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #247 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.55% of a home's value each year, more than in 94% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 76% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 87% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.4 years, longer than in 56% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 98% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 52), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in almost every other county. On this site's state scores, Texas gets 8.15 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 President4.5
- Sales tax4.3
- Property tax2.3
Environment
- Air quality4.8
- Floods / hurricanes0.0
Private behavior
- Homicide rate5.4
- Life expectancy6.4
- Government employees7.6
- Single-parent households2.5