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1860of 3,144

Gregg, Texas

Score 6.11 / 10· population 126,243

About 126,200 people live in Gregg, Texas. It ranks #1,860 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #198 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.75%, higher than in 48% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.16% of a home's value each year, more than in 80% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 91% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 89% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.5 years, shorter than in 80% of counties. Air quality is better than in 77% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 36), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 66% of counties. 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.1
  4. Sales tax3.9
  5. Property tax4.2

Environment

  1. Air quality6.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate4.9
  2. Life expectancy2.5
  3. Government employees9.2
  4. Single-parent households2.6

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