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158of 3,144

Loving, Texas

Score 7.49 / 10· population 43

About 43 people live in Loving, Texas. It ranks #158 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #12 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.67% of a home's value each year, less than in 57% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in almost every other county. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 71% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 45), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 95% 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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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.9
  4. Sales tax4.3
  5. Property tax6.7

Environment

  1. Air quality5.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy est.7.2
  3. Government employees0.0
  4. Single-parent households10.0

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