Rank

1504of 3,144

Milam, Texas

Score 6.33 / 10· population 25,951

About 26,000 people live in Milam, Texas. It ranks #1,504 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #172 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.75%, higher than in 48% 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 larger share of working residents than in 87% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 71% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.4 years, shorter than in 62% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 69% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 45), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 68% 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 President7.9
  4. Sales tax3.9
  5. Property tax5.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.3
  2. Life expectancy4.4
  3. Government employees1.1
  4. Single-parent households6.3

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