Rank
1176of 3,144
Red River, Texas
Score 6.50 / 10· population 11,678
About 11,700 people live in Red River, Texas. It ranks #1,176 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #131 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.75%, higher than in 48% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.74% of a home's value each year, less than in 49% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 83% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 69% of counties. Life expectancy is about 70.6 years, shorter than in 92% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 92% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 50), and flood and hurricane risk is lower 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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.2
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President8.1
- Sales tax3.9
- Property tax6.3
Environment
- Air quality5.1
- Floods / hurricanes5.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.5
- Life expectancy0.6
- Government employees8.3
- Single-parent households1.7