Rank

2215of 3,144

Tarrant, Texas

Score 5.86 / 10· population 2,182,947

About 2,182,900 people live in Tarrant, Texas. It ranks #2,215 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #233 of 254 in Texas. The combined sales tax is 6.25%, lower than in 56% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.54% of a home's value each year, more than in 94% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 79% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 81% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.4 years, longer than in 69% of counties. Air quality is worse than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 56), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 98% 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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