Rank

2733of 3,144

Uvalde, Texas

Score 5.14 / 10· population 24,960

About 25,000 people live in Uvalde, Texas. It ranks #2,733 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #254 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 larger share of working residents than in 89% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 96% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.1 years, shorter than in 83% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 59% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 43), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 74% 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 President6.7
  4. Sales tax3.9
  5. Property tax4.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate0.9
  2. Life expectancy2.1
  3. Government employees0.9
  4. Single-parent households2.7

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