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Adams, Wisconsin

Score 6.03 / 10· population 21,449

About 21,400 people live in Adams, Wisconsin. It ranks #1,989 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #66 of 72 in Wisconsin. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.21% of a home's value each year, more than in 82% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 85% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.8 years, longer than in 61% of counties. Air quality is better than in 53% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 60% of counties. On this site's state scores, Wisconsin gets 6.86 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 8 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.1
  4. Sales tax5.0
  5. Property tax4.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy6.8
  3. Government employees1.3
  4. Single-parent households4.4

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