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860of 3,144

Iowa, Wisconsin

Score 6.69 / 10· population 23,956

About 24,000 people live in Iowa, Wisconsin. It ranks #860 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #17 of 72 in Wisconsin. The combined sales tax is 5.5%, lower than in 79% of counties. Property tax takes about 1.31% of a home's value each year, more than in 86% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 90% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.4 years, longer than in 87% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 63% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 78% 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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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.9
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.5
  4. Sales tax5.0
  5. Property tax3.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy9.4
  3. Government employees9.0
  4. Single-parent households8.0

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