How Sales Tax is Calculated. If an item is subject to sales tax in the state to which the order is shipped, tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item.
Rochester Hills has been named the safest city in Michigan by an Auburn Hills-based data aggregating firm. The Munetrix Safest Cities list evaluated total crime per capita in Michigan communities with populations more than 50,000, according to a release from the company. Courtesy of Munetrix.
For cities of 500,000 or more people, here's the score: Safest city was Honolulu, HI, followed by 2. New York, NY. El Paso, TX was 3rd, San Jose 4th, Austin 5th, San Diego sixth, Seattle 7th, and Los Angeles 8th safest. California ranks three out of the top 8, which isn't too bad. Bad cities (unsafe) brought Detroit in first place, followed by Baltimore, Memphis, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Dallas. Note: This chart below is from 2005.