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269of 3,144

Aleutians East, Alaska

Score 7.22 / 10· population 3,461

About 3,500 people live in Aleutians East, Alaska. It ranks #269 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #7 of 30 in Alaska. There is no state or county sales tax, lower than in 96% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 97% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 53% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 12), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in almost every other county. On this site's state scores, Alaska gets 5.31 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)5.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.9
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax est.6.3

Environment

  1. Air quality8.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes10.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.7
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees0.2
  4. Single-parent households5.5

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