Rank

128of 3,144

Lake and Peninsula, Alaska

Score 7.59 / 10· population 1,331

About 1,300 people live in Lake and Peninsula, Alaska. It ranks #128 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #4 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 almost every other county. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. 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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Eleven factors

Government behavior

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

Environment

  1. Air quality est.9.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes10.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy est.7.0
  3. Government employees0.1
  4. Single-parent households5.0

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