Rank

1360of 3,144

Yavapai, Arizona

Score 6.40 / 10· population 249,081

About 249,100 people live in Yavapai, Arizona. It ranks #1,360 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #2 of 15 in Arizona. The combined sales tax is 6.35%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.4% of a home's value each year, less than in 90% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 66% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 59% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.9 years, longer than in 63% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 73% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 46), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 93% of counties. On this site's state scores, Arizona gets 6.18 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)6.2
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.7
  4. Sales tax4.2
  5. Property tax8.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.1
  2. Life expectancy6.9
  3. Government employees6.6
  4. Single-parent households4.5

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