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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.2
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.7
- Sales tax4.2
- Property tax8.0
Environment
- Air quality5.4
- Floods / hurricanes0.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.1
- Life expectancy6.9
- Government employees6.6
- Single-parent households4.5