Rank

1866of 3,144

Yuma, Arizona

Score 6.11 / 10· population 213,221

About 213,200 people live in Yuma, Arizona. It ranks #1,866 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #5 of 15 in Arizona. The combined sales tax is 6.71%, lower than in 51% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.61% of a home's value each year, less than in 64% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 55% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 71% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.6 years, longer than in 88% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 85% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 86% 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 President6.0
  4. Sales tax3.9
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.4
  2. Life expectancy9.6
  3. Government employees5.4
  4. Single-parent households2.6

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