Rank

3117of 3,144

Fresno, California

Score 3.94 / 10· population 1,017,162

About 1,017,200 people live in Fresno, California. It ranks #3,117 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #57 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.97%, higher than in 82% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.76% of a home's value each year, more than in 51% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 85% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 85% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.4 years, longer than in 56% of counties. Air quality is worse than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 64), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 97% of counties. On this site's state scores, California gets 4.79 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 1 of 10 for gun rights.

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