Rank

3107of 3,144

Los Angeles, California

Score 4.01 / 10· population 9,663,345

About 9,663,300 people live in Los Angeles, California. It ranks #3,107 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #55 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 10.25%, higher than in almost every other county. Property tax takes about 0.67% of a home's value each year, less than in 57% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 60% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 79% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is worse than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 74), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in almost every other county. 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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