Rank
2496of 3,144
Mono, California
Score 5.54 / 10· population 13,066
About 13,100 people live in Mono, California. It ranks #2,496 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #1 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.7% of a home's value each year, less than in 54% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 76% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 72% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 97% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 21), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 66% 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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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.8
- 2A (state)1.0
- GOP + LP vote for President3.9
- Sales tax3.4
- Property tax6.5
Environment
- Air quality7.9
- Floods / hurricanes5.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.5
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees2.2
- Single-parent households9.8