Rank
2875of 3,144
Napa, California
Score 4.86 / 10· population 133,216
About 133,200 people live in Napa, California. It ranks #2,875 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #19 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.75%, higher than in 80% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.6% of a home's value each year, less than in 65% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 56% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 52% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 88% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 93% 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 President3.2
- Sales tax3.0
- Property tax7.0
Environment
- Air quality5.2
- Floods / hurricanes0.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.7
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees5.5
- Single-parent households6.2