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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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.8
  2. 2A (state)1.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President3.2
  4. Sales tax3.0
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.7
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees5.5
  4. Single-parent households6.2

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