Rank

2829of 3,144

Nevada, California

Score 4.95 / 10· population 102,037

About 102,000 people live in Nevada, California. It ranks #2,829 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #16 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.5%, higher than in 77% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.73% of a home's value each year, less than in 50% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 67% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 57% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 55% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 40), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 84% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.8
  2. 2A (state)1.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.3
  4. Sales tax3.2
  5. Property tax6.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.2
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees3.1
  4. Single-parent households7.8

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