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2919of 3,144

Plumas, California

Score 4.74 / 10· population 19,131

About 19,100 people live in Plumas, California. It ranks #2,919 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #27 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.69% of a home's value each year, less than in 55% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 89% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 53% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.1 years, longer than in 84% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 85% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 82% 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 President5.7
  4. Sales tax3.4
  5. Property tax6.6

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.7
  2. Life expectancy9.1
  3. Government employees0.9
  4. Single-parent households3.1

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