Rank

3110of 3,144

San Bernardino, California

Score 3.99 / 10· population 2,195,611

About 2,195,600 people live in San Bernardino, California. It ranks #3,110 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #56 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.75%, higher than in 80% 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 82% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.2 years, longer than in 54% of counties. Air quality is worse than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 78), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in almost every other county. 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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