Rank

3059of 3,144

San Joaquin, California

Score 4.30 / 10· population 800,965

About 801,000 people live in San Joaquin, California. It ranks #3,059 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #47 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.75%, higher than in 80% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.79% of a home's value each year, more than in 54% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 60% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 88% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.1 years, longer than in 65% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 86% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 95% 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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