Rank

2928of 3,144

Yolo, California

Score 4.72 / 10· population 220,544

About 220,500 people live in Yolo, California. It ranks #2,928 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #28 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% 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 57% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 59% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 69% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 45), 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.8
  2. 2A (state)1.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President3.1
  4. Sales tax3.4
  5. Property tax6.1

Environment

  1. Air quality5.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.1
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees4.1
  4. Single-parent households5.9

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