Rank
3005of 3,144
Yuba, California
Score 4.49 / 10· population 85,722
About 85,700 people live in Yuba, California. It ranks #3,005 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #38 of 58 in California. The combined sales tax is 7.25%, higher than in 71% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.77% of a home's value each year, more than in 52% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 69% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 74% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75 years, shorter than in 57% of counties. Air quality is worse than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 56), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 76% 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
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.8
- 2A (state)1.0
- GOP + LP vote for President6.2
- Sales tax3.4
- Property tax6.2
Environment
- Air quality4.4
- Floods / hurricanes1.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.1
- Life expectancy5.0
- Government employees2.9
- Single-parent households4.7