Rank
2432of 3,144
Adams, Colorado
Score 5.63 / 10· population 533,365
About 533,400 people live in Adams, Colorado. It ranks #2,432 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #58 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.65%, lower than in 95% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.66% of a home's value each year, less than in 58% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 63% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 79% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.3 years, longer than in 67% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 97% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 52), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 81% of counties. On this site's state scores, Colorado gets 7.14 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 3 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
- 2A (state)3.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.5
- Sales tax6.7
- Property tax6.7
Environment
- Air quality4.8
- Floods / hurricanes1.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate6.6
- Life expectancy7.3
- Government employees6.2
- Single-parent households4.6