Rank

2153of 3,144

Arapahoe, Colorado

Score 5.91 / 10· population 656,061

About 656,100 people live in Arapahoe, Colorado. It ranks #2,153 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #51 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.15%, lower than in 95% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.55% of a home's value each year, less than in 72% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 86% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 79% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.3 years, longer than in 86% 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 88% 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)3.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President3.9
  4. Sales tax7.1
  5. Property tax7.3

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.8

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.6
  2. Life expectancy9.3
  3. Government employees8.7
  4. Single-parent households4.6

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