Rank

826of 3,144

Dolores, Colorado

Score 6.71 / 10· population 2,513

About 2,500 people live in Dolores, Colorado. It ranks #826 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #11 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 2.9%, lower than in 95% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.39% of a home's value each year, less than in 91% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in almost every other county. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.5 years, longer than in 79% of counties. Air quality is better than in 96% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 24), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 94% 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 President7.6
  4. Sales tax7.4
  5. Property tax8.1

Environment

  1. Air quality7.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy8.5
  3. Government employees0.1
  4. Single-parent households0.9

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