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1184of 3,144

Douglas, Colorado

Score 6.50 / 10· population 383,906

About 383,900 people live in Douglas, Colorado. It ranks #1,184 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #21 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.9%, lower than in 94% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.57% of a home's value each year, less than in 69% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 86% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 56% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 85% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 48), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 80% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)3.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.3
  4. Sales tax6.5
  5. Property tax7.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.8
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees8.6
  4. Single-parent households9.6

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