Rank
1968of 3,144
Fremont, Colorado
Score 6.04 / 10· population 50,318
About 50,300 people live in Fremont, Colorado. It ranks #1,968 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #43 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 5.4%, lower than in 85% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.36% of a home's value each year, less than in 92% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 87% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 75% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.6 years, shorter than in 50% of counties. Air quality is better than in 98% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 16), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 71% 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 President6.9
- Sales tax5.1
- Property tax8.2
Environment
- Air quality8.4
- Floods / hurricanes2.0
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.0
- Life expectancy5.6
- Government employees1.1
- Single-parent households6.5