Rank
1806of 3,144
Larimer, Colorado
Score 6.15 / 10· population 370,771
About 370,800 people live in Larimer, Colorado. It ranks #1,806 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #38 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.95%, lower than in 94% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.52% of a home's value each year, less than in 76% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 67% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 60% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% 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 84% 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 President4.1
- Sales tax6.4
- Property tax7.4
Environment
- Air quality4.8
- Floods / hurricanes1.1
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.0
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees6.7
- Single-parent households7.3