Rank

2822of 3,144

Pueblo, Colorado

Score 4.96 / 10· population 169,422

About 169,400 people live in Pueblo, Colorado. It ranks #2,822 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #64 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.9%, 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 larger share of working residents than in 52% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 94% of counties. Life expectancy is about 72.8 years, shorter than in 77% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 64% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 44), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 72% 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 President5.2
  4. Sales tax6.5
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.9

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate2.3
  2. Life expectancy2.8
  3. Government employees4.6
  4. Single-parent households1.7

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