Rank
1438of 3,144
Rio Blanco, Colorado
Score 6.36 / 10· population 6,569
About 6,600 people live in Rio Blanco, Colorado. It ranks #1,438 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #31 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 6.5%, lower than in 52% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.33% of a home's value each year, less than in 94% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 95% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.2 years, longer than in 85% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 79% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 47), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 62% 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 President8.2
- Sales tax4.1
- Property tax8.4
Environment
- Air quality5.3
- Floods / hurricanes4.9
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy9.2
- Government employees0.3
- Single-parent households6.4