Rank
1990of 3,144
San Juan, Colorado
Score 6.03 / 10· population 802
About 802 people live in San Juan, Colorado. It ranks #1,990 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #44 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 9.4%, higher than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.29% of a home's value each year, less than in 96% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in almost every other county. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Air quality is better than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 10), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 97% 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 President3.3
- Sales tax1.4
- Property tax8.6
Environment
- Air quality9.0
- Floods / hurricanes9.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy est.8.2
- Government employees0.0
- Single-parent households3.6