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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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)3.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President3.3
  4. Sales tax1.4
  5. Property tax8.6

Environment

  1. Air quality9.0
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy est.8.2
  3. Government employees0.0
  4. Single-parent households3.6

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