Rank
1258of 3,144
San Miguel, Colorado
Score 6.45 / 10· population 7,868
About 7,900 people live in San Miguel, Colorado. It ranks #1,258 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #25 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 3.9%, lower than in 94% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.27% of a home's value each year, less than in 97% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 93% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 83% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 34), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 78% 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 President2.5
- Sales tax6.5
- Property tax8.7
Environment
- Air quality6.6
- Floods / hurricanes6.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy10.0
- Government employees0.6
- Single-parent households8.8