Rank

847of 3,144

Washington, Colorado

Score 6.70 / 10· population 4,855

About 4,900 people live in Washington, Colorado. It ranks #847 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #12 of 64 in Colorado. The combined sales tax is 4.4%, lower than in 92% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.42% of a home's value each year, less than in 88% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 97% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 72% of counties. Life expectancy is about 76.7 years, longer than in 60% of counties. Air quality is better than in 87% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 33), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 89% 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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.1
  2. 2A (state)3.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.7
  4. Sales tax6.0
  5. Property tax7.9

Environment

  1. Air quality6.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes8.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.6
  2. Life expectancy6.7
  3. Government employees0.2
  4. Single-parent households6.3

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