Rank
2680of 3,144
Fulton, Georgia
Score 5.23 / 10· population 1,079,105
About 1,079,100 people live in Fulton, Georgia. It ranks #2,680 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #142 of 159 in Georgia. The combined sales tax is 7.75%, higher than in 80% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.89% of a home's value each year, more than in 62% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 98% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 96% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77.9 years, longer than in 73% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 94% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 51), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 95% of counties. On this site's state scores, Georgia gets 7.56 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President2.8
- Sales tax3.0
- Property tax5.5
Environment
- Air quality4.9
- Floods / hurricanes0.2
Private behavior
- Homicide rate1.4
- Life expectancy7.9
- Government employees9.9
- Single-parent households1.1