Rank
1525of 3,144
Gwinnett, Georgia
Score 6.31 / 10· population 983,526
About 983,500 people live in Gwinnett, Georgia. It ranks #1,525 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #40 of 159 in Georgia. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.93% of a home's value each year, more than in 65% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 89% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 73% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.6 years, longer than in 88% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 50), 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 President4.2
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax5.3
Environment
- Air quality5.0
- Floods / hurricanes0.3
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.2
- Life expectancy9.6
- Government employees8.9
- Single-parent households4.7