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298of 3,144

Ada, Idaho

Score 7.17 / 10· population 524,673

About 524,700 people live in Ada, Idaho. It ranks #298 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #38 of 44 in Idaho. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.53% of a home's value each year, less than in 74% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 88% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 67% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 60% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 43), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 84% of counties. On this site's state scores, Idaho gets 7.89 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.9
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.4
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.3
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees8.9
  4. Single-parent households7.5

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