Rank
2770of 3,144
Clark, Nevada
Score 5.06 / 10· population 2,336,573
About 2,336,600 people live in Clark, Nevada. It ranks #2,770 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #17 of 17 in Nevada. The combined sales tax is 8.37%, higher than in 90% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.52% of a home's value each year, less than in 76% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 85% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 83% of counties. Life expectancy is about 77 years, longer than in 64% of counties. Air quality is worse than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 62), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in almost every other county. On this site's state scores, Nevada gets 6.55 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 4 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.6
- 2A (state)4.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.8
- Sales tax2.4
- Property tax7.4
Environment
- Air quality3.8
- Floods / hurricanes0.0
Private behavior
- Homicide rate6.1
- Life expectancy7.0
- Government employees8.5
- Single-parent households2.4