Rank

2356of 3,144

Carson City, Nevada

Score 5.72 / 10· population 58,036

About 58,000 people live in Carson City, Nevada. It ranks #2,356 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #13 of 17 in Nevada. The combined sales tax is 7.6%, higher than in 80% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.46% of a home's value each year, less than in 84% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 54% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 55% of counties. Life expectancy is about 74.2 years, shorter than in 64% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 68% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 45), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 67% of counties. 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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.6
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.5
  4. Sales tax3.1
  5. Property tax7.7

Environment

  1. Air quality5.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.3
  2. Life expectancy4.2
  3. Government employees5.3
  4. Single-parent households5.0

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