Rank
2854of 3,144
Cibola, New Mexico
Score 4.89 / 10· population 26,780
About 26,800 people live in Cibola, New Mexico. It ranks #2,854 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #15 of 33 in New Mexico. The combined sales tax is 6.57%, lower than in 52% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.47% of a home's value each year, less than in 83% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 82% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is about 70.9 years, shorter than in 90% of counties. Air quality is better than in 95% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 26), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 62% of counties. On this site's state scores, New Mexico gets 4.05 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)4.1
- 2A (state)4.0
- GOP + LP vote for President4.8
- Sales tax4.0
- Property tax7.7
Environment
- Air quality7.4
- Floods / hurricanes2.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy0.9
- Government employees1.6
- Single-parent households0.8