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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

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.1
  2. 2A (state)4.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.8
  4. Sales tax4.0
  5. Property tax7.7

Environment

  1. Air quality7.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy0.9
  3. Government employees1.6
  4. Single-parent households0.8

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