Rank
1710of 3,144
Harding, New Mexico
Score 6.19 / 10· population 624
About 624 people live in Harding, New Mexico. It ranks #1,710 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #1 of 33 in New Mexico. The combined sales tax is 5.87%, lower than in 78% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.27% of a home's value each year, less than in 97% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in almost every other county. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Air quality is better than in 94% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 28), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 98% 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 President7.0
- Sales tax4.7
- Property tax8.7
Environment
- Air quality7.3
- Floods / hurricanes9.7
Private behavior
- Homicide rate10.0
- Life expectancy est.4.9
- Government employees0.0
- Single-parent households10.0