Rank

3133of 3,144

McKinley, New Mexico

Score 3.72 / 10· population 68,797

About 68,800 people live in McKinley, New Mexico. It ranks #3,133 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #33 of 33 in New Mexico. The combined sales tax is 6.5%, lower than in 52% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.35% of a home's value each year, less than in 93% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 79% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 97% of counties. Life expectancy is 70 years or less, shorter than in 94% of counties. Air quality is better than in 95% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 27), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 80% 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 President3.7
  4. Sales tax4.1
  5. Property tax8.3

Environment

  1. Air quality7.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate0.0
  2. Life expectancy0.0
  3. Government employees1.8
  4. Single-parent households0.3

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