Rank

2837of 3,144

Roosevelt, New Mexico

Score 4.93 / 10· population 18,787

About 18,800 people live in Roosevelt, New Mexico. It ranks #2,837 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #12 of 33 in New Mexico. The combined sales tax is 6.38%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.6% of a home's value each year, less than in 65% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 83% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 81% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.1 years, shorter than in 55% of counties. Air quality is better than in 88% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 32), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 75% 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 President7.1
  4. Sales tax4.2
  5. Property tax7.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.4
  2. Life expectancy5.1
  3. Government employees1.5
  4. Single-parent households3.3

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