Rank

3010of 3,144

Franklin, New York

Score 4.48 / 10· population 46,502

Much of Franklin County is in the Adirondack Park, and Malone, the county seat, is minutes south of the Canadian border. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 show 30 percent of employed residents working for a government, nearly half of them for the state, against 16 percent statewide. Malone has two state prisons; when a third closed in March 2026, its 293 staff moved to other prisons in or near the county.

Sources
  • Much of Franklin County is within the Adirondack Park. ny.gov
  • Malone is the county seat, located just minutes south of the Canadian border. ny.gov
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year table B24080: 5,899 of 19,419 employed Franklin County residents (30%) are government workers, 2,786 of them (47%) state government; New York State 1,563,463 of 9,523,591 (16%). api.censusreporter.org
  • Malone had three state prisons (Franklin, Bare Hill, Upstate); the state shut down Bare Hill the week of March 12, 2026, leaving Franklin and Upstate. northcountrypublicradio.org
  • None of Bare Hill's 293 employees were laid off; all were transferred to other prisons within Franklin County or neighboring counties. northcountrypublicradio.org

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.4
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax2.8

Environment

  1. Air quality6.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes3.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.8
  2. Life expectancy6.9
  3. Government employees0.7
  4. Single-parent households5.8

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