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140of 3,144

Beaver, Utah

Score 7.53 / 10· population 7,233

About 7,200 people live in Beaver, Utah. It ranks #140 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #9 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 6.35%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.36% of a home's value each year, less than in 92% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 63% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 70% of counties. Life expectancy is about 73.4 years, shorter than in 72% of counties. Air quality is better than in 92% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 29), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 94% of counties. On this site's state scores, Utah gets 7.32 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 10 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.7
  4. Sales tax4.2
  5. Property tax8.2

Environment

  1. Air quality7.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.4
  2. Life expectancy3.4
  3. Government employees3.5
  4. Single-parent households10.0

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