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32of 3,144

Piute, Utah

Score 7.93 / 10· population 1,550

About 1,600 people live in Piute, Utah. It ranks #32 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #1 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 6.35%, lower than in 55% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.32% of a home's value each year, less than in 95% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 85% of counties. Air quality is better than in 93% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 28), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 97% 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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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.9
  4. Sales tax4.2
  5. Property tax8.4

Environment

  1. Air quality7.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes9.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate est.8.8
  2. Life expectancy est.7.4
  3. Government employees8.5
  4. Single-parent households8.7

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