Rank

1110of 3,144

Salt Lake, Utah

Score 6.54 / 10· population 1,185,813

About 1,185,800 people live in Salt Lake, Utah. It ranks #1,110 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #28 of 29 in Utah. The combined sales tax is 7.45%, higher than in 76% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.5% of a home's value each year, less than in 79% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 89% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 58% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.8 years, longer than in 82% of counties. Air quality is worse than in almost every other county (a typical day's air quality index is 55), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 89% 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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