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2507of 3,144

San Juan, Washington

Score 5.53 / 10· population 18,566

About 18,600 people live in San Juan, Washington. It ranks #2,507 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #12 of 39 in Washington. The combined sales tax is 8.35%, higher than in 90% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.53% of a home's value each year, less than in 74% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 69% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 77% of counties. Life expectancy is at least 80 years, longer than in 91% of counties. Air quality is better than in 86% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 33), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 55% of counties. On this site's state scores, Washington gets 6.34 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 2 of 10 for gun rights.

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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.3
  2. 2A (state)2.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President2.3
  4. Sales tax2.4
  5. Property tax7.4

Environment

  1. Air quality6.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate10.0
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees2.9
  4. Single-parent households6.8

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