Rank
462of 3,144
Albany, Wyoming
Score 6.98 / 10· population 38,257
About 38,300 people live in Albany, Wyoming. It ranks #462 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #18 of 23 in Wyoming. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.58% of a home's value each year, less than in 68% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 65% of counties. The homicide rate is lower than in 71% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.6 years, longer than in 80% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 91% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 49), and flood and hurricane risk is lower than in 69% of counties. On this site's state scores, Wyoming gets 7.02 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
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.0
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President5.2
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax7.1
Environment
- Air quality5.1
- Floods / hurricanes5.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate9.5
- Life expectancy8.6
- Government employees6.4
- Single-parent households8.1