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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Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.0
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.2
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax7.1

Environment

  1. Air quality5.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes5.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.5
  2. Life expectancy8.6
  3. Government employees6.4
  4. Single-parent households8.1

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