Rank

1064of 3,144

Laramie, Wyoming

Score 6.57 / 10· population 100,984

About 101,000 people live in Laramie, Wyoming. It ranks #1,064 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #22 of 23 in Wyoming. The combined sales tax is 5%, lower than in 89% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.56% of a home's value each year, less than in 71% of counties. Local government employs a larger share of working residents than in 74% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 61% of counties. Life expectancy is about 75.8 years, longer than in 50% of counties. Air quality is worse than in 69% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 45), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 54% 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 President6.6
  4. Sales tax5.5
  5. Property tax7.2

Environment

  1. Air quality5.5
  2. Floods / hurricanes3.3

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.0
  2. Life expectancy5.8
  3. Government employees2.3
  4. Single-parent households6.3

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