Rank
783of 3,144
Sheridan, Wyoming
Score 6.74 / 10· population 32,519
About 32,500 people live in Sheridan, Wyoming. It ranks #783 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #19 of 23 in Wyoming. The combined sales tax is 6%, lower than in 62% 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 89% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 64% of counties. Life expectancy is about 78.2 years, longer than in 76% of counties. Air quality is better than in 67% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 38), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 63% 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 President7.5
- Sales tax4.5
- Property tax7.2
Environment
- Air quality6.2
- Floods / hurricanes2.6
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.8
- Life expectancy8.2
- Government employees0.9
- Single-parent households8.5