Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Garrett County	74.8	79	82.5	28.4	72.8	84
2	Talbot County	68.7	83.7	61.6	38.5	77.1	57.7
3	Kent County	68.6	75.7	66.1	32	75.9	72.5
4	Allegany County	68	71.9	81.7	20.9	70.5	41.5
5	Worcester County	67.1	81	65.9	36.6	76.7	31.8
6	Calvert County	67	77.6	46.1	69.6	82.2	71.1
7	Dorchester County	66.5	75.5	74.5	22.9	68.2	46.2
8	Queen Anne's County	66.2	80	48.9	57.4	79.2	64.4
9	Somerset County	65.7	74.8	76.6	17.6	66.5	40.4
10	Caroline County	65.4	76.3	69	26.7	66.2	54.3
11	Carroll County	65.4	75.7	54.1	59	80.8	40.5
12	Washington County	65.3	77.4	69.1	31.8	70.8	31.2
13	Wicomico County	64.9	77.3	66.8	30.9	70	39.2
14	Harford County	64.3	76.1	54.2	56	80.8	27.6
15	St. Mary's County	64.3	77.9	48.5	58.2	75.9	57.5
16	Cecil County	63.7	74.7	59.1	42.9	73.2	41.5
17	Frederick County	61.1	73.6	46	62	80.1	25.8
18	Charles County	60.7	73.1	40.3	62.1	76.5	55.9
19	Anne Arundel County	59.9	78.3	40.4	61.9	80.8	18.1
20	Baltimore County	59.5	71.2	55.3	42.7	76.7	6
21	Howard County	58.9	69	33.3	79.3	86.6	27.6
22	Montgomery County	58.4	77.9	35.4	67.4	83.1	8.3
23	Baltimore city	55.3	60.8	63.5	22.3	66.6	5
24	Prince George's County	54.1	69.8	43	49.1	70.8	6.8

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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