Property Taxes Per Capita
1998
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
|
1
|
New Jersey |
$1,744
|
27
|
South Dakota |
$777
|
|
|
2
|
New Hampshire |
1,545
|
28
|
Oregon |
771
|
|
|
3
|
Connecticut |
1,533
|
29
|
Pennsylvania |
769
|
|
|
4
|
NEW YORK |
$1,345
|
30
|
North Dakota |
768
|
|
|
5
|
Maine |
1,313
|
31
|
California |
757
|
|
|
6
|
Vermont |
1,289
|
32
|
Arizona |
678
|
|
|
7
|
Rhode Island |
1,258
|
33
|
Georgia |
654
|
|
|
8
|
Alaska |
1,149
|
34
|
Nevada |
633
|
|
|
9
|
Massachusetts |
1,136
|
35
|
Idaho |
621
|
|
|
10
|
Illinois |
1,106
|
36
|
South Carolina |
608
|
|
|
11
|
Wyoming |
1,094
|
37
|
Utah |
563
|
|
|
12
|
Montana |
1,007
|
38
|
Missouri |
558
|
|
|
13
|
Wisconsin |
1,005
|
39
|
North Carolina |
542
|
|
|
14
|
Minnesota |
1,003
|
40
|
Hawaii |
502
|
|
|
15
|
Washington |
966
|
41
|
Mississippi |
476
|
|
|
16
|
Nebraska |
956
|
42
|
Tennessee |
467
|
|
|
17
|
Florida |
880
|
43
|
Delaware |
450
|
|
|
18
|
Texas |
877
|
44
|
West Virginia |
429
|
|
|
19
|
Michigan |
866
|
45
|
Kentucky |
398
|
|
|
20
|
Indiana |
857
|
46
|
Arkansas |
356
|
|
|
21
|
Iowa |
844
|
47
|
Louisiana |
352
|
|
|
22
|
Maryland |
827
|
48
|
Oklahoma |
344
|
|
|
23
|
Kansas |
818
|
49
|
New Mexico |
330
|
|
|
24
|
Virginia |
816
|
50
|
Alabama |
249
|
|
|
25
|
Colorado |
796
|
U.S. average |
$851
|
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|
26
|
Ohio |
780
|
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
58.0%
|
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Source:
Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data
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