The Tax Foundation has published New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners, by Gerald Prante:
Rank
State
Median Tax
1
New Jersey
$6,320
2
Connecticut
$4,603
3
New Hampshire
$4,501
4
New York
$3,622
5
Rhode Island
$3,534
6
Massachusetts
$3,406
7
Illinois
$3,384
8
Vermont
$3,281
9
Wisconsin
$2,963
10
California
$2,829
41
Tennessee
$924
42
New Mexico
$843
43
Kentucky
$823
44
Oklahoma
$762
45
South Carolina
$678
46
Arkansas
$534
47
Mississippi
$468
48
West Virginia
$457
49
Alabama
$383
50
Louisiana
$188
Interestingly, the ten states with the highest median real estate taxes paid voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, and nine of the ten states with the lowest median real estate taxes paid voted for John McCain (New Mexico voted for President Obama).



