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50 State Ranking of Median Real Estate Taxes Paid

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).


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