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Tax Foundation Releases Property Tax Data

Tax Foundation logo The Tax Foundation has published New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners, as well as a property tax lookup tool.  Here are links to specific charts:

Here are the Top 10 and Bottom 10 States in Median Real Estate Taxes Paid in 2009 — all 10 states with the highest property taxes voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election, and 9 of the 10 states with the lowest property taxes voted for John McCain:

Rank

State

Property Tax

1

New Jersey

$6,579

2

Connecticut

$4,738

3

New Hampshire

$4,636

4

New York

$3,755

5

Rhode Island

$3,618

6

Massachusetts

$3,511

7

Illinois

$3,507

8

Vermont

$3,444

9

Wisconsin

$3,007

10

California

$2,893

United States Average

$1,917

41

Tennessee

$933

42

New Mexico

$880

43

Kentucky

$843

44

Oklahoma

$796

45

South Carolina

$689

46

Arkansas

$532

47

Mississippi

$508

48

West Virginia

$464

49

Alabama

$398

50

Louisiana

$243


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