Saturday, October 02, 2010

Real estate taxes

Rank State Median Real
Estate Taxes
Paid
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 Wissconsin $3,007
10 California $2,893
-- United States $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

What I find interesting is how California is in the Top 10 despite the passage of prop 13 in the 70's.

It's also interesting the the states with the most underfunded pensions are in the states with the highest taxes.

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