Just the Facts 1999-2000

Table 23
Property Taxes Per Capita, 1996
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	New Jersey	$1,604	27	Pennsylvania	$721
2	New Hampshire	1,520	28	California	715
3	Connecticut	1,422	29	Ohio	713
4	NEW YORK	$1,279	30	Arizona	703
5	Rhode Island	1,162	31	Indiana	690
6	Vermont	1,155	32	Georgia	652
7	Alaska	1,121	33	North Dakota	640
8	Maine	1,088	34	Idaho	548
9	Massachusetts	1,063	35	Nevada	548
10	Illinois	1,056	36	South Carolina	528
11	Wisconsin	1,054	37	Hawaii	517
12	Nebraska	956	38	Utah	504
13	Wyoming	905	39	Missouri	488
14	Minnesota	884	40	North Carolina	472
15	Montana	883	41	Mississippi	445
16	Washington	845	42	Tennessee	426
17	Iowa	836	43	Delaware	413
18	Florida	820	44	West Virginia	398
19	Texas	797	45	Kentucky	363
20	Kansas	772	46	Louisiana	312
21	South Dakota	762	47	Oklahoma	307
22	Maryland	748	48	Arkansas	300
23	Colorado	743	49	New Mexico	276
24	Michigan	740	50	Alabama	234
25	Oregon	728	U.S. average		$789
26	Virginia	726	N.Y.S. % above avg.		62.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau data; calculations by The Public Policy Institute
New York's higher-than-average property taxes add up to an additional burden of more than $9 billion a year.