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New Jersey Ranks First in the Nation in State and Local Property Tax Collection Per Capita, 2002
Source: Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

Rank State Property Tax   Rank State Property Tax
             
1 NEW JERSEY $1,872
26 Virginia $921
2
 Connecticut 1,733   27 Oregon 892
3
 New Hampshire 1,703   28 Pennsylvania 885
4
 Maine 1,477   29 South Dakota 879
5 New York 1,402   30 California 864
6 Wyoming 1,387   31 North Dakota 840
7 Rhode Island 1,369   32 Nevada 786
8 Massachusetts 1,358   33 Arizona 782
9
Vermont 1,337   34 Georgia 777
10 Alaska 1,295   35 South Carolina 754
11 Illinois 1,261   36 Idaho 714
12 Wisconsin 1,189   37 Missouri 684
13 Texas 1,128   38 North Carolina 653
14 Minnesota 1,038   39 Utah 612
15 Nebraska 1,012   40 Tennessee 596
16 Maryland 993   41 Mississippi 574
17 Iowa 980   42 West Virginia 499
18 Michigan 975   43 Delaware 496
19 Indiana 971   43 Hawaii 496
20 Washington 954   45 Kentucky 483
21 Florida 944   46 Louisiana 434
22 Montana 937   47 Oklahoma 425
23
Ohio 933   48 New Mexico 408
24
Kansas 931   49 Arkansas 371
25 Colorado 925   50 Alabama 329
             
          50 State Average
$925
          N.J. % Above Average 102.3%

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