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New Jersey Ranks Fourth in the Nation in State and Local Property Taxes as a Share of Personal Income, 2003
Source: Small Business Survival Committee

Rank State Tax Rate   Rank State Tax Rate
             
1 New Hampshire 4.91
26 Oregon 2.92
2 Maine 4.86   27 Minnesota 2.87
3 Vermont 4.67   28 Idaho 2.78
4 NEW JERSEY 4.54   29 Pennsylvania 2.75
5 Rhode Island 4.42   29 South Carolina 2.75
6 Montana 4.38   31 Virginia 2.70
7 Alaska 4.04   32 Maryland 2.66
8 Connecticut 3.82   33 Colorado 2.57
9 New York 3.79   34 Georgia 2.56
10 Wisconsin 3.73   35 Utah 2.48
11 Wyoming 3.71   36 Mississippi 2.45
12 Illinois 3.61   37 Nevada 2.39
13 Texas 3.38   38 California 2.38
14 Indiana 3.37   39 Missouri 2.21
15 Iowa 3.34   40 West Virginia 2.17
16 North Dakota 3.29   41 North Carolina 2.12
17 Nebraska 3.25   42 Tennessee 1.93
18 Michigan 3.24   43 Hawaii 1.75
18 South Dakota 3.24   43 Kentucky 1.75
20 Massachusetts 3.16   45 Louisiana 1.68
21 Florida 3.10   46 Arkansas 1.64
22 Ohio 2.99   47 Oklahoma 1.57
23 Arizona 2.98   48 Delaware 1.56
24
Kansas 2.94   48 New Mexico 1.56
24 Washington 2.94   50 Alabama 1.27
             
          50 State Average
2.94
          N.J. % Above Average 54.2%

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