Per Capita State Property Taxes
FY 1998

Rank	State	Dollars	Rank	State	Dollars
1.	Washington	$359.88	26.	Missouri	$3.08
2.	Montana	238.09	27.	South Carolina	3.02
3.	Wyoming	205.79	28.	Nebraska	2.99
4.	Michigan	159.84	29.	Minnesota	2.07
5.	California	118.49	30.	Colorado	2.05
6.	Kentucky	92.49	31.	Rhode Island	1.52
7.	Alaska	79.02	32.	Ohio	1.52
8.	Florida	66.02	33.	West Virginia	1.50
9.	Arizona	54.01	34.	Indiana	0.57
10.	Maryland	47.03	35.	New Hampshire	0.49
11.	Nevada	41.20	36.	New Jersey	0.31
	U.S. Average	39.52	37.	North Carolina	0.03
12.	Maine	34.61	38.	Massachusetts	0.02
13.	Alabama	32.13	39.	Oregon	0.02
14.	New Mexico	21.32	40.	Connecticut	0.01
15.	Kansas	17.53
16.	Illinois	17.11		Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa,
17.	Vermont	16.91		New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
18.	Wisconsin	14.48		Tennessee,Texas and Utah have no
19.	Pennsylvania	12.46		state property taxes.
20.	Mississippi	8.41
21.	Louisiana	5.22		Note: For comparison purposes,
22.	Georgia	4.95		Florida's intangible tax on mortgages
23.	North Dakota	3.60		is not included in these calculations
24.	Arkansas	3.58		but is in the previous table.
25.	Virginia	3.13
	Florida's 5-Year History	Rank		Dollars	% of U.S. Average
	1994	9		$48.84	151.3%
	1995	8		$49.84	138.0%
	1996	9		$52.39	139.1%
	1997	9		$53.75	139.7%
	1998	8		$66.02	167.0%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce and Florida TaxWatch, January 2000

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