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Property tax revenues collected per capita in New Hampshire amounted to $3,362 in fiscal year 2018, the second highest level among the 50 states, according to a new Tax Foundation analysis.
Fiscal year 2018 was the most recent year that such data was available, the foundation reported. Property tax collections made up 31.1 percent of the total state and local taxes and nearly 72 percent of local tax collections across the nation, according to the analysis.
Nationwide, the average amount of property taxes collected per capita was $1,675, the study said, though the amount collected can vary significantly from state to state.
Urban and higher-income areas generally pay higher property taxes, according to the Tax Foundation. The revenues fund local government services such as public education, roadways, public safety personnel and medical services.
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Property Tax Collections per Capita Among the States
| Rank | State | Property Taxes Collected per Capita |
| 1 | New Jersey | $3,378 |
| 2 | New Hampshire | $3,362 |
| 3 | Connecticut | $3,107 |
| 4 | New York | $3,025 |
| 5 | Vermont | $2,738 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $2,565 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | $2,431 |
| 8 | Illinois | $2,277 |
| 9 | Maine | $2,249 |
| 10 | Alaska | $2,195 |
| 11 | Wyoming | $2,012 |
| 12 | Nebraska | $2,010 |
| 13 | Texas | $1,973 |
| 14 | Montana | $1,711 |
| 15 | Iowa | $1,702 |
| 16 | Virginia | $1,699 |
| 17 | Maryland | $1,693 |
| 18 | California | $1,680 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | $1,680 |
| 20 | North Dakota | $1,649 |
| 21 | Minnesota | $1,649 |
| 22 | Washington | $1,645 |
| 23 | Colorado | $1,616 |
| 24 | Kansas | $1,605 |
| 25 | South Dakota | $1,586 |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | $1,584 |
| 27 | Oregon | $1,557 |
| 28 | Michigan | $1,465 |
| 29 | Florida | $1,377 |
| 30 | Hawaii | $1,358 |
| 31 | Ohio | $1,356 |
| 32 | South Carolina | $1,211 |
| 33 | Georgia | $1,205 |
| 34 | Arizona | $1,125 |
| 35 | Missouri | $1,073 |
| 36 | Utah | $1,070 |
| 37 | Mississippi | $1,061 |
| 38 | Nevada | $1,044 |
| 39 | Indiana | $1,033 |
| 40 | Idaho | $1,022 |
| 41 | North Carolina | $993 |
| 42 | West Virginia | $950 |
| 43 | Delaware | $931 |
| 44 | Louisiana | $894 |
| 45 | Kentucky | $845 |
| 46 | New Mexico | $832 |
| 47 | Tennessee | $799 |
| 48 | Arkansas | $776 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $771 |
| 50 | Alabama | $598 |
Source: Tax Foundation
“Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting. But what they conceal is essential.”
The responses above say it all, which the author neglected to detail.
The differences are stark, when everything is considered. It has been this way for as long as I can remember, but is more profound now because the spenders in VT Government, including the majority in the legislature have no limits, and it appears as though there may be more to come.
New Hampshire has:
No tax on social security payments to disabled and elderly
No tax on pensions
No tax on IRA, etc., minimum required distributions
No sales tax
No tax on capital gains
No death tax
NH has a FLAT 5% tax on dividends and interest
Thank you! This article was stupid from the first word! The TaxFoudation author should be ashamed of him;herself!
Gary,
She likely is a product of the State’s Indoctrination Program, also known as EL-HI Education.
It brainwashes children from 6 to 18, and that sets the stage for future non-critical, nonsense thinking.
Parents do not know any better, because they went to the same schools.
School choice it opposed by Dem/Progs, because that would dilute their iron-clad control.
Dem/Progs prohibit education dollars to be sent to FREE-CHOICE schools, to enforce their control.
Always follow the coercive money trail. Coercive money is often called subsidies, incentives, etc.
Yeah but how much do you pay in sales tax and income tax in VT? Certainly more than a $1000. NH doesn’t have either a sales tax or an income tax. It’s odd that they didn’t bother to get into that in the article which would have been more useful.
I moved from one state to the other and after making 25% more in VT I had less money to spend here due to the high cost of housing, goods and taxes (which in case you don’t know drives up the other two).
Good point.
Don’t forget to add $1379 of VT Income tax per capita and $660 of Sales tax per capita to the comparison. That’s a total of $4777 in taxes per capita in VT compared to $3362 collected in NH (with no sales or income taxes). Furthermore, NH’s budget equals approximately $4398 per capita while VT’s budget equals approximately $9580 per capita.
How are them apples and oranges?
That’s why we’re moving across the river this year. No more will I pay VT income tax so they can fritter it away.
Yes, thank you.