US States With the Lowest Share of Taxes From Property

51 US states ranked by share of taxes from property, from lowest to highest. First are New Mexico (13.6), Delaware (14.1) and Alabama (15.6). The middle one of the 51 has 27.6.

What this measures

The percentage of a state's total tax money that comes from property tax. It runs from 62% in New Hampshire, which has no general sales tax and no broad income tax, to under 15% in states that rely on taxes on oil, gas and minerals or on sales. This shows how a state raises its money, not what any owner pays. For that, see the effective property tax rate, the one tax measure here available for each county. Source: Census government finances.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of all taxes
1	New Mexico	13.6
2	Delaware	14.1
3	Alabama	15.6
4	North Dakota	16.3
5	Arkansas	16.9
6	Louisiana	18.1
7	Hawaii	18.2
8	Oklahoma	18.4
9	West Virginia	19.4
10	Kentucky	20
11	Tennessee	20.8
12	Nevada	21.9
13	North Carolina	22.2
14	Idaho	22.3
15	Utah	23
16	Arizona	23.7
17	Maryland	23.7
18	Minnesota	24.1
19	Indiana	24.3
20	Mississippi	25.4
21	Pennsylvania	25.6
22	Washington	26
23	Oregon	26.4
24	California	26.6
25	New York	27.5
26	Ohio	27.6
27	Missouri	27.7
28	Kansas	28.1
29	District of Columbia	29.3
30	Georgia	29.8
31	South Carolina	29.9
32	Wisconsin	30.7
33	Virginia	30.8
34	Illinois	31.7
35	Iowa	32.4
36	South Dakota	32.8
37	Colorado	32.8
38	Michigan	33
39	Massachusetts	33.2
40	Rhode Island	33.7
41	Montana	34.1
42	Connecticut	34.6
43	Florida	34.8
44	Nebraska	34.9
45	Alaska	35.1
46	Maine	35.8
47	Wyoming	38.1
48	Vermont	39.2
49	New Jersey	39.5
50	Texas	40.6
51	New Hampshire	62.1

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