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The Highest Rate in Each State Most property tax paid in Alabama: Shelby County Most property tax paid in Alaska: Anchorage Municipality Most property tax paid in Arizona: Pima County Most property tax paid in Arkansas: Benton County Most property tax paid in California: Marin County Most property tax paid in Colorado: Douglas County Most property tax paid in Connecticut: Fairfield County Most property tax paid in Delaware: New Castle County Most property tax paid in Florida: Miami-Dade County Most property tax paid in Georgia: Fulton County Most property tax paid in Hawaii: Honolulu County Most property tax paid in Idaho: Blaine County Most property tax paid in Illinois: Lake County Most property tax paid in Indiana: Hamilton County Most property tax paid in Iowa: Johnson County Most property tax paid in Kansas: Johnson County Most property tax paid in Kentucky: Oldham County Most property tax paid in Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish Most property tax paid in Maine: Cumberland County Most property tax paid in Maryland: Howard County Most property tax paid in Massachusetts: Middlesex County Most property tax paid in Michigan: Washtenaw County Most property tax paid in Minnesota: Carver County Most property tax paid in Mississippi: Madison County Most property tax paid in Missouri: St. Charles County Most property tax paid in Montana: Missoula County Most property tax paid in Nebraska: Sarpy County Most property tax paid in Nevada: Washoe County Most property tax paid in New Hampshire: Rockingham County Most property tax paid in New Jersey: Hunterdon County Most property tax paid in New Mexico: Bernalillo County Most property tax paid in New York: Nassau County Most property tax paid in North Carolina: Orange County Most property tax paid in North Dakota: Cass County Most property tax paid in Ohio: Delaware County Most property tax paid in Oklahoma: Tulsa County Most property tax paid in Oregon: Washington County Most property tax paid in Pennsylvania: Chester County Most property tax paid in Rhode Island: Bristol County Most property tax paid in South Carolina: Beaufort County Most property tax paid in South Dakota: Lincoln County Most property tax paid in Tennessee: Williamson County Most property tax paid in Texas: Collin County Most property tax paid in Utah: Summit County Most property tax paid in Vermont: Chittenden County Most property tax paid in Virginia: Loudoun County Most property tax paid in Washington: King County Most property tax paid in West Virginia: Jefferson County Most property tax paid in Wisconsin: Dane County Most property tax paid in Wyoming: Teton County

The Highest Rate in Each State

By Venessa Wong and Joel Stonington

Residents of Hunterdon County, a suburban area in western New Jersey, are among the wealthiest Americans. Median household income is $102,500, almost double the $51,500 national figure, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Equestrian estates and single-family homes on several acres can be found in areas including Tewksbury, Raritan, and Delaware Township. Charming, indeed. But living there is not cheap. Hunterdon County residents pay a median $8,216 in residential property tax per year. That's more than any other county in the U.S., according to Washington-based think tank the Tax Foundation, which cites U.S. Census Bureau estimates from 2005 to 2009. (One-year data from 2009 show Hunterdon ranked fourth after New York's Westchester County and Nassau County, and New Jersey's Bergen County.) Property taxes in Hunterdon County represent a larger share of household income, at 7.3 percent, than the average national rate of 2.81 percent. Overall, New Jersey residents pay the nation's highest proportion of income in state and local taxes in the nation—12.2 percent of income, followed by residents in New York and Connecticut, reported Bloomberg News. Property taxes are the sole major revenue source that grew in 2009, increasing by 10.9 percent year-on-year, despite a drop in home values nationwide, reported the Tax Foundation.

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