Figure 2. Property Tax Revenue Accounts for Roughly 30 Percent of Local Government Operations in the United States

Local government property tax revenue as a percentage of local expenditures (including counties, cities, school districts)

This is a map of the United States that shows per capita property tax revenue and total property tax revenue by state. As the title notes, Florida ranks near the middle of states for its per capita property tax revenue, which is $2,015. (Florida's total property tax revenue is $42.75 billion.)




Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming do not levy personal income taxes. See Tax Policy Center, “State Individual Income Tax Rates,” February 2023, https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/state-individual-income-tax-rates.

Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Ohio, Washington and Nevada do not tax corporate income. See Tax Policy Center, “State Corporate Income Tax Rates,” March 2023, https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/state-corporate-income-tax-rates.

Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon do not collect a general sales tax. See Tax Policy Center, “State General Sales Tax Rates,” February 2023, https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/state-sales-tax-rates.
Chart: Florida Policy InstituteSource: U.S. Census Bureau, "Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2021," June 29, 2023, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/gov-finances.html; U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates 2020,” https://data.census.gov/.Embed Download image