October 3, 2006
New York, New Jersey Homeowners Hit Hardest by Property Taxes
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Media contact: Brian Phillips (202) 464-5102
Washington, D.C.—New data released by the Census Bureau on owner-occupied housing shows what most people in the Northeast already know: New York and New Jersey residents pay the most in property taxes. (Full article | New Data)
Using this latest Census data, the Tax Foundation has compiled a table that ranks high-population counties across the country according to various property tax measures.
Below is a table that shows median property taxes paid on homes in a particular county:
| Rank | County | State | Taxes |
| 1 | Westchester County | NY | $7,337 |
| 2 | Nassau County | NY | $7,025 |
| 3 | Hunterdon County | NJ | $6,988 |
| 4 | Bergen County | NJ | $6,846 |
| 5 | Essex County | NJ | $6,642 |
| 6 | Rockland County | NY | $6,527 |
| 7 | Morris County | NJ | $6,478 |
| 8 | Somerset County | NY | $6,465 |
| 9 | Putnam County | NY | $6,335 |
| 10 | Union County | NJ | $6,312 |
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