Lots of factors go into the best state to retire in but for the purposes of this article, lets look at
property taxes. When you retire, hopefully your
house is paid for and after that, depending where you live, your property taxes could very well be your biggest annual bill. Here are state property tax rates. The lower the better so while Texas is a great place to make your money with no state income tax, it is a lousy state to retire to with the highest property tax in the nation. A $400,000 house will pay over $10,000 annually in property tax!
State-by-State Property-Tax Rates
| State | Average
Property
Tax Rate |
| United States | 1.38 |
| Alaska | 1.80 |
| Alabama | 0.65 |
| Arkansas | 0.88 |
| Arizona | 1.21 |
| California | 0.68 |
| Colorado | 1.08 |
| Connecticut | 1.72 |
| District of Columbia | 1.31 |
| Delaware | 0.68 |
| Florida | 1.20 |
| Georgia | 1.52 |
| Hawaii | 0.40 |
| Iowa | 2.15 |
| Idaho | 1.42 |
| Illinois | 1.79 |
| Indiana | 2.12 |
| Kansas | 2.09 |
| Kentucky | 0.96 |
| Louisiana | 1.02 |
| Massachusetts | 1.07 |
| Maryland | 1.06 |
| Maine | 1.75 |
| Michigan | 1.91 |
| Minnesota | 1.27 |
| Missouri | 1.42 |
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| State | Average
Property
Tax Rate |
| Mississippi | 1.44 |
| Montana | 1.65 |
| North Carolina | 1.10 |
| North Dakota | 1.84 |
| Nebraska | 2.15 |
| New Hampshire | 2.21 |
| New Jersey | 1.78 |
| New Mexico | 0.72 |
| Nevada | 0.83 |
| New York | 1.76 |
| Ohio | 1.81 |
| Oklahoma | 1.03 |
| Oregon | 1.22 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.70 |
| Rhode Island | 1.52 |
| South Carolina | 1.38 |
| South Dakota | 1.96 |
| Tennessee | 1.07 |
| Texas | 2.57 |
| Utah | 1.31 |
| Virginia | 1.12 |
| Vermont | 2.06 |
| Washington | 1.13 |
| Wisconsin | 2.09 |
| West Virginia | 0.95 |
| Wyoming | 2.18 |
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