Louisiana residents pay the lowest property taxes in the nation, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data. Franklin Parish has the lowest median property tax at $117 a year, while St. Bernard Parish homeowners paid 0.11% of their median home value in property taxes, the lowest percentage in the country, and Vernon Parish residents paid 0.25% of their median income in property taxes, the lowest share in the nation, according to the report by the Tax Foundation. Louisiana parishes took all of the bottom 10 spots for property taxes by any measure. On the other end, New York and New Jersey counties took all of the categories for highest taxes, with Westchester County, N.Y., tabulating a median annual property tax payment of $8,404. See the report here.
Louisiana parishes lowest for property taxes
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