Where do people pay the most in property taxes?
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States and municipalities levy varied property taxes on real estate and personal property such as cars, bank accounts, and stocks and bonds. Those revenues fund public schools, libraries, fire departments and other essential local services. Understanding these variations can help citizens gauge how their state’s budget is shaped by the government’s decision-making regarding property tax rates and other taxes. How does your state compare?
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One way to measure property tax burdens is to consider the percentage of personal income someone pays in property taxes each year. By that metric, Maine has the highest property tax burden, with these taxes amounting to 5.2% of personal income in 2020.
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Another property tax burden measure is a state’s property tax revenue per person. In 2020, New Jersey ranked highest here, collecting $3,580 per person in property taxes. Alabama had the lowest burden, with property taxes constituting 1.4% of personal income, or $647 per person.
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Property taxes are a relatively small source of tax revenue for states, making up 1.7% of state government tax revenue in 2019. However, local governments rely heavily on property taxes. These taxes accounted for 31% of local government tax revenue.
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How many US households are multigenerational?
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A large percentage of the US population lives in multigenerational households, meaning they live with three or more generations under one roof. Where are people most likely to live with older and younger generations? What are the demographics of these families? Here’s what the data says about these dynamics.
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In 2022, about 8.1% of the US population lived in multigenerational households. That’s 4.8 million households with 26 million people.
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Up to 19.9% of all Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander households were multigenerational, the most of any racial demographic subset. American Indian/Alaska Native families followed (14.9% of the population), then Asian (13.5%), and Hispanic (13.2%) households. Five percent of white households had three or more generations under one roof.
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In 2020, Hawaii had the highest rate of multigenerational households of any state at 9.1%, followed by California at 7.3%.
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Looking at the data by county tells a different story. Twenty-four percent of households in South Dakota’s Oglala Lakota County had three or more generations, the most in the nation. Five of the top 10 counties were in South Dakota, and three were in Alaska.
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In 2022, 12.9% of adults older than 25 without high school degrees lived in multigenerational housing, as did 8.5% of people who had completed high school. Comparatively, this was true for 5.0% of people with associate or bachelor’s degrees.
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Last week, the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from the Biden administration that had said states can’t interfere with federal authority at the border. Here’s data on border encounters dating back to 1980.
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As identification methods have improved, autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in children have become more frequent, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s autism monitoring network. The latest data — which includes children from 11 sites and isn’t necessarily representative of the US overall —shows that 2.8% of monitored children were diagnosed with autism in 2020, compared to 1.5% in 2010, and 0.7% in 2000.
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