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How our property taxes in Silicon Valley and California compare to everyone else

How our property taxes in Silicon Valley and California compare to everyone else

The Tax Foundation has taken data recently released by the Census Bureau, regarding property taxes (payments to all taxing jurisdictions) collected in the US in 2008 on owner-occupied housing, and published this data into a series of comparative charts. I think these charts do a great job at putting things into perspective. What is different about this survey is that it focuses on owner-occupied housing, whereas other Census Bureau compilations include property taxes paid by businesses.

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