1 7 . 2 7 0 0 ▁mill s . ▁ 2 0 0 7 - 0 8 ▁- ▁ 1 7 . 2 7 0 0 ▁mill s . ▁ 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 ▁- ▁ 1 7 . 2 7 0 0 ▁mill s . ▁ 2 0 0 5 - 0 6 ▁- ▁ 1 7 . 2 7 0 0 ▁mill s . ▁ ▁The ▁average ▁year ly ▁property ▁tax ▁paid ▁by ▁Lawrence ▁County ▁residents ▁amounts ▁to ▁about ▁ 2 . 9 4 % ▁of ▁their ▁year ly ▁income . ▁Lawrence ▁County ▁ranked ▁ 6 3 6 th ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 1 4 3 ▁United ▁States ▁count ies ▁for ▁property ▁tax es ▁as ▁a ▁percentage ▁of ▁median ▁income . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁report ▁prepared ▁by ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁Department ▁of ▁Education , ▁the ▁total ▁real ▁estate ▁tax es ▁collected ▁by ▁all ▁school ▁districts ▁in ▁Pennsylvania ▁rose ▁from ▁$ 6 , 4 7 4 , 1 3 3 , 9 3 6 ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 - 0 0 ▁to ▁$ 1 0 , 4 3 8 , 4 6 3 , 3 5 6 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 - 0 9 ▁and ▁to ▁$ 1 1 , 1 5 3 , 4 1 2 , 4 9 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Property ▁tax es ▁in ▁Pennsylvania ▁are ▁relatively ▁high ▁on ▁a ▁national ▁scale . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Tax ▁Foundation , ▁Pennsylvania ▁ranked ▁ 1 1 th ▁in ▁the