California sales tax 2012 by zip code

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Matched Address. Sales Tax Clearinghouse publishes quarterly sales tax data at the state, county and city level by zip code. These numbers are weighted according to Census population figures in an attempt to give a sense of prevalence of sales tax rates in a particular state.

It is worth noting that population numbers are only published at the zip code level every 10 years by the Census Bureau, so the methodology in this version is slightly different than past versions of this calculation. It should also be noted that while the Census Bureau reports population data using a five-digit identifier that looks much like a zip code, this is actually what is called a "Zip Code Tabulation Area" ZCTA , which attempts to create a geographical area associated with a given zip code.

This is done because a surprisingly large number of zip codes do not actually have any residents. For our purposes, zip codes that do not have a corresponding ZCTA population figure are omitted from calculations.

These omissions result in some amount of inexactitude, but on the whole should not have a palpable effect on resultant averages, because proximate zip code areas which do have a ZCTA population number assigned to them capture the tax rate of whatever jurisdiction the area is located in. Erratum: This report initially listed South Dakota's average local rate as 1.

The table above reflects this correction. Because of this, some sources will describe California's sales tax as 6. A similar situation exists in Utah and Virginia.

February 14, Scott Drenkard. Print this page Subscribe Support our work. Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. Local Rates The five states with the highest average local sales tax rates are Louisiana 4.

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