 Lancaster County ranked 231st out of the 3143 United States counties for property taxes as a percentage of median income.According to a report prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the total real estate taxes collected by all school districts in Pennsylvania rose from $6,474,133,936 in 1999–1900 to $10,438,463,356 in 2008–2009 and to $11,153,412,490 in 2011.Property taxes in Pennsylvania are relatively high on a national scale.