Table 28
Federal Taxes Per Capita, 1998
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Connecticut	$9,469		27	Indiana	$5,464
2	New Jersey	8,223		28	Texas	5,454
3	Massachusetts	7,652		29	Tennessee	5,347
4	NEW YORK	$7,102		30	North Carolina	5,338
5	Illinois	7,063		31	Arizona	5,334
6	Maryland	6,737		32	Wyoming	5,300
7	New Hampshire	6,736		33	Vermont	5,265
8	Nevada	6,696		34	Iowa	5,201
9	Delaware	6,588		35	Hawaii	5,183
10	Michigan	6,497		36	Maine	4,820
11	Minnesota	6,455		37	South Carolina	4,801
12	Washington	6,417		38	Alabama	4,795
13	Colorado	6,387		39	South Dakota	4,792
14	California	6,256		40	North Dakota	4,745
15	Florida	6,156		41	Utah	4,742
16	Pennsylvania	6,084		42	Kentucky	4,619
17	Virginia	6,076		43	Idaho	4,554
18	Rhode Island	5,983		44	Louisiana	4,491
19	Alaska	5,958		45	Montana	4,364
20	Ohio	5,898		46	Arkansas	4,359
21	Wisconsin	5,692		47	Oklahoma	4,320
22	Oregon	5,669		48	New Mexico	4,294
23	Kansas	5,663		49	West Virginia	4,064
24	Georgia	5,652		50	Mississippi	4,030
25	Nebraska	5,651		U.S. average		$5,667
26	Missouri	5,529		N.Y.S. % above		25.3%
Source: Tax Foundation
The federal income tax and estate tax are among the reasons New Yorkers pay a disproportionate amount to Washington.