Table 18
State and Local Government Taxes Per Capita (Est.), 2000
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	NEW YORK	$4,905		27	Utah	$2,916
2	Connecticut	4,829		28	Indiana	2,875
3	New Jersey	4,319		29	New Hampshire	2,863
4	Massachusetts	3,953		30	North Carolina	2,835
5	Rhode Island	3,580		31	Missouri	2,727
6	Wisconsin	3,567		32	Oregon	2,672
7	Maine	3,559		33	Texas	2,643
8	Minnesota	3,557		34	Arizona	2,564
9	Hawaii	3,556		35	Idaho	2,535
10	California	3,523		36	South Carolina	2,422
11	Maryland	3,517		37	Louisiana	2,412
12	Washington	3,482		38	Oklahoma	2,386
13	Illinois	3,340		39	New Mexico	2,377
14	Delaware	3,299		40	North Dakota	2,364
15	Ohio	3,231		41	Kentucky	2,347
16	Vermont	3,231		42	West Virginia	2,326
17	Nebraska	3,218		43	Arkansas	2,295
18	Virginia	3,192		44	South Dakota	2,292
19	Nevada	3,173		45	Tennessee	2,288
20	Pennsylvania	3,149		46	Wyoming	2,268
21	Michigan	3,036		47	Alabama	2,229
22	Kansas	3,007		48	Mississippi	2,175
23	Iowa	2,983		49	Montana	2,132
24	Georgia	2,975		50	Alaska	1,890
25	Colorado	2,943		U.S. avg.		$3,210
26	Florida	2,931		N.Y.S. % above avg.		52.8%
Source: Tax Foundation
Including federal taxes, New Yorkers' total tax burden amounts to $13,676 per person, compared to a national average of $10,447.