Table 20
State-only Taxes Per-Capita, 1999
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Connecticut	$2,932		27	Vermont	$1,704
2	Delaware	2,695		28	Iowa	1,697
3	Hawaii	2,671		29	Wyoming	1,694
4	Minnesota	2,614		30	Virginia	1,682
5	Massachusetts	2,386		31	Mississippi	1,652
6	Michigan	2,366		32	Indiana	1,638
7	Wisconsin	2,215		33	Ohio	1,615
8	California	2,184		34	Oklahoma	1,613
9	Washington	2,143		35	Oregon	1,611
10	New York	$2,127		36	Georgia	1,600
11	New Jersey	2,079		37	Nebraska	1,598
12	Maine	2,028		38	Arizona	1,579
13	New Mexico	2,003		39	Florida	1,574
14	Rhode Island	1,913		40	Missouri	1,566
15	Nevada	1,896		41	Montana	1,547
16	North Carolina	1,887		42	South Carolina	1,499
17	Kentucky	1,857		43	Colorado	1,476
18	Maryland	1,833		44	Alaska	1,461
19	Arkansas	1,806		45	Alabama	1,380
20	Pennsylvania	1,800		46	Louisiana	1,379
21	Illinois	1,749		47	Tennessee	1,311
22	North Dakota	1,746		48	Texas	1,281
23	West Virginia	1,742		49	South Dakota	1,184
24	Idaho	1,735		50	New Hampshire	891
25	Kansas	1,729		U.S. average		$1,835
26	Utah	1,711		N.Y.S. % above avg.		15.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/govs/www/statetax.html
Measured as a proportion of personal income, New York's state taxes are now slightly below the average for all states.