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Table 21State Personal Income Taxes per Capita, 1999
Rank
State
Amt.
Rank
State
Amt.
1
Massachusetts
$1,301
27
Indiana
$622
2
NEW YORK
$1,131
28
Oklahoma
617
3
Oregon
1,119
29
Illinois
598
4
Minnesota
1,111
30
Iowa
598
5
Connecticut
1,100
31
Arkansas
562
6
Delaware
1,023
32
Montana
547
7
Wisconsin
983
33
Pennsylvania
534
8
California
927
34
South Carolina
511
9
Hawaii
902
35
West Virginia
509
10
Virginia
886
36
New Mexico
465
11
North Carolina
861
37
Arizona
439
12
Maine
814
38
Alabama
437
13
Maryland
808
39
Mississippi
355
14
New Jersey
777
40
Louisiana
351
15
Rhode Island
770
41
North Dakota
287
16
Michigan
750
42
New Hampshire
53
17
Georgia
731
43
Tennessee
28
18
Colorado
692
44
Alaska
0
19
Utah
686
44
Florida
0
20
Idaho
677
44
Nevada
0
21
Missouri
663
44
South Dakota
0
22
Vermont
646
44
Texas
0
23
Nebraska
643
44
Washington
0
24
Kansas
639
44
Wyoming
0
25
Kentucky
639
U.S. average $633
26
Ohio
639
N.Y.S. % above avg. 78.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census/gov/govs/www/statetax.html
New Yorkers' personal-income tax burden has improved in relative terms since FY 1995, when it was more than double the national average.
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