INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX BURDENS, 2002
| Rank, Income Taxes Per Capita |
State | Income Taxes Per Capita |
Rank,Income Taxes Per $1,000 of Personal Income |
Income Taxes per $1,000 personal income |
1 |
NEW YORK | $1,592 | 1 | $44.41 |
2 |
Maryland | $1,443 | 2 | $38.50 |
3 |
Massachusetts | $1,246 | 7 | $31.67 |
4 |
Minnesota | $1,107 | 6 | $32.65 |
5 |
Connecticut | $1,082 | 19 | $24.92 |
6 |
Oregon | $1,074 | 3 | $36.59 |
7 |
Ohio | $1,039 | 4 | $35.53 |
8 |
California | $976 | 13 | $28.76 |
9 |
Delaware | $974 | 12 | $29.16 |
10 |
Virginia | $948 | 14 | $28.02 |
11 |
Wisconsin | $927 | 9 | $30.49 |
12 |
Hawaii | $917 | 10 | $30.24 |
13 |
North Carolina | $903 | 8 | $31.49 |
14 |
Kentucky | $865 | 5 | $33.60 |
15 |
Maine | $841 | 11 | $29.56 |
16 |
New Jersey | $816 | 35 | $20.33 |
17 |
Colorado | $808 | 29 | $22.63 |
18 |
Georgia | $793 | 16 | $26.29 |
19 |
Rhode Island | $786 | 20 | $24.84 |
20 |
Pennsylvania | $774 | 18 | $25.02 |
21 |
Utah | $719 | 15 | $27.81 |
22 |
Missouri | $702 | 23 | $24.41 |
23 |
Kansas | $690 | 26 | $23.69 |
24 |
Indiana | $678 | 24 | $23.98 |
25 |
Nebraska | $674 | 27 | $23.13 |
26 |
Vermont | $670 | 31 | $22.35 |
27 |
Michigan | $664 | 33 | $21.85 |
28 |
Oklahoma | $662 | 17 | $25.38 |
29 |
Idaho | $651 | 21 | $24.80 |
30 |
Iowa | $620 | 32 | $22.15 |
31 |
Illinois | $602 | 37 | $18.12 |
32 |
Arkansas | $586 | 22 | $24.66 |
33 |
South Carolina | $586 | 30 | $22.47 |
34 |
Montana | $574 | 28 | $22.98 |
35 |
West Virginia | $572 | 25 | $23.89 |
36 |
New Mexico | $540 | 34 | $21.46 |
37 |
Alabama | $478 | 36 | $18.71 |
38 |
Arizona | $407 | 40 | $14.55 |
39 |
Louisiana | $400 | 38 | $15.79 |
40 |
Mississippi | $346 | 39 | $15.31 |
41 |
North Dakota | $3101 | 41 | $11.89 |
42 |
New Hampshire | $58 | 42 | $1.64 |
43 |
Tennessee | $26 | 43 | $0.92 |
NA |
Texas | NA | 44 | $0.00 |
NA |
Alaska | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
Florida | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
Nevada | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
South Dakota | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
Washington | NA | NA | NA |
NA |
Wyoming | NA | NA | NA |
| United States | $721 | $22.87 | ||
| N.Y.S. above avg. | 121% | 94% | ||
| NA= no personal income tax. Data on tax collections, U.S. Census Bureau; Personal Income, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; calculations by The Public Policy Institute | ||||
| Calculations by The Public Policy Institute | ||||