The Public Policy Institute


Personal Income Taxes Per Capita 1998
Rank
State
Amt.
 
Rank
State
Amt.
1
Massachusetts
$1,307
 
27
Idaho
$634
2
NEW YORK
$1,294
 
28
Vermont
619
3
Maryland
1,228
 
29
Nebraska
586
4
Delaware
1,082
 
30
Illinois
580
5
Oregon
1,048
 
31
Oklahoma
563
6
Connecticut
1,040
 
32
Arkansas
548
7
Minnesota
1,005
 
33
South Carolina
544
8
Wisconsin
966
 
34
Montana
505
9
Hawaii
908
 
35
West Virginia
478
10
Ohio
879
 
36
New Mexico
460
11
California
851
 
37
Alabama
434
12
North Carolina
812
 
38
Arizona
399
13
Virginia
796
 
39
Louisiana
332
14
Kentucky
777
 
40
Mississippi
308
15
Rhode Island
745
 
41
North Dakota
279
16
Maine
729
 
42
New Hampshire
52
17
Colorado
726
 
43
Tennessee
30
18
Georgia
696
 
44
Alaska
0
19
Pennsylvania
695
 
45
Wyoming
0
20
Michigan
694
 
46
Washington
0
21
New Jersey
693
 
47
Florida
0
22
Missouri
671
 
48
Texas
0
23
Kansas
663
 
49
South Dakota
0
24
Indiana
657
 
50
Nevada
0
25
Utah
655
U.S. average
$650
26
Iowa
653
N.Y.S. % above avg.
99%
Source: Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data