State-only Taxes
Per Capita
1998
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
|
1
|
Connecticut |
$2,869
|
27
|
West Virginia |
$1,663
|
|
|
2
|
Delaware |
2,663
|
28
|
Illinois |
1,641
|
|
|
3
|
Hawaii |
2,662
|
29
|
Vermont |
1,620
|
|
|
4
|
Minnesota |
2,435
|
30
|
Arkansas |
1,598
|
|
|
5
|
Massachusetts |
2,357
|
31
|
Oklahoma |
1,584
|
|
|
6
|
Wisconsin |
2,134
|
32
|
Nebraska |
1,583
|
|
|
7
|
Michigan |
2,090
|
33
|
Ohio |
1,574
|
|
|
8
|
Washington |
2,075
|
34
|
Virginia |
1,552
|
|
|
9
|
California |
2,073
|
35
|
Indiana |
1,545
|
|
|
10
|
New Mexico |
2,058
|
36
|
Mississippi |
1,541
|
|
|
11
|
NEW YORK |
$1,989
|
37
|
Oregon |
1,523
|
|
|
12
|
Alaska |
1,932
|
38
|
Georgia |
1,517
|
|
|
13
|
New Jersey |
1,923
|
39
|
Missouri |
1,512
|
|
|
14
|
Maine |
1,905
|
40
|
Florida |
1,509
|
|
|
15
|
Rhode Island |
1,843
|
41
|
Montana |
1,509
|
|
|
16
|
North Carolina |
1,838
|
42
|
Arizona |
1,488
|
|
|
17
|
Kentucky |
1,808
|
43
|
Colorado |
1,485
|
|
|
18
|
Maryland |
1,790
|
44
|
South Carolina |
1,482
|
|
|
19
|
Nevada |
1,782
|
45
|
Louisiana |
1,392
|
|
|
20
|
Wyoming |
1,779
|
46
|
Alabama |
1,318
|
|
|
21
|
Kansas |
1,773
|
47
|
Tennessee |
1,288
|
|
|
22
|
Pennsylvania |
1,719
|
48
|
Texas |
1,246
|
|
|
23
|
North Dakota |
1,690
|
49
|
South Dakota |
1,129
|
|
|
24
|
Iowa |
1,678
|
50
|
New Hampshire |
851
|
|
|
25
|
Idaho |
1,674
|
U.S. average |
$1,754
|
||
|
26
|
Utah |
1,666
|
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
13.4%
|
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|
Source:
Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data
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