State and Local Taxes Per Capita
1998
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
Rank
|
State
|
Amt.
|
|
|
1
|
Connecticut |
$4,425
|
27
|
Iowa |
$2,606
|
|
|
2
|
NEW YORK |
$4,318
|
28
|
North Carolina |
2,557
|
|
|
3
|
New Jersey |
3,698
|
29
|
Georgia |
2,552
|
|
|
4
|
Massachusetts |
3,531
|
30
|
North Dakota |
2,549
|
|
|
5
|
Minnesota |
3,490
|
31
|
Florida |
2,545
|
|
|
6
|
Hawaii |
3,293
|
32
|
Indiana |
2,500
|
|
|
7
|
Alaska |
3,279
|
33
|
Oregon |
2,479
|
|
|
8
|
Maine |
3,225
|
34
|
Utah |
2,459
|
|
|
9
|
Delaware |
3,218
|
35
|
Missouri |
2,449
|
|
|
10
|
Wisconsin |
3,186
|
36
|
New Hampshire |
2,416
|
|
|
11
|
Maryland |
3,126
|
37
|
Kentucky |
2,377
|
|
|
12
|
Rhode Island |
3,117
|
38
|
Arizona |
2,371
|
|
|
13
|
Washington |
3,038
|
39
|
Texas |
2,344
|
|
|
14
|
California |
3,022
|
40
|
Idaho |
2,334
|
|
|
15
|
Illinois |
2,959
|
41
|
Louisiana |
2,303
|
|
|
16
|
Vermont |
2,911
|
42
|
Montana |
2,291
|
|
|
17
|
Wyoming |
2,901
|
43
|
Oklahoma |
2,240
|
|
|
18
|
Michigan |
2,874
|
44
|
South Carolina |
2,187
|
|
|
19
|
Kansas |
2,805
|
45
|
West Virginia |
2,183
|
|
|
20
|
Pennsylvania |
2,802
|
46
|
South Dakota |
2,158
|
|
|
21
|
Colorado |
2,763
|
47
|
Arkansas |
2,143
|
|
|
22
|
Nebraska |
2,751
|
48
|
Tennessee |
2,079
|
|
|
23
|
Ohio |
2,750
|
49
|
Mississippi |
2,057
|
|
|
24
|
Nevada |
2,727
|
50
|
Alabama |
1,916
|
|
|
25
|
Virginia |
2,675
|
U.S. average |
$2,863
|
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|
26
|
New Mexico |
2,637
|
N.Y.S. % above avg. |
50.8%
|
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Source:
Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data
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