Tables: State and Local Taxes Per Capita and Per $1000 Personal Income, 2002

Published September 1, 2004

Table 1: State and Local Taxes Per Capita, 2002
Rank	State	Amount
1	New York	$4,645
2	Connecticut	4,373
3	New Jersey	4,038
4	Massachusetts	3721
5	Minnesota	3,673
6	Maryland	3,646
7	Wyoming	3,644
8	Maine	3,507
9	California	3,440
10	Wisconsin	3,421
11	Hawaii	3,416
12	Rhode Island	3,392
13	Delaware	3,334
14	Illinois	3,303
15	Alaska	3,229
16	Washington	3,216
17	Vermont	3,190
18	Ohio	3,170
U.S. Average		3,149
19	Colorado	3,088
20	Nebraska	3,077
21	Pennsylvania	3,052
22	Michigan	3,051
23	Virginia	3,037
24	Nevada	2,968
25	Kansas	2,941
26	Iowa	2,837
27	New Hampshire	2,825
28	Georgia	2,816
29	Indiana	2,759
30	North Dakota	2,727
31	Louisiana	2,722
32	North Carolina	2,718
33	Texas	2,713
34	Florida	2,686
35	Missouri	2,667
36	Arizona	2,650
37	Kentucky	2,636
38	New Mexico	2,634
39	Utah	2,599
40	West Virginia	2,571
41	Oregon	2,558
42	Oklahoma	2,516
43	Idaho	2,451
44	South Dakota	2,423
45	Arkansas	2,387
46	South Carolina	2,376
47	Montana	2,346
48	Mississippi	2,275
49	Tennessee	2,241
50	Alabama	2,170

Table 2: State and Local Taxes $1000 Personal Income, 2002
Rank	State	Amount
1	New York	$131
2	Maine	130
3	Wyoming	122
4	Hawaii	121
5	Wisconsin	117
6	Rhode Island	114
7	Minnesota	113
8	West Virginia	112
9	New Mexico	111
10	Louisana	111
11	Ohio	111
12	Vermont	111
13	Utah	108
14	Nebraska	108
15	Delaware	107
16	Kentucky	106
17	California	106
18	North Dakota	105
U.S. Average		104
19	Arizona	104
20	Maryland	104
21	New Jersey	104
22	Arkansas	104
23	Mississippi	104
24	Iowa	104
25	Michigan	104
26	Kansas	104
27	Connecticut	104
28	Alaska	103
29	Illinois	101
30	Nevada	101
31	Pennsylvania	101
32	Washington	101
33	Indiana	100
34	Georgia	100
35	North Carolina	100
36	Idaho	100
37	Oklahoma	100
38	Montana	98
39	Missouri	96
40	Massachusetts	96
41	South Carolina	96
42	Texas	95
43	Virginia	95
44	Florida	94
45	Colorado	92
46	Oregon	91
47	South Dakota	90
48	Alabama	88
49	New Hampshire	85
50	Tennessee	84
Dollar figures are rounded

Source: Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data.

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