State tax levels

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State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services a state can afford to provide residents.

States use a different combination of sales, income, and excise taxes, and user fees, some imposed directly on residents and other imposed indirectly. This table ranks the states of the United States on a per capita basis.

Note, however, that this table does not necessarily reflect the actual tax burdens borne by individual persons or businesses in a state. For example, the state tax burden on individuals in Alaska is far lower than the table indicates. The state has no income tax and does not collect a sales tax at the state level, although it allows local governments to collect their own sales taxes. Alaska collects most of its revenue from the oil and gas industry.

Rank	State	Total revenue (2004)	Population (2000)	Taxes per capita
1	Massachusetts	23,988,000,000	6,416,505	3,738.48
2	Connecticut	12,973,000,000	3,503,604	3,702.76
3	Alaska	2,346,000,000	655,435	3,579.30
4	Delaware	2,736,000,000	830,364	3,294.94
5	Hawaii	3,908,000,000	1,262,840	3,094.61
6	New Jersey	24,776,000,000	8,698,879	2,848.18
7	Minnesota	14,499,000,000	5,100,958	2,842.41
8	Rhode Island	2,767,000,000	1,080,632	2,560.54
9	New Mexico	4,612,000,000	1,903,289	2,423.17
10	New York	42,327,000,000	19,227,088	2,201.43
11	Ohio	24,031,000,000	11,459,011	2,097.13
12	California	74,762,000,000	35,893,799	2,082.87
13	Maine	2,684,000,000	1,317,253	2,037.57
14	Wisconsin	10,805,000,000	5,509,026	1,961.33
15	Maryland	10,204,000,000	5,558,058	1,835.89
16	Washington	11,323,000,000	6,203,788	1,825.18
17	Illinois	23,171,000,000	12,713,634	1,822.53
18	Georgia	15,669,000,000	8,829,383	1,774.64
19	Pennsylvania	21,813,000,000	12,406,292	1,758.22
20	Kentucky	7,156,000,000	4,145,922	1,726.03
21	North Carolina	14,691,000,000	8,541,221	1,720.01
22	Indiana	10,684,000,000	6,237,569	1,712.85
23	West Virginia	3,083,000,000	1,815,354	1,698.29
24	Virginia	12,574,000,000	7,459,827	1,685.56
25	Kansas	4,519,000,000	2,735,502	1,651.98
26	Iowa	4,683,000,000	2,954,451	1,585.07
27	Nebraska	2,720,000,000	1,747,214	1,556.76
28	Utah	3,685,000,000	2,389,039	1,542.46
29	North Dakota	956,000,000	634,366	1,507.02
30	Idaho	2,097,000,000	1,393,262	1,505.10
31	Tennessee	8,865,000,000	5,900,962	1,502.30
32	Louisiana	6,765,000,000	4,515,770	1,498.08
33	Montana	1,382,000,000	926,865	1,491.05
34	Vermont	922,000,000	621,394	1,483.76
35	Oklahoma	5,133,000,000	3,523,553	1,456.77
36	Texas	30,828,000,000	22,490,022	1,370.74
37	Oregon	4,922,000,000	3,594,586	1,369.28
38	Florida	23,202,000,000	17,397,161	1,333.67
39	Colorado	6,045,000,000	4,601,403	1,313.73
40	Arkansas	3,526,000,000	2,752,629	1,280.96
41	Alabama	5,635,000,000	4,530,182	1,243.88
42	South Carolina	5,116,000,000	4,198,068	1,218.66
43	Mississippi	3,521,000,000	2,902,966	1,212.90
44	Missouri	6,934,000,000	5,754,618	1,204.95
45	Arizona	6,463,000,000	5,743,834	1,125.21
46	South Dakota	852,000,000	770,883	1,105.23
47	Nevada	2,503,000,000	2,334,771	1,072.05
48	New Hampshire	1,311,000,000	1,299,500	1,008.85
49	Michigan	7,993,000,000	10,112,620	790.40
50	Wyoming	389,000,000	506,529	767.97
	TOTAL	528,549,000,000	293,101,881	1,803.29 (US Avg.)

Rank	State	Taxes per capita	Personal per capita income	Taxes as % of income
1	Alaska	3,579.30	33,568	10.66%
2	Delaware	3,294.94	32,810	10.04%
3	Hawaii	3,094.61	30,913	10.01%
4	New Mexico	2,423.17	25,541	9.49%
5	Massachusetts	3,738.48	39,815	9.39%
6	Connecticut	3,702.76	43,173	8.58%
7	Minnesota	2,842.41	34,443	8.25%
8	Rhode Island	2,560.54	31,916	8.02%
9	Maine	2,037.57	28,831	7.07%
10	New Jersey	2,848.18	40,427	7.05%
11	Ohio	2,097.13	29,944	7.00%
12	West Virginia	1,698.29	24,379	6.97%
13	Kentucky	1,726.03	26,252	6.57%
14	Wisconsin	1,961.33	30,898	6.35%
15	Utah	1,542.46	24,977	6.18%
16	California	2,082.87	33,749	6.17%
17	North Carolina	1,720.01	28,235	6.09%
18	Georgia	1,774.64	29,442	6.03%
19	New York	2,201.43	36,574	6.02%
20	Indiana	1,712.85	28,783	5.95%
21	Idaho	1,505.10	25,911	5.81%
22	Montana	1,491.05	25,920	5.75%
23	Louisiana	1,498.08	26,100	5.74%
	U.S. Average	1,803.29	31,591	5.71%
24	Kansas	1,651.98	29,935	5.52%
25	Pennsylvania	1,758.22	31,998	5.49%
26	Washington	1,825.18	33,332	5.48%
27	Oklahoma	1,456.77	26,656	5.47%
28	Iowa	1,585.07	29,043	5.46%
29	Illinois	1,822.53	33,690	5.41%
30	Tennessee	1,502.30	28,455	5.28%
31	Arkansas	1,280.96	24,289	5.27%
32	Mississippi	1,212.90	23,448	5.17%
33	North Dakota	1,507.02	29,204	5.16%
34	Nebraska	1,556.76	30,758	5.06%
35	Virginia	1,685.56	33,671	5.01%
36	Maryland	1,835.89	37,331	4.92%
37	Vermont	1,483.76	30,740	4.83%
38	Alabama	1,243.88	26,338	4.72%
39	Texas	1,370.74	29,372	4.67%
40	Oregon	1,369.28	29,340	4.67%
41	South Carolina	1,218.66	26,132	4.66%
42	Florida	1,333.67	30,446	4.38%
43	Arizona	1,125.21	26,838	4.19%
44	Missouri	1,204.95	29,252	4.12%
45	Colorado	1,313.73	34,283	3.83%
46	South Dakota	1,105.23	29,234	3.78%
47	Nevada	1,072.05	31,266	3.43%
48	New Hampshire	1,008.85	34,702	2.91%
49	Michigan	790.40	30,439	2.60%
50	Wyoming	767.97	32,808	2.34%