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State-only Taxes Per Capita 2000

Rank
State
Amt.
  
Rank
State
Amt.
1
 Connecticut
$2,987
  
27
 Arkansas
$1,822
2
 Hawaii
2,752
28
 Kansas
1,810
3
 Delaware
2,721
29
 Virginia
1,787
4
 Minnesota
2,711
30
 Utah
1,782
5
 Massachusetts
2,544
31
 Iowa
1,772
6
 California
2,474
32
 Nebraska
1,742
7
 Vermont
2,416
33
 Oregon
1,738
8
 Wisconsin
2,357
34
 Ohio
1,733
9
 Michigan
2,290
35
 Oklahoma
1,696
10
 Alaska
2,270
36
 Indiana
1,662
11
 NEW YORK
$2,199
37
 Mississippi
1,656
12
 New Jersey
2,157
38
 Georgia
1,650
13
 Washington
2,132
39
 Colorado
1,645
14
 Maine
2,087
40
 South Carolina
1,591
15
 New Mexico
2,058
41
 Arizona
1,579
16
 Maryland
1,955
42
 Montana
1,564
17
 Wyoming
1,952
43
 Florida
1,553
18
 Rhode Island
1,941
44
 Missouri
1,532
19
 Kentucky
1,904
45
 Louisiana
1,457
20
 North Carolina
1,890
46
 Alabama
1,448
21
 Nevada
1,860
47
 New Hampshire
1,372
22
 West Virginia
1,849
48
 Tennessee
1,360
23
 Idaho
1,837
49
 Texas
1,315
24
 Illinois
1,835
50
 South Dakota
1,228
25
 Pennsylvania
1,829
U.S. average
$1,921
26
 North Dakota
1,826
N.Y.S. % above avg.
14.5%
Source: Public Policy Institute calculations from
US Census Bureau data