The Public Policy Institute


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