The Public Policy Institute


State Sales/Gross Receipts Taxes On Utilities, Per Capita
2000

Rank
State
Amt.
 
Rank
State
Amt.
1
Illinois
$118
 
27
Alaska
$5
2
Alabama
109
 
28
Oklahoma
4
3
New Jersey
102
 
29
Wyoming
4
4
West Virginia
101
 
30
New Mexico
4
5
Hawaii
99
 
31
South Dakota
3
6
NEW YORK
$85
 
32
Louisiana
3
7
Rhode Island
70
 
33
Idaho
2
8
Wisconsin
59
 
34
Oregon
2
9
Connecticut
58
 
35
Colorado
2
10
Ohio
57
 
36
Nebraska
2
11
Pennsylvania
55
 
37
Maine
2
12
Washington
49
 
38
Michigan
1
13
North Carolina
48
 
39
Indiana
1
14
New Hampshire
47
 
40
Tennessee
1
15
North Dakota
44
 
41
Mississippi
0
16
Florida
42
 
42
Kansas
0
17
Delaware
36
 
43
Missouri
0
18
Maryland
29
 
44
Minnesota
0
19
Texas
24
 
45
Massachusetts
0
20
Montana
23
 
46
Arkansas
0
21
Vermont
16
 
47
Georgia
0
22
Virginia
14
 
48
Utah
0
23
South Carolina
10
 
49
Kentucky
0
24
Arizona
7
 
50
Iowa
0
25
California
6
U.S. average
$33
26
Nevada
5
N.Y.S. % above avg.
156%
Source: Public Policy Institute calculations from U.S. Census Bureau data