Just the Facts 1999-2000

Table 15
State and Local Taxes Per Capita, 1996
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	NEW YORK	$3,987	27	Virginia	$2,341
2	Connecticut	3,831	28	Florida	2,330
3	Alaska	3,791	29	Arizona	2,295
4	New Jersey	3,436	30	New Mexico	2,263
5	Hawaii	3,245	31	Oregon	2,259
6	Massachusetts	3,139	32	New Hampshire	2,254
7	Minnesota	3,128	33	North Carolina	2,251
8	Wisconsin	2,947	34	North Dakota	2,238
9	Delaware	2,822	35	Indiana	2,222
10	Washington	2,795	36	Missouri	2,181
11	Maryland	2,786	37	Kentucky	2,166
12	Illinois	2,757	38	Utah	2,147
13	Rhode Island	2,738	39	Idaho	2,138
14	California	2,705	40	Texas	2,128
15	Nevada	2,661	41	Montana	2,027
16	Maine	2,600	42	West Virginia	1,995
17	Michigan	2,588	43	Oklahoma	1,987
18	Vermont	2,577	44	South Carolina	1,981
19	Nebraska	2,531	45	South Dakota	1,965
20	Pennsylvania	2,512	46	Louisiana	1,946
21	Ohio	2,503	47	Arkansas	1,933
22	Kansas	2,478	48	Mississippi	1,894
23	Iowa	2,448	49	Tennessee	1,878
24	Wyoming	2,422	50	Alabama	1,786
25	Colorado	2,418	U.S. average		$2,597
26	Georgia	2,354	N.Y.S. % above		53.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau data, calculations by The Public Policy Institute
In 1996, New York's "tax gap" was at the lowest level since 1982; it has fallen further since 1996 as new tax cuts have taken effect.