Just the Facts 1999-2000
| Table 18 | ||||||
| Change in State-only Taxes Per Capita, 1995-97 | ||||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. | |
| 1 | Louisiana | 20.4% | 27 | Connecticut | 9.2% | |
| 2 | Minnesota | 18.4% | 28 | Idaho | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Missouri | 14.1% | 29 | Ohio | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 13.9% | 30 | Virginia | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Nebraska | 13.4% | 31 | Hawaii | 7.4% | |
| 6 | California | 13.3% | 32 | Kentucky | 7.2% | |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 13.3% | 33 | North Carolina | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Colorado | 12.4% | 34 | West Virginia | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Michigan | 12.1% | 35 | Delaware | 7.1% | |
| 10 | Indiana | 12.0% | 36 | Utah | 6.6% | |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 11.7% | 37 | Pennsylvania | 6.5% | |
| 12 | Oregon | 11.7% | 38 | Washington | 6.4% | |
| 13 | Vermont | 11.5% | 39 | Alabama | 6.4% | |
| 14 | Maine | 11.3% | 40 | New Mexico | 6.2% | |
| 15 | Illinois | 11.2% | 41 | Iowa | 6.1% | |
| 16 | Kansas | 11.0% | 42 | Maryland | 5.6% | |
| 17 | North Dakota | 11.0% | 43 | New Jersey | 4.5% | |
| 18 | Rhode Island | 10.7% | 44 | Montana | 2.7% | |
| 19 | Georgia | 10.6% | 45 | Nevada | 2.6% | |
| 20 | South Carolina | 10.3% | 46 | Arizona | 1.7% | |
| 21 | Mississippi | 10.2% | 47 | NEW YORK | 1.6% | |
| 22 | Florida | 9.8% | 48 | Wyoming | -0.6% | |
| 23 | Tennessee | 9.7% | 49 | New Hampshire | -2.5% | |
| 24 | Arkansas | 9.7% | 50 | Alaska | -16.5% | |
| 25 | South Dakota | 9.3% | ||||
| 26 | Texas | 9.2% | U.S. Average | 9.1% | ||
| Source: Public Policy Institute calculations, based on U.S. Census Bureau data | ||||||
| Major reductions in taxes on personal income and businesses held New Yorkers' tax burden in check, while those in most other states rose. |
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