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| State Government Taxes Per Capita, 1998 | |||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. |
| 1 | Connecticut | $2,869 | 27 | West Virginia | $1,663 |
| 2 | Delaware | 2,665 | 28 | Indiana | 1,652 |
| 3 | Hawaii | 2,662 | 29 | Illinois | 1,641 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 2,434 | 30 | Vermont | 1,621 |
| 5 | Massachuse | 2,357 | 31 | Arkansas | 1,598 |
| 6 | Michigan | 2,210 | 32 | Nebraska | 1,584 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 2,135 | 33 | Oklahoma | 1,584 |
| 8 | Washington | 2,075 | 34 | Mississippi | 1,578 |
| 9 | California | 2,073 | 35 | Ohio | 1,574 |
| 10 | New Mexico | 2,058 | 36 | Virginia | 1,552 |
| 11 | NEW YORK | $1,989 | 37 | Oregon | 1,523 |
| 12 | Alaska | 1,932 | 38 | Georgia | 1,517 |
| 13 | New Jersey | 1,923 | 39 | Montana | 1,513 |
| 14 | Maine | 1,905 | 40 | Missouri | 1,512 |
| 15 | Nevada | 1,848 | 41 | Florida | 1,509 |
| 16 | North | 1,838 | 42 | Arizona | 1,489 |
| 17 | Utah | 1,828 | 43 | Colorado | 1,485 |
| 18 | Kentucky | 1,807 | 44 | South | 1,482 |
| 19 | Rhode | 1,805 | 45 | Louisiana | 1,392 |
| 20 | Maryland | 1,790 | 46 | Alabama | 1,318 |
| 21 | Wyoming | 1,779 | 47 | Tennessee | 1,288 |
| 22 | Kansas | 1,768 | 48 | Texas | 1,246 |
| 23 | Pennsylvani | 1,719 | 49 | South | 1,129 |
| 24 | North | 1,690 | 50 | New | 851 |
| 25 | Iowa | 1,678 | U.S. | $1,762 | |
| 26 | Idaho | 1,674 | N.Y.S above avg. | 12.9% | |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, April 1999 | |||||
| Increase in State Government Taxes Per Capita, 1997-98 |
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| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. |
| 1 | Wyoming | 28.9% | 27 | Montana | 5.6% |
| 2 | Utah | 25.0% | 28 | Illinois | 5.3% |
| 3 | Maine | 17.2% | 29 | Texas | 5.2% |
| 4 | Connecticut | 15.2% | 30 | Florida | 4.9% |
| 5 | New Mexico | 14.8% | 31 | Missouri | 4.5% |
| 6 | Delaware | 11.9% | 32 | Tennessee | 4.5% |
| 7 | Colorado | 9.3% | 33 | Georgia | 4.2% |
| 8 | New | 9.1% | 34 | West Virginia | 3.9% |
| 9 | Virginia | 8.6% | 35 | Washington | 3.9% |
| 10 | California | 8.5% | 36 | Oklahoma | 3.8% |
| 11 | Kansas | 8.5% | 37 | Alabama | 3.8% |
| 12 | South Dakota | 8.4% | 38 | Kentucky | 3.6% |
| 13 | Massachusetts | 8.4% | 39 | South Carolina | 3.5% |
| 14 | Rhode Island | 8.4% | 40 | NEW YORK | 3.5% |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 8.4% | 41 | Idaho | 3.3% |
| 16 | North Carolina | 8.0% | 42 | Nebraska | 3.0% |
| 17 | New Jersey | 7.4% | 43 | Hawaii | 2.3% |
| 18 | Mississippi | 7.3% | 44 | Nevada | 2.1% |
| 19 | Louisiana | 7.3% | 45 | Iowa | 2.1% |
| 20 | Ohio | 7.2% | 46 | North Dakota | 1.8% |
| 21 | Arkansas | 6.8% | 47 | Minnesota | 1.6% |
| 22 | Pennsylvania | 6.6% | 48 | Oregon | -0.1% |
| 23 | Indiana | 6.4% | 49 | Arizona | -0.8% |
| 24 | Michigan | 6.3% | 50 | Alaska | -27.3% |
| 25 | Vermont | 6.2% | |||
| 26 | Maryland | 6.0% | U.S. average | 6.1% | |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau data, April 1999; calculations by The Public Policy Institute | |||||