ALBANY—New York State’s per capita state and local tax burden in 2005 was the highest in the nation, according to a new analysis by the Public Policy Institute.

The Institute analyzed state and local finance data provided by the Census Bureau. The numbers, which covered the 2004-2005 fiscal year, showed that New York’s per-capita state and local tax burden was the highest in the nation at $5,770 – 56 percent above the national average of $3,699 and 7 percent above the next highest per capita burden in Connecticut.

The state’s per-capita property tax burden was the fourth highest in the nation at $1,774 – 57 percent above the national average. The highest per-capita property tax burden belonged to New Jersey.

New York’s per-capita debt burden was third highest in the nation at $12,107, an increase of 6 percent over the 2003-2004 per-capita total and 74 percent above the 2004-2005 national average.

The Institute also found that New York’s per-capita spending was the second highest in the nation at $11,841. That amount was 48 percent above the national average of $8,003.

The Census data analyzed by the Institute are available at www.census.gov/govs/www/estimate05.html.

Rank	State	Total per-capita tax burden	Rank, property tax burden	Per-capita property tax burden	Rank, debt	Per-capita debt	Rank, total per-capita expenditures	Total per-capita expenditures
1	NEW YORK	$5,770	4	$1,774	3	$12,107	2	$11,841
2	Connecticut	$5,383	2	$2,038	4	$8,845	10	$8,526
3	Wyoming	$5,246	5	$1,749	48	$3,729	3	$11,078
4	New Jersey	$4,882	1	$2,202	7	$8,361	8	$8,885
5	Massachusetts	$4,494	9	$1,616	2	$12,188	5	$9,227
6	Alaska	$4,441	12	$1,345	1	$13,197	1	$15,108
7	Hawaii	$4,332	42	$642	14	$7,287	13	$8,261
8	Maryland	$4,267	27	$999	36	$4,992	26	$7,370
9	Rhode Island	$4,181	7	$1,691	10	$8,083	9	$8,716
10	Vermont	$4,133	6	$1,695	27	$5,843	12	$8,313
11	Minnesota	$4,083	26	$1,023	18	$7,065	11	$8,484
12	California	$4,058	31	$943	11	$7,852	4	$9,507
13	Maine	$3,950	8	$1,628	34	$5,268	21	$7,735
14	Delaware	$3,885	43	$576	13	$7,382	6	$8,978
15	Wisconsin	$3,866	11	$1,408	21	$6,670	19	$7,794
16	Illinois	$3,850	10	$1,464	8	$8,124	22	$7,679
17	Nevada	$3,745	30	$961	12	$7,659	30	$7,207
18	Nebraska	$3,745	16	$1,195	40	$4,865	14	$8,112
19	Pennsylvania	$3,702	21	$1,077	9	$8,093	15	$8,080
20	Virginia	$3,655	20	$1,109	26	$5,885	38	$6,818
21	Washington	$3,654	24	$1,056	5	$8,437	7	$8,940
22	Ohio	$3,639	25	$1,044	33	$5,290	17	$8,019
23	Michigan	$3,487	14	$1,276	20	$6,800	23	$7,562
24	Kansas	$3,420	18	$1,126	23	$6,395	35	$6,885
25	Indiana	$3,402	15	$1,218	39	$4,867	40	$6,712
26	Florida	$3,365	17	$1,146	24	$6,223	27	$7,328
27	Colorado	$3,361	23	$1,059	6	$8,383	25	$7,523
28	North Dakota	$3,332	29	$974	35	$5,205	24	$7,533
29	New Hampshire	$3,298	3	$2,023	17	$7,094	42	$6,612
30	Iowa	$3,272	19	$1,113	47	$3,927	28	$7,326
31	Louisiana	$3,162	46	$537	29	$5,472	31	$7,200
32	New Mexico	$3,147	48	$448	31	$5,416	16	$8,075
33	North Carolina	$3,145	38	$743	41	$4,711	33	$6,997
34	Arizona	$3,086	35	$863	28	$5,528	43	$6,610
35	West Virginia	$3,055	44	$555	42	$4,642	39	$6,752
36	Oregon	$3,050	28	$979	16	$7,101	18	$7,988
37	Georgia	$3,030	33	$905	44	$4,179	44	$6,492
38	Texas	$3,024	13	$1,324	22	$6,588	41	$6,647
39	Missouri	$2,995	36	$810	32	$5,402	46	$6,411
40	Utah	$2,958	39	$726	25	$6,005	34	$6,993
41	Kentucky	$2,938	45	$538	15	$7,236	45	$6,461
42	Idaho	$2,927	37	$807	50	$2,784	48	$6,234
43	Montana	$2,910	22	$1,066	30	$5,448	37	$6,848
44	Arkansas	$2,898	49	$422	46	$4,031	49	$6,208
45	Oklahoma	$2,839	47	$484	45	$4,062	50	$6,202
46	South Carolina	$2,773	34	$879	19	$7,031	20	$7,758
47	South Dakota	$2,711	32	$941	37	$4,949	47	$6,383
48	Tennessee	$2,682	41	$653	43	$4,289	32	$7,196
49	Mississippi	$2,564	40	$674	49	$3,488	36	$6,861
50	Alabama	$2,564	50	$393	38	$4,944	29	$7,289
U.S. Average		$3,699		$1,132		$6,973		$8,003
NYS % +/- U.S. Average		56%		57%		74%		48%

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