NEW YORKERS' EXTRA TAX BURDEN IS AT LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1982, CENSUS DATA SHOW

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State and Local Taxes Per $1,000 Personal Income, 1996 Rank State Amt. Rank State Amt. 1 Alaska $159 27 Ohio $111 2 NEW YORK $144 28 Georgia 111 3 Wisconsin 133 29 Montana 111 4 Hawaii 132 30 Delaware 109 5 Minnesota 132 31 Illinois 109 6 Maine 129 32 Michigan 109 7 New Mexico 126 33 North 109 8 Vermont 122 34 Oklahoma 108 9 Connecticut 121 35 Arkansas 108 10 North Dakota 121 36 Oregon 107 11 Utah 121 37 Maryland 106 12 Washington 120 38 Pennsylvania 106 13 Nebraska 119 39 South Carolina 105 14 Arizona 118 40 Indiana 104 15 Iowa 117 41 Colorado 103 16 Wyoming 117 42 Florida 103 17 New Jersey 116 43 Texas 103 18 Kentucky 116 44 Louisiana 103 19 Idaho 116 45 Missouri 101 20 Rhode Island 115 46 South Dakota 101 21 Nevada 114 47 Virginia 98 22 Kansas 114 48 Alabama 94 23 Mississippi 114 49 Tennessee 90 24 California 113 50 New Hampshire 89 25 West Virginia 113 U.S. $113 26 Massachusetts 112 N.Y.S. 27.4% Source: U.S. Census Bureau data, calculations by The Public Policy Institute

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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. avg. $2,597 26 Georgia 2,354 N.Y.S. % above 53.5% Source: U.S. Census Bureau data, calculations by The Public Policy Institute

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