I find this table pretty meaningless. Oregon is listed as number 36, for instance. The 9.6% rate is income tax, all of it. Also, the "Progressives" have set up the state income tax to disallow exemptions that the IRS allows. Also the county of Multnomah / City of Portland have an additional income tax of 1.5%.
Across the river Washington (#24)has no income tax, but a hefty sales tax. If you have no or low income the rate is higher in Washington. If you are earning more than you spend the situation is very different.
Also there are more ways to easily avoid sales tax (internet shopping, which is still exempt, for instance) then to avoid a state income tax.
So I'm not sure where you got it but it seems pretty bogus to me. Maybe it's not so simple to do a 1 through 50 ranking of taxes, given the dynamics of the different types.
I have driven through practically every state in the union. I have a sure-fire way of determining which states have low social spending & taxes, and therefore higher growth: the condition of their Interstates and state highways.
IOW, high tax/spend states tend to consume their 'seed-corn' (commercial infrastructure) in order to fund their various social experiments/wealth transfers.
It really is astounding how accurate this rule of thumb is. If you drive the I-95 from Boston to NYC via Providence, you'll be amazed at its condition (and it's not just the weather).
Any even better comparison is to drive from OK->AR->LA->MS. It's practically instantaneous: once you cross into LA the the roads start to look like RI! Then, you as you cross the state line into MS on the I-10, it's once again an instantaneous transformation into a perfectly paved/maintained super-highway.
AL drops a little bit, then straight across FL on the I-10 is one of the most perfect roads in the US. Ditto for the I-95: this heavily trafficked interstate is pristine through SC & NC, while GA shows some effects of its wealth transfer policies.
For a real eye opener, travel some of the state roads in NC. What a mind blow - perfectly landscaped & maintained interchanges. Coming back to CA is like driving in Mexico.