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How Does Your State Rank on Taxes?
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Posted on 05/17/2002 3:25:35 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter

 

Comparing the Total Tax Burden in Each State to Just the State/Local Tax Burden

 

Each state’s total tax burden represents a combination of federal, state, and local tax burdens. It can be instructive, however, to strip out federal taxes and compare just the tax burdens of states and localities.

The 33 links below display tables that compare total taxes as a percentage of income for each state to state/local taxes as a percentage of income, ranked in order, for the years 1971 to 2002.

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Effective State and Local Tax Burdens by State and Rank
Calendar Year 2002

State and Local
 
Total
 
Tax Burden
Rank
Tax Burden  
Rank
Change in Ranking
Total 10.2% 32.1%
Maine 12.8%
1
Maine 32.7%
11
-10
New York 12.3%
2
New York 34.7%
3
-1
Wisconsin 12.0%
3
Wisconsin 33.2%
6
-3
Hawaii 11.6%
4
Hawaii 30.9%
30
-26
Minnesota 11.3%
5
Minnesota 32.9%
7
-2
Rhode Island 11.3%
6
Rhode Island 32.5%
13
-7
Arkansas 11.3%
7
Arkansas 31.2%
26
-19
Utah 11.2%
8
Utah 31.2%
27
-19
Ohio 11.2%
9
Ohio 31.6%
20
-11
Vermont 11.0%
10
Vermont 32.1%
16
-6
Connecticut 10.9%
11
Connecticut 36.7%
1
10
New Mexico 10.9%
12
New Mexico 30.4%
34
-22
Nebraska 10.8%
13
Nebraska 31.6%
19
-6
Michigan 10.7%
14
Michigan 32.8%
8
6
Mississippi 10.7%
15
Mississippi 29.8%
43
-28
Louisiana 10.5%
16
Louisiana 30.1%
41
-25
Idaho 10.5%
17
Idaho 30.3%
37
-20
Kentucky 10.5%
18
Kentucky 30.2%
39
-21
West Virginia 10.5%
19
West Virginia 29.1%
48
-29
Washington 10.5%
20
Washington 35.6%
2
18
Kansas 10.4%
21
Kansas 31.4%
23
-2
Iowa 10.4%
22
Iowa 30.6%
32
-10
New Jersey 10.3%
23
New Jersey 34.3%
4
19
California 10.3%
24
California 32.7%
10
14
Georgia 10.2%
25
Georgia 31.4%
22
3
North Dakota 10.2%
26
North Dakota 29.5%
45
-19
Delaware 10.2%
27
Delaware 31.7%
17
10
Arizona 10.1%
28
Arizona 31.7%
18
10
North Carolina 10.1%
29
North Carolina 30.4%
35
-6
South Carolina 10.0%
30
South Carolina 30.2%
40
-10
Illinois 10.0%
31
Illinois 32.8%
9
22
Montana 10.0%
32
Montana 29.8%
42
-10
Oklahoma 9.9%
33
Oklahoma 29.0%
49
-16
Indiana 9.9%
34
Indiana 30.9%
31
3
Pennsylvania 9.9%
35
Pennsylvania 31.1%
28
7
Wyoming 9.8%
36
Wyoming 34.1%
5
31
Maryland 9.7%
37
Maryland 31.1%
29
8
Missouri 9.7%
38
Missouri 30.2%
38
0
Massachusetts 9.5%
39
Massachusetts 32.6%
12
27
Virginia 9.4%
40
Virginia 31.3%
25
15
Oregon 9.4%
41
Oregon 30.5%
33
8
Florida 9.3%
42
Florida 32.2%
15
27
Nevada 9.2%
43
Nevada 32.3%
14
29
South Dakota 9.1%
44
South Dakota 29.7%
44
0
Colorado 9.1%
45
Colorado 31.3%
24
21
Alabama 9.1%
46
Alabama 29.1%
47
-1
Texas 9.0%
47
Texas 30.4%
36
11
New Hampshire 8.6%
48
New Hampshire 31.6%
21
27
Tennessee 8.4%
49
Tennessee 29.2%
46
3
Alaska 6.3%
50
Alaska 27.0%
50
0
District of Columbia 13.9%
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  37.6%
 
 

 

 

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To: Straight Vermonter;the bottle let me down
Makes sense to me. Average income here is lower than the national average, methinks. Post #39 is a nice addition to the breakdown as well.
61 posted on 05/17/2002 5:08:02 PM PDT by k2blader
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To: k2blader
See post #50.
62 posted on 05/17/2002 5:16:07 PM PDT by TN Republican
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To: k2blader
Makes sense to me. Average income here is lower than the national average, methinks. Post #39 is a nice addition to the breakdown as well.

For 2001 Hawaii's per capita income was $28,554. US percapita income was $30,271. source

63 posted on 05/17/2002 5:17:50 PM PDT by the bottle let me down
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To: the bottle let me down
Wow, another lovely source. Thank you. Hm... approximately a $2,000 difference...
64 posted on 05/17/2002 5:22:57 PM PDT by k2blader
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To: apackof2
I stay ready, to keep from having to get ready. =o)
65 posted on 05/17/2002 5:28:57 PM PDT by MissAmericanPie
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To: Straight Vermonter
bump
66 posted on 05/17/2002 5:40:15 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Straight Vermonter
Thanks. I'll fix VA. Great info!
67 posted on 05/17/2002 5:54:42 PM PDT by Laserman
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To: TN Republican
Some states also have a higher proportion of achievers, while other states have a higher proportion of EIC trash.

If I may read between the lines and respond...

Hawaii is a Socialists' Paradise. There's not a heck of a lot of difference between the leftist ideology of both Republicans and Democrats, which only contributes to the downward spiral.

However, if you're attempting to compare individual "achievement" with individual income level, that's true only up to a point. Folks here in most fields of work are paid less than their counterparts on the mainland due to a sloggy local economy and the fact that there is high supply of workers & a low demand for their services. I think workers here aren't "worth as much" mainly because employers can't afford to pay them more, not because they are any more "under-achieving" than people in other states.
68 posted on 05/17/2002 5:55:07 PM PDT by k2blader
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To: k2blader
A reasonable measure of achievement would be someone's earnings, would it not? Doesn't your welfare statist's paradise offer a lot of incentive to stay within the "sweet spot" of the Earned Income Credit tables? ($10,000-$14,000 w/ 2 kids gets you $4,008.00)
69 posted on 05/17/2002 5:58:32 PM PDT by TN Republican
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To: TN Republican
Really, I hear ya. Yes, Hawaii *is* a welfare state and it's disgusting. There are a few of us still here trying to achieve change. But odds are it won't happen in my life-time.
70 posted on 05/17/2002 6:11:19 PM PDT by k2blader
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To: Straight Vermonter
    State Legislature Governor
0   District of Columbia Democrat Democrat
1   Maine Split Independent
2   New York Split Republican
3   Wisconsin Split Republican
4   Hawaii Democrat Democrat
5   Minnesota Split Independent
6   Rhode Island Democrat Republican
7   Arkansas Democrat Republican
8   Utah Republican Republican
9   Ohio Republican Republican
10   Vermont Split Democrat
11   Connecticut Democrat Republican
12   New Mexico Democrat Republican
13   Nebraska Non-Partisan Republican
14   Michigan Republican Republican
15   Mississippi Democrat Democrat
16   Louisiana Democrat Republican
17   Idaho Republican Republican
18   Kentucky Split Democrat
19   West Virginia Democrat Democrat
20   Washington Democrat Democrat
21   Kansas Republican Republican
22   Iowa Republican Democrat
23   New Jersey Republican Republican
24   California Democrat Democrat
25   Georgia Democrat Democrat
26   North Dakota Republican Republican
27   Delaware Split Democrat
28   Arizona Split Republican
29   North Carolina Democrat Democrat
30   South Carolina Split Democrat
31   Illinois Split Republican
32   Montana Republican Republican
33   Oklahoma Democrat Republican
34   Indiana Split Democrat
35   Pennsylvania Republican Republican
36   Wyoming Republican Republican
37   Maryland Democrat Democrat
38   Missouri Split Democrat
39   Massachusetts Democrat Republican
40   Virginia Republican Democrat
41   Oregon Republican Democrat
42   Florida Republican Republican
43   Nevada Split Republican
44   South Dakota Republican Republican
45   Colorado Split Republican
46   Alabama Democrat Democrat
47   Texas Split Republican
48   New Hampshire Republican Democrat
49   Tennessee Democrat Republican
50   Alaska Republican Democrat

Not sure there is a clear trend, though Republican Legislatures seem to keep taxes down.

71 posted on 05/17/2002 6:40:55 PM PDT by Laserman
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To: TN Republican
Found a link related to the subject: State and Local Welfare Spending Per Capita, 1997. The data's 5 years old but likely hasn't changed too much.

Notice that Alaska is ranked #3 in terms of highest state & local welfare spending per capita. Yet it is also ranked #50 (last!) in terms of highest state/local and total tax burden.

This seems to render inaccurate any attempt to primarily relate a state's high tax burden to its "low achievement"/welfare status.
72 posted on 05/17/2002 6:56:33 PM PDT by k2blader
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To: sixtycyclehum
Don't kid yourself-- it's for the business that welfare dollars support.
73 posted on 05/17/2002 10:37:18 PM PDT by let freedom sing
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To: Straight Vermonter
Thanks for posting this.
74 posted on 05/18/2002 6:32:59 AM PDT by Abandon All Hope
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To: Laserman;the bottle let me down
Darn, did you have to fix Virginia? I liked it better the first time. By the way, Gilmore joins The Heritage Foundation . I'm guessing it's Gilmore's cutting the car tax that resulted in Virginia's change in ranking.
75 posted on 05/18/2002 6:58:48 AM PDT by Ligeia
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To: Straight Vermonter
New Mexico! 12th in taxes, 1st in DWI, and 48th in just about anything good. Still, I wouldn't live anywhere else.
76 posted on 05/18/2002 7:03:02 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: dts32041
Gee Look atr the home of those rino's Snowe and Collins and Cohen.

I just found this thread again, and isn't Maine mind boggling! Ranks right up there. My! How proud our lawmakers must be. I'd like to kick them all in the butt who did this to people in Maine who choose to buy a legal product.

It never ceases to amaze me how they kick the "dirty smokers" around, but use us to balance state budgets. Most of them all have dirty hands in this. They talk out of both sides of their mouths. Thank God for Roll Your Own!

It's the American way to shop around and buy cheap, and by Gawd, we aren't paying these stupid, outrageous taxes again. They can pull the money out of their behinds. heh!

Talk about shooting the goose that laid the golden egg! The states all had it pretty good with cigarette tax money until they became big gluttons. They not only SHOT the goose, now they are try to gut it. The goose is gone!

78 posted on 09/11/2002 5:06:15 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: the bottle let me down
I think they also forgot to include FICA, which adds about about 15% to the total burden for the first ~60,000 of income.

I found out that each Mom & Pop's can also tack on "their little precentage," like 5%. So, it's really impossible to actually track down the EXACT taxes on cigarettes. Too many "hidden taxes" on this legal product.

79 posted on 09/11/2002 5:09:13 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: *puff_list; Just another Joe; Gabz; Great Dane; Max McGarrity; Tumbleweed_Connection; red-dawg; ...
This is a bit old, but it never made the Puff_List. Ck it out! It's pretty good. I can use this information with the following:

INDIANA SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001

CALIFORNIA SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001

MICHIGAN SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001

ILLINOIS SMOKERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001

MASSACHUSETTS SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY-2001

DELAWARE SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECOMOMY -2001

NEW YORK CITY SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECOMOMY -2001

RHODE ISLAND SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY 2001

TEXAS SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001

80 posted on 09/11/2002 5:14:02 AM PDT by SheLion
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