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Friday, 09 November 2007 10:18 |
We pay Uncle Sam the same no matter where we live, but property, gasoline, tobacco, sales and state income taxes are all over the map.
Taxes by state State | Gasoline* | Cigarettes | Retail sales** | All state, local taxes*** | %Rank | All federal, state, local taxes*** | %Rank | | Alabama | 20.3 | $0.42 | 4% | 8.8% | 46 | 27.5% | 50 | | Alaska | 8 | $1.80 | | 6.6% | 50 | 27.9% | 49 | | Arizona | 19 | $2.00 | 5.6 | 10.1% | 32 | 29.9% | 29 | | Arkansas | 21.8 | $.059 | 6 | 10.3% | 27 | 29.1% | 40 | | California | 40.1 | $0.87 | 7.25 | 10.9% | 15 | 32.7% | 9 | | Colorado | 22 | $0.84 | 2.9 | 9.8% | 38 | 30.7% | 23 | | Connecticut | 40.5 | $1.51 | 6 | 11.3% | 9 | 35.9% | 1 | | Delaware | 23 | $0.55 | | 8.4% | 48 | 29.7% | 33 | | Florida | 31.9 | $0.34 | 6 | 9.7% | 39 | 31.0% | 21 | | Georgia | 21.3 | $0.37 | 4 | 10.4% | 25 | 30.6% | 25 | | Hawaii | 31.8 | $1.60 | 4# | 11.7% | 5 | 31.2% | 17 | | Idaho | 25 | $0.57 | 6 | 10.2% | 31 | 29.0% | 42 | | Illinois | 32.5 | $0.98 | 6.25 | 10.9% | 14 | 32.7% | 10 | | Indiana | 26.6 | $0.56 | 6 | 11.0% | 12 | 30.7% | 24 | | Iowa | 22 | $0.36 | 5 | 10.4% | 26 | 29.4% | 36 | | Kansas | 25 | $0.79 | 5.3 | 10.7% | 18 | 30.5% | 26 | | Kentucky | 18.5 | $0.30 | 6 | 10.7% | 20 | 29.8% | 31 | | Louisana | 20 | $0.36 | 4 | 11.0% | 11 | 29.2% | 37 | | Maine | 28.3 | $2.00 | 5 | 13.5% | 1 | 33.1% | 7 | | Maryland | 23.5 | $1.00 | 5 | 10.7% | 19 | 32.0% | 13 | | Massachusetts | 23.5 | $1.51 | 5 | 10.3% | 28 | 33.4% | 6 | | Michigan | 30.8 | $2.00 | 6 | 10.8% | 16 | 31.1% | 19 | | Minnesota | 22 | $1.49 | 6.5 | 11.9% | 4 | 33.6% | 5 | | Mississippi | 18.8 | $0.18 | 7 | 10.2% | 29 | 28.0% | 48 | | Missouri | 17.6 | $0.17 | 4.225 | 9.9% | 34 | 29.0% | 35 | | Montana | 27.8 | $1.70 | | 9.5% | 42 | 29.0% | 43 | | Nebraska | 28 | $0.64 | 5.5 | 11.6% | 6 | 30.9% | 22 | | Nevada | 32.5 | $0.80 | 6.5 | 9.5% | 43 | 31.6% | 14 | | New Hampshire | 19.6 | $0.80 | | 7.3% | 49 | 29.2% | 39 | | New Jersey | 14.5 | $2.58 | 7 | 10.8% | 17 | 34.3% | 3 | | New Mexico | 18 | $0.91 | 5 | 9.9% | 36 | 28.5% | 45 | | New York | 41.7 | $1.50 | 4 | 12.9% | 2 | 35.1% | 2 | | North Carolina | 30.2 | $0.35 | 4.5 | 10.5% | 23 | 30.3% | 27 | | North Dakota | 23 | $0.44 | 5 | 9.8% | 37 | 29.8% | 30 | | Ohio | 28 | $1.25 | 5.5 | 12.0% | 3 | 31.3% | 16 | | Oklahoma | 17 | $1.03 | 4.5 | 9.6% | 40 | 28.2% | 47 | | Oregon | 24.9 | $1.18 | | 9.9% | 35 | 30.2% | 28 | | Pennsylvania | 32.3 | $1.35 | 6 | 10.4% | 24 | 31.2% | 18 | | Rhode Island | 31 | $2.46 | 7 | 11.5% | 8 | 33.0% | 8 | | South Carolina | 16.8 | $0.07 | 5 | 10.2% | 30 | 29.2% | 38 | | South Dakota | 24 | 1.53 | 4 | 9.2% | 45 | 28.9% | 44 | | Tennessee | 21.4 | $0.20 | 7 | 8.6% | 47 | 28.2% | 46 | | Texas | 20 | $1.41 | 6.25 | 9.4% | 44 | 29.7% | 32 | | Utah | 24.5 | $0.70 | 4.75 | 10.5% | 22 | 29.5% | 34 | | Vermont | 20 | $1.79 | 6 | 11.1% | 10 | 31.3% | 15 | | Virginia | 19.2 | $0.30 | 5 | 9.5% | 41 | 31.1% | 20 | | Washington | 34 | $2.03 | 6.5 | 10.9% | 13 | 33.7% | 4 | | West Virginia | 27 | $0.55 | 6 | 10.6% | 21 | 29.1% | 41 | | Wisconsin | 32.9 | $0.77 | 5 | 11.6% | 7 | 32.2% | 12 | | Wyoming | 14 | $0.60 | 4 | 10.1% | 33 | 32.4% | 11 | | District of Columbia | 20 | $1.00 | 5.75 | 12.8% | | 35.1% | | *Additional federal levy is 18.4 cents nationwide **Base state rate (local tax may be higher) ***Average, as percentage of income #General excise tax instead of sales tax Sources: Tax Foundation, Tax Policy Center, American Petroleum Institute, American Lung Association Updated Feb. 8, 2007 |
