State & Local Taxes as a Percentage of Gross State Product
Rank State 1975 State 1985 State 1995
1 New York 12.80% New York 11.47% New York 12.14%
2 Vermont 11.95 Wisconsin 10.39 Alaska 11.38
3 Massachusetts 11.79 Montana 10.21 Maine 11.03
4 Wisconsin 10.52 Wyoming 10.13 Wisconsin 10.93
5 Rhode Island 10.44 West Virginia 9.99 Rhode Island 10.52
6 Maryland 10.44 Minnesota 9.98 Minnesota 10.52
7 Minnesota 10.35 Vermont 9.79 Vermont 10.41
8 Maine 10.33 Maine 9.75 Connecticut 10.18
9 California 10.23 Michigan 9.73 Maryland 10.12
10 Arizona 9.97 Oregon 9.56 Hawaii 10.07
11 New Jersey 9.60 Rhode Island 9.55 Montana 10.00
12 Hawaii 9.53 Alaska 9.47 Iowa 9.82
13 Michigan 9.49 Maryland 9.37 New Jersey 9.81
14 Pennsylvania 9.15 Pennsylvania 9.17 Washington 9.76
15 Delaware 9.04 New Jersey 9.05 Arizona 9.68
16 Connecticut 9.00 Iowa 9.04 North Dakota 9.67
17 New Hampshire 9.00 Arizona 8.91 Pennsylvania 9.54
18 Mississippi 8.81 Massachusetts 8.70 Kansas 9.47
19 Oregon 8.75 Connecticut 8.70 Florida 9.42
20 Washington 8.62 Hawaii 8.69 Michigan 9.31
21 Nevada 8.57 North Dakota 8.66 Oklahoma 9.25
22 Illinois 8.53 Washington 8.57 Massachusetts 9.24
23 Montana 8.48 Utah 8.48 Ohio 9.18
24 Iowa 8.44 Illinois 8.30 Nebraska 8.99
25 South Dakota 8.26 California 8.26 Oregon 8.98
26 Florida 8.22 Kansas 8.17 Kentucky 8.95
27 Indiana 8.17 Ohio 8.17 Mississippi 8.93
28 Virginia 8.14 South Carolina 8.08 Idaho 8.92
29 Colorado 8.14 Indiana 8.06 West Virginia 8.92
30 West Virginia 8.14 Oklahoma 8.04 California 8.89
31 South Carolina 8.10 Colorado 7.94 New Mexico 8.88
32 New Mexico 8.06 Idaho 7.92 Utah 8.82
33 Kansas 7.99 Nebraska 7.88 Illinois 8.78
34 Georgia 7.98 Arkansas 7.86 Indiana 8.58
35 Utah 7.83 Mississippi 7.85 Missouri 8.32
36 Idaho 7.73 Florida 7.81 South Carolina 8.28
37 North Dakota 7.73 New Mexico 7.77 North Carolina 8.27
38 Nebraska 7.65 South Dakota 7.55 Arkansas 8.21
39 Missouri 7.63 Kentucky 7.45 New Hampshire 8.18
40 North Carolina 7.57 Alabama 7.44 Virginia 8.17
41 Ohio 7.43 Virginia 7.43 Colorado 8.10
42 Arkansas 7.43 Nevada 7.38 Nevada 8.07
43 Kentucky 7.42 Delaware 7.29 Georgia 7.94
44 Alabama 7.31 North Carolina 7.27 Alabama 7.67
45 Louisiana 7.27 Georgia 7.16 Texas 7.52
46 Tennessee 7.26 Missouri 6.93 South Dakota 7.48
47 Oklahoma 6.99 Tennessee 6.89 Wyoming 7.18
48 Wyoming 6.34 Louisiana 6.89 Delaware 7.17
49 Texas 6.27 New Hampshire 6.69 Louisiana 7.07
50 Alaska 4.64 Texas 6.59 Tennessee 6.98
U.S. Average 9.00% U.S. Average 8.48% U.S. Average 9.14%
Source: Carole Keeton Rylander, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
U.S. Bureau of the Census
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis