Texas Taxes The Texas Tax System A presentation to the House Committee on Ways and Means February 17, 1999

State & Local Taxes Per Capita

  

   1995
   Rank    State           1970    1975    1980    1985    1990    1995



     1     Alaska           420     789   4,170   4,486   4,068   4,479

     2     New York         652   1,032   1,495   2,333   3,266   3,919

     3     Connecticut      485     700   1,071   1,801   2,674   3,690

     4     New Jersey       447     723   1,137   1,748   2,519   3,301

     5     Hawaii           573     833   1,278   1,675   2,595   3,095

     6     Minnesota        442     753   1,125   1,770   2,304   3,021

     7     Massachusett     497     824   1,243   1,698   2,359   2,996

     8     Wisconsin        509     724   1,061   1,620   2,090   2,853

     9     Maryland         482     721   1,104   1,621   2,306   2,781

    10     Washington       443     661     988   1,438   2,123   2,736

    11     Delaware         450     717   1,060   1,567   2,058   2,730

    12     Nevada           516     736     971   1,421   1,926   2,683

    13     Rhode Island     410     634     993   1,477   2,036   2,644

    14     Illinois         487     721   1,083   1,492   2,102   2,640

    15     California       559     854   1,172   1,640   2,226   2,589

    16     Vermont          471     686     899   1,405   2,010   2,487

    17     Pennsylvania     401     632     978   1,394   1,859   2,479

    18     Iowa             436     635     967   1,357   1,882   2,474

    19     Maine            381     564     858   1,329   1,974   2,472

    20     Michigan         456     685   1,075   1,611   2,068   2,470

    21     Arizona          426     640   1,007   1,378   1,921   2,460

    22     Ohio             343     533     810   1,332   1,813   2,417

    23     Nebraska         396     578     963   1,268   1,815   2,415

    24     Colorado         419     618     989   1,458   1,925   2,386

    25     Kansas           395     594     926   1,369   1,848   2,383

    26     Wyoming          432     681   1,403   2,628   2,206   2,379

    27     Oregon           400     623     978   1,428   1,934   2,344

    28     Virginia         340     554     855   1,305   1,895   2,331

    29     New Hampshire    333     518     740   1,128   1,690   2,291

    30     Florida          347     512     757   1,183   1,746   2,286

    31     Georgia          312     494     770   1,184   1,801   2,258

    32     North Carolina   311     477     747   1,145   1,674   2,246

    33     Indiana          357     574     744   1,189   1,631   2,221

    34     North Dakota     376     610     847   1,373   1,569   2,188

    35     New Mexico       359     542     877   1,259   1,690   2,180

    36     Missouri         343     518     760   1,097   1,551   2,168

    37     Kentucky         299     487     740   1,042   1,495   2,120

    38     Idaho            348     520     754   1,033   1,561   2,110

    39     Utah             375     494     840   1,260   1,582   2,104

    40     Texas            316     502     806   1,275   1,663   2,099

    41     Montana          398     613   1,000   1,389   1,795   2,070

    42     Oklahoma         306     471     827   1,301   1,575   1,950

    43     South Carolina   274     433     708   1,090   1,562   1,938

    44     South Dakota     399     544     788   1,057   1,447   1,927

    45     Louisiana        331     553     840   1,320   1,562   1,850

    46     Tennessee        279     441     656   1,006   1,399   1,818

    47     Mississippi      296     436     647     927   1,262   1,796

    48     Arkansas         251     397     654     981   1,273   1,786

    49     West Virginia    301     520     796   1,221   1,562   1,764

    50     Alabama          259     407     649   1,002   1,328   1,728



           U.S. Average     427     657     986   1,470   2,017   2,537



   Source: Carole Keeton Rylander, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

           U.S. Bureau of the Census