State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services a state can afford to provide residents.
States use a different combination of sales, income, excise taxes, and user fees. Some are levied directly from residents, and others are levied indirectly. This table includes the per capita tax collected at the state level.
This table does not necessarily reflect the actual tax burdens borne directly by individual persons or businesses in a state. For example, the direct state tax burden on individuals in Alaska is far lower than the table would indicate. The state has no direct personal income tax and does not collect a state-level sales tax, although it allows local governments to collect their own sales taxes. Alaska collects most of its revenue from corporate taxes on the oil and gas industry.
This table does not take into consideration the taxing and spending of local governments within states, which can vary widely, and sometimes disproportionately with state tax burdens.
State government tax collections (2024)
This data is collected by the United States Census Bureau for state governments during fiscal year 2015. These statistics include tax collections for state governments only; they do not include tax collections from local governments. % represents the proportion of total taxes from that category and not the tax rate.
Property taxes($ thousands) Sales taxes($ thousands) License taxes($ thousands) Income taxes($ thousands) Other taxes($ thousands) Total taxes($ thousands) Population Per capita ($) State % % % % % Alabama 620,698 3.67% 8,106,236 47.98% 612,540 3.63% 7,463,209 44.17% 92,998 0.55% 16,895,681 5,024,279 3362.81 Alaska 130,855 6.59% 322,606 16.25% 106,186 5.35% 389,125 19.59% 1,037,074 52.22% 1,985,846 733,391 2707.76 Arizona 762,865 3.23% 15,342,937 65.02% 633,065 2.68% 6,593,551 27.94% 263,198 1.12% 23,595,616 7,151,502 3299.39 Arkansas 1,515,978 11.96% 6,815,000 53.77% 432,904 3.42% 3,732,270 29.45% 178,138 1.41% 12,674,290 3,011,524 4208.60 California 3,558,041 1.34% 74,065,328 27.89% 15,013,849 5.65% 164,509,965 61.95% 8,403,496 3.16% 265,550,679 39,538,223 6716.30 Colorado 0 0.00% 8,136,841 44.05% 754,470 4.08% 9,394,659 50.86% 187,105 1.01% 18,473,075 5,773,714 3199.51 Connecticut 0 0.00% 9,177,916 39.54% 404,268 1.74% 13,237,041 57.02% 393,853 1.70% 23,213,078 3,605,944 6437.45 Delaware 0 0.00% 658,914 10.08% 2,584,139 39.55% 3,070,864 47.00% 220,445 3.37% 6,534,362 989,948 6600.71 D.C. 3,000,107 28.81% 2,458,439 23.61% 240,053 2.30% 4,271,954 41.02% 444,239 4.27% 10,414,792 689,545 15103.86 Florida 0 0.00% 50,501,721 80.05% 2,450,462 3.88% 6,045,890 9.58% 4,089,814 6.48% 63,087,887 21,538,187 2929.12 Georgia 862,884 2.56% 12,321,555 36.62% 620,795 1.85% 19,635,627 58.36% 203,426 0.60% 33,644,287 10,711,908 3140.83 Hawaii 0 0.00% 6,294,856 59.53% 330,902 3.13% 3,795,096 35.89% 153,205 1.45% 10,574,059 1,455,271 7266.04 Idaho 0 0.00% 3,758,409 45.11% 505,798 6.07% 4,056,255 48.69% 10,587 0.13% 8,331,049 1,839,106 4529.94 Illinois 73,342 0.11% 27,667,838 41.34% 3,917,306 5.85% 34,525,707 51.59% 736,051 1.10% 66,920,244 12,812,508 5223.04 Indiana 15,285 0.06% 16,156,604 61.85% 889,114 3.40% 9,061,329 34.69% 1,235 0.00% 26,123,567 6,785,528 3849.89 Iowa 837 0.01% 6,241,217 48.98% 1,118,379 8.78% 5,293,280 41.54% 88,287 0.69% 12,742,000 3,190,369 3993.90 Kansas 952,523 7.29% 5,657,731 43.30% 452,958 3.47% 5,969,395 45.68% 35,044 0.27% 13,067,651 2,937,880 4447.99 Kentucky 808,162 4.69% 8,585,807 49.86% 570,494 3.31% 7,056,636 40.98% 199,787 1.16% 17,220,886 4,505,836 3821.91 Louisiana 131,236 0.82% 8,127,417 50.94% 970,899 6.09% 5,896,980 36.96% 828,612 5.19% 15,955,144 4,657,757 3425.50 Maine 39,993 0.61% 3,196,236 49.10% 336,434 5.17% 2,858,702 43.92% 77,708 1.19% 6,509,073 1,362,359 4777.80 Maryland 994,776 3.22% 12,673,025 41.00% 1,052,694 3.41% 15,496,879 50.13% 694,329 2.25% 30,911,703 6,177,224 5004.14 Massachusetts 15,416 0.04% 12,302,201 28.56% 1,417,438 3.29% 28,425,442 65.98% 920,475 2.14% 43,080,972 7,029,917 6128.23 Michigan 2,592,924 6.90% 18,082,322 48.13% 2,294,219 6.11% 14,177,504 37.73% 425,377 1.13% 37,572,346 10,077,331 3728.40 Minnesota 731,865 2.05% 13,575,926 38.06% 1,622,308 4.55% 19,149,541 53.69% 587,339 1.65% 35,666,979 5,706,494 6250.24 Mississippi 30,361 0.29% 6,845,576 64.57% 631,900 5.96% 3,045,600 28.73% 49,152 0.46% 10,602,589 2,961,279 3580.41 Missouri 46,136 0.26% 7,583,232 42.63% 739,384 4.16% 9,400,085 52.84% 20,859 0.12% 17,789,696 6,154,913 2890.32 Montana 481,087 10.18% 902,777 19.11% 527,073 11.16% 2,556,940 54.13% 255,831 5.42% 4,723,708 1,084,225 4356.76 Nebraska 126 0.00% 3,663,203 45.20% 207,997 2.57% 4,207,280 51.91% 26,233 0.32% 8,104,839 1,961,504 4131.95 Nevada 1,816,136 12.08% 11,417,466 75.95% 783,518 5.21% 0 0.00% 1,016,194 6.76% 15,033,314 3,104,614 4842.25 New Hampshire 410,549 11.45% 1,020,509 28.46% 569,533 15.88% 1,401,979 39.09% 183,729 5.12% 3,586,299 1,377,529 2603.43 New Jersey 4,964 0.01% 20,870,072 40.26% 2,333,801 4.50% 27,446,398 52.95% 1,183,124 2.28% 51,838,359 9,288,994 5580.62 New Mexico 125,960 0.92% 5,344,361 39.03% 396,305 2.89% 3,184,225 23.25% 4,643,196 33.91% 13,694,047 2,117,522 6467.02 New York 0 0.00% 34,950,518 29.19% 1,934,656 1.62% 77,058,114 64.36% 5,783,749 4.83% 119,727,037 20,201,249 5926.71 North Carolina 0 0.00% 18,174,648 46.45% 2,613,154 6.68% 18,223,476 46.58% 113,468 0.29% 39,124,746 10,439,388 3747.80 North Dakota 5,818 0.10% 1,881,912 32.18% 251,794 4.31% 612,922 10.48% 3,095,262 52.93% 5,847,708 779,094 7505.78 Ohio 0 0.00% 25,290,341 67.50% 2,094,524 5.59% 10,020,919 26.75% 60,583 0.16% 37,466,367 11,799,448 3175.26 Oklahoma 0 0.00% 5,630,902 43.22% 974,827 7.48% 5,202,631 39.94% 1,218,966 9.36% 13,027,326 3,959,353 3290.27 Oregon 20,734 0.12% 4,219,270 24.48% 1,268,999 7.36% 11,223,340 65.12% 501,625 2.91% 17,233,968 4,237,256 4067.25 Pennsylvania 44,073 0.08% 27,610,030 50.02% 3,163,308 5.73% 22,035,563 39.92% 2,345,053 4.25% 55,198,027 13,002,700 4245.12 Rhode Island 5,364 0.10% 2,841,178 53.84% 165,232 3.13% 2,197,596 41.64% 68,078 1.29% 5,277,448 1,097,379 4809.14 South Carolina 92,821 0.51% 9,497,669 52.69% 750,485 4.16% 7,496,591 41.59% 188,929 1.05% 18,026,495 5,118,425 3521.88 South Dakota 0 0.00% 2,258,095 84.31% 347,624 12.98% 60,718 2.27% 11,995 0.45% 2,678,432 886,667 3020.79 Tennessee 0 0.00% 18,157,169 75.15% 2,559,422 10.59% 3,050,692 12.63% 392,513 1.62% 24,159,796 6,910,840 3495.93 Texas 0 0.00% 74,929,968 85.79% 3,810,705 4.36% 0 0.00% 8,596,027 9.84% 87,336,700 29,145,505 2996.58 Utah 0 0.00% 5,719,110 42.56% 450,048 3.35% 7,169,556 53.35% 99,118 0.74% 13,437,832 3,271,616 4107.40 Vermont 1,307,255 28.17% 1,544,093 33.27% 156,828 3.38% 1,498,470 32.29% 134,103 2.89% 4,640,749 643,077 7216.47 Virginia 45,114 0.12% 14,316,563 38.01% 1,205,070 3.20% 21,473,737 57.02% 620,660 1.65% 37,661,144 8,631,393 4363.28 Washington 4,614,073 12.36% 28,367,381 75.97% 2,140,815 5.73% 350,447 0.94% 1,869,339 5.01% 37,342,055 7,705,281 4846.29 West Virginia 9,350 0.13% 3,546,594 50.79% 236,248 3.38% 2,735,322 39.17% 455,604 6.52% 6,983,118 1,793,716 3893.10 Wisconsin 104,756 0.41% 10,641,433 41.74% 1,396,395 5.48% 13,244,561 51.95% 108,931 0.43% 25,496,076 5,893,718 4325.97 Wyoming 401,751 15.22% 1,223,689 46.36% 212,846 8.06% 0 0.00% 801,442 30.36% 2,639,728 576,851 4576.10United States26,374,2151.78%678,674,84145.87%71,254,1654.82%649,004,06343.87%54,115,5853.66%1,479,422,869331,449,2814463.50
Notes
Only includes taxes collected at the state level Includes alcohol, fuel, and tobacco taxes Includes both personal and business income
Includes inheritance, gift, and severance taxes As of April 1, 2020 State government tax collections (2012)
This data is collected by the United States Census Bureau for state governments during fiscal year 2012. These statistics include tax collections for state governments only; they do not include tax collections from local governments. % represents the proportion of total taxes from that category and not the tax rate.