Top state income tax rate
The highest rate in the state's own income tax on wages and similar income, for a single filer, for the tax year. It includes statewide extra taxes on top earners and leaves out local income taxes. It is compiled from each state's laws and tax forms, and is 0 where the state has no broad income tax.
Reported for50states — none in DC, PR
Link to density0.24not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike—not worked out for states: the map data here has no location points to measure distances between states
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How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
State tax law, compiled from statutes and tax forms · Compiled from state statutes, session laws and tax forms; sources per change in top_rate_changes.csv
The highest rate in the state's own income tax: the rate on each extra dollar in the top bracket. For a single person filing alone. Extra statewide taxes on top earners are included, local taxes are not.
Combining areas: it cannot be combined, so it is shown only where its publisher works it out.
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of states. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across states: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. States with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Share White, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.16 | -0.13 |
| Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.01 | -0.09 |
| Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.05 | -0.01 |
| Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.39 | +0.44 |
| Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.27 | -0.07 |
Highest and lowest
Of 50 states reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- California — 13.3%
- Hawaii — 11%
- New York — 10.9%
- New Jersey — 10.8%
- Oregon — 9.9%
Lowest
- Florida — 0%
- Nevada — 0%
- New Hampshire — 0%
- South Dakota — 0%
- Tennessee — 0%
The middle state reports 5%. The middle half of states falls between 3.3% and 6.63% (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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