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State income tax as a share of income

State income tax collected as a percentage of what residents earned, every year from 1970. This is the share actually paid, not the rate written in law. A tax increase shows as a step up that stays, and a one-time windfall from investment profits as a spike that falls back. Local income taxes, such as New York City's, Maryland's counties' and Ohio's cities', are not included.

Reported for50states — none in DC, PR
Link to density0.30not 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
Typerate% of personal income

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

Census state tax collections · Census Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections, historical database (T40, C105)

Individual income tax collected by the state government, divided by personal income as measured by the BEA (the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis). This is the share of income actually paid, from 1970 onward. State government only, local income taxes excluded; fiscal-year collections over calendar-year personal income.

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 residentsUnadjustedAdjusted
Share White, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared.-0.00+0.01
Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared.+0.02-0.11
Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared.-0.09-0.13
Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared.+0.20+0.30
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared.-0.29-0.08

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

  1. Oregon — 4.59
  2. New York — 3.63
  3. Delaware — 3.62
  4. Hawaii — 3.2
  5. Minnesota — 3.17

Lowest

  1. Florida — 0
  2. Nevada — 0
  3. South Dakota — 0
  4. Texas — 0
  5. Wyoming — 0

The middle state reports 2.13. The middle half of states falls between 1.58 and 2.64 (the 25th to 75th percentile).

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