State taxes as a share of income
All state government taxes as a percentage of residents' income, from 1970. It covers the state government only, so it is lower than the combined state and local tax load wherever local governments tax heavily.
Reported for50states — none in DC, PR
Link to density0.03not 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)
Every state 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 residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Share White, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.14 | -0.17 |
| Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.14 | -0.16 |
| Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.08 | +0.09 |
| Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.27 | +0.39 |
| Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.07 | +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
- New Mexico — 12.3
- North Dakota — 10.7
- Hawaii — 10.5
- Vermont — 10.2
- Delaware — 9.8
Lowest
- New Hampshire — 3.11
- Colorado — 3.83
- Florida — 3.86
- South Dakota — 3.86
- Texas — 4.21
The middle state reports 6.29. The middle half of states falls between 5.36 and 7.1 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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