Share of taxes from severance
The percentage from severance taxes, charged on oil, gas, coal and minerals as they are taken from the ground. This reflects geology before policy. North Dakota raises 41% of all its tax money this way, Alaska 36%, New Mexico 28% and Wyoming 26%, while 19 states raise nothing at all. It is the most uneven measure in this source. Any state at the top taxes its residents lightly, since it can tax oil and minerals instead.
Reported for51states — none in PR
Link to density0.68mostly reflects 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 all taxes
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 government finances · Census government finances LF0037
Charged on oil, gas, coal and minerals as they are taken out of the ground. So it says more about what lies under a state than about its tax choices. A named part of share of taxes from other taxes, so it is already counted inside it.
Combining areas: an average weighted by state and local tax collections.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 20 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match. These compare 51 states, not counties. With only about fifty places behind each figure, none of them is strong evidence on its own.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Suicide rateLinked across states, but mostly as both follow how urban, rich and educated a place is. Comparing only places with similar density, income and education, what is left could easily be chance. | +0.54 | +0.07 |
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. | +0.02 | -0.23 |
| Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.25 | +0.15 |
| Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.08 | +0.14 |
| Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.12 | -0.06 |
| Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.69 | +0.50 |
Highest and lowest
Of 51 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
- North Dakota — 41
- Alaska — 36.1
- New Mexico — 27.7
- Wyoming — 26.3
- Oklahoma — 8.85
Lowest
- Delaware — 0
- District of Columbia — 0
- Georgia — 0
- Hawaii — 0
- Illinois — 0
The middle state reports 0.0405. The middle half of states falls between 0 and 0.492 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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