US States With the Highest Share of Taxes From Gambling

51 US states ranked by share of taxes from gambling, from highest to lowest. First are Nevada (6.49), Rhode Island (5) and Louisiana (2.96). The middle one of the 51 has 0.153.

What this measures

The percentage from entertainment taxes, which is mostly casino and gambling money. Nevada raises 6.5% this way and Rhode Island 5.0%. For most states it rounds to nothing. Source: Census government finances.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of all taxes
1	Nevada	6.49
2	Rhode Island	5
3	Louisiana	2.96
4	Maryland	2.55
5	Pennsylvania	2.28
6	Mississippi	2.15
7	Indiana	1.96
8	Iowa	1.71
9	Illinois	1.45
10	Missouri	1.26
11	Montana	1.2
12	Michigan	1.01
13	Maine	0.682
14	Arkansas	0.566
15	Colorado	0.534
16	Ohio	0.52
17	Massachusetts	0.503
18	New Jersey	0.478
19	Minnesota	0.474
20	West Virginia	0.459
21	Alaska	0.431
22	New Mexico	0.346
23	North Dakota	0.308
24	South Dakota	0.258
25	South Carolina	0.254
26	Oklahoma	0.153
27	Florida	0.153
28	Washington	0.151
29	Wyoming	0.143
30	Connecticut	0.132
31	Virginia	0.121
32	New York	0.07
33	Tennessee	0.061
34	Nebraska	0.0594
35	Texas	0.0216
36	Arizona	0.0209
37	New Hampshire	0.0043
38	Kansas	0.00354
39	Wisconsin	0.000496
40	Utah	0.000295
41	Oregon	0.000264
42	Kentucky	0.000259
43	Delaware	0
44	District of Columbia	0
45	Georgia	0
46	Hawaii	0
47	Idaho	0
48	North Carolina	0
49	Vermont	0
50	Alabama	0
51	California	0

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