US States With the Highest Share of Taxes From Insurance Premiums

51 US states ranked by share of taxes from insurance premiums, from highest to lowest. First are Louisiana (4.48), Tennessee (3.65) and Mississippi (3.07). The middle one of the 51 has 1.51.

What this measures

The percentage from taxes on insurance policies sold in the state. Almost every state charges it, and almost none argues about it. 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	Louisiana	4.48
2	Tennessee	3.65
3	Mississippi	3.07
4	Nevada	2.67
5	Kentucky	2.65
6	Kansas	2.59
7	Montana	2.46
8	Texas	2.39
9	New Mexico	2.36
10	Arkansas	2.31
11	Alabama	2.25
12	Georgia	2.23
13	South Dakota	2.16
14	Arizona	2.08
15	North Carolina	2
16	Rhode Island	1.9
17	West Virginia	1.84
18	Delaware	1.84
19	New Hampshire	1.81
20	Florida	1.81
21	Oklahoma	1.73
22	Maryland	1.7
23	Minnesota	1.63
24	District of Columbia	1.57
25	Missouri	1.57
26	Hawaii	1.51
27	Washington	1.4
28	Idaho	1.39
29	Colorado	1.34
30	Vermont	1.32
31	Maine	1.32
32	South Carolina	1.27
33	Alaska	1.26
34	Virginia	1.2
35	Ohio	1.1
36	California	1.06
37	Pennsylvania	1.05
38	North Dakota	1.04
39	New York	0.992
40	Massachusetts	0.963
41	Utah	0.952
42	New Jersey	0.854
43	Michigan	0.848
44	Iowa	0.833
45	Wyoming	0.757
46	Indiana	0.718
47	Wisconsin	0.706
48	Connecticut	0.704
49	Nebraska	0.669
50	Oregon	0.539
51	Illinois	0.485

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