US States With the Lowest Share of Taxes From Gambling

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

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