US States With the Lowest Share of Taxes From Insurance Premiums

51 US states ranked by share of taxes from insurance premiums, from lowest to highest. First are Illinois (0.485), Oregon (0.539) and Nebraska (0.669). 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	Illinois	0.485
2	Oregon	0.539
3	Nebraska	0.669
4	Connecticut	0.704
5	Wisconsin	0.706
6	Indiana	0.718
7	Wyoming	0.757
8	Iowa	0.833
9	Michigan	0.848
10	New Jersey	0.854
11	Utah	0.952
12	Massachusetts	0.963
13	New York	0.992
14	North Dakota	1.04
15	Pennsylvania	1.05
16	California	1.06
17	Ohio	1.1
18	Virginia	1.2
19	Alaska	1.26
20	South Carolina	1.27
21	Maine	1.32
22	Vermont	1.32
23	Colorado	1.34
24	Idaho	1.39
25	Washington	1.4
26	Hawaii	1.51
27	District of Columbia	1.57
28	Missouri	1.57
29	Minnesota	1.63
30	Maryland	1.7
31	Oklahoma	1.73
32	Florida	1.81
33	New Hampshire	1.81
34	Delaware	1.84
35	West Virginia	1.84
36	Rhode Island	1.9
37	North Carolina	2
38	Arizona	2.08
39	South Dakota	2.16
40	Georgia	2.23
41	Alabama	2.25
42	Arkansas	2.31
43	New Mexico	2.36
44	Texas	2.39
45	Montana	2.46
46	Kansas	2.59
47	Kentucky	2.65
48	Nevada	2.67
49	Mississippi	3.07
50	Tennessee	3.65
51	Louisiana	4.48

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