US States With the Lowest Share of Taxes From Motor Vehicle Licences

51 US states ranked by share of taxes from motor vehicle licences, from lowest to highest. First are West Virginia (0.0527), Louisiana (0.314) and Rhode Island (0.46). The middle one of the 51 has 1.32.

What this measures

The percentage from vehicle licence taxes: registration and license plates. Most states charge a flat fee per vehicle. So it makes up a larger share of tax money where incomes are low and people have to drive. 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	West Virginia	0.0527
2	Louisiana	0.314
3	Rhode Island	0.46
4	New York	0.628
5	Connecticut	0.646
6	Georgia	0.685
7	Massachusetts	0.714
8	New Jersey	0.787
9	District of Columbia	0.795
10	Delaware	0.808
11	Ohio	0.877
12	Arizona	0.883
13	Maryland	1.03
14	Kentucky	1.06
15	Alabama	1.06
16	Missouri	1.07
17	Nevada	1.11
18	Virginia	1.15
19	Colorado	1.16
20	Alaska	1.16
21	Arkansas	1.16
22	South Carolina	1.17
23	Maine	1.25
24	Utah	1.28
25	New Mexico	1.29
26	Florida	1.32
27	New Hampshire	1.38
28	Vermont	1.39
29	Tennessee	1.43
30	Pennsylvania	1.46
31	Mississippi	1.5
32	Kansas	1.52
33	Texas	1.54
34	North Dakota	1.55
35	Nebraska	1.73
36	Washington	1.85
37	Indiana	1.9
38	North Carolina	1.98
39	Illinois	2.04
40	Minnesota	2.04
41	Oregon	2.1
42	Wisconsin	2.12
43	California	2.35
44	Idaho	2.45
45	Michigan	2.78
46	Wyoming	2.98
47	South Dakota	3.04
48	Montana	3.16
49	Hawaii	3.67
50	Iowa	3.79
51	Oklahoma	4.12

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