US States With the Lowest Share of Taxes From Public Utilities

51 US states ranked by share of taxes from public utilities, from lowest to highest. First are Massachusetts (0.00875), Michigan (0.172) and Indiana (0.194). The middle one of the 51 has 0.761.

What this measures

The percentage from taxes on utility sales: electricity, gas, water and phone and internet service. 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	Massachusetts	0.00875
2	Michigan	0.172
3	Indiana	0.194
4	North Carolina	0.213
5	Vermont	0.241
6	Maine	0.279
7	New Jersey	0.322
8	Tennessee	0.349
9	New Hampshire	0.389
10	South Carolina	0.391
11	Colorado	0.427
12	Alaska	0.455
13	Mississippi	0.458
14	Idaho	0.501
15	Arizona	0.581
16	Minnesota	0.583
17	Louisiana	0.585
18	Montana	0.586
19	New Mexico	0.606
20	New York	0.667
21	Delaware	0.696
22	South Dakota	0.703
23	Wyoming	0.716
24	Maryland	0.756
25	North Dakota	0.756
26	Georgia	0.761
27	Connecticut	0.826
28	Kansas	1.05
29	Nebraska	1.11
30	Wisconsin	1.18
31	Missouri	1.19
32	Rhode Island	1.21
33	Arkansas	1.22
34	Oklahoma	1.28
35	Texas	1.29
36	Oregon	1.3
37	Pennsylvania	1.34
38	District of Columbia	1.47
39	Iowa	1.47
40	California	1.53
41	West Virginia	1.58
42	Virginia	1.65
43	Ohio	1.8
44	Utah	1.84
45	Kentucky	1.98
46	Nevada	2.02
47	Hawaii	2.15
48	Illinois	2.19
49	Washington	3.03
50	Alabama	3.55
51	Florida	3.57

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