Taxaholic states is a pejorative term used by politicians who promote low-tax policies.

This table shows the per capita taxes for the 50 states. Because taxes can be labeled user fees, because states use a different mix of sales, income, liquor, etc., taxes, because taxes on businesses are indirect taxes on consumers, this table looks at total state revenue and population, and ranks states according to per-capita spending.


1 Massachusetts 23,988,000,000 6,416,505 3,738.48
2 Connecticut 12,973,000,000 3,503,604 3,702.76
3 Alaska 2,346,000,000 655,435 3,579.30
4 Delaware 2,736,000,000 830,364 3,294.94
5 Hawaii 3,908,000,000 1,262,840 3,094.61
6 New Jersey 24,776,000,000 8,698,879 2,848.18
7 Minnesota 14,499,000,000 5,100,958 2,842.41
8 Rhode Island 2,767,000,000 1,080,632 2,560.54
9 New Mexico 4,612,000,000 1,903,289 2,423.17
10 New York 42,327,000,000 19,227,088 2,201.43
11 Ohio 24,031,000,000 11,459,011 2,097.13
12 California 74,762,000,000 35,893,799 2,082.87
13 Maine 2,684,000,000 1,317,253 2,037.57
14 Wisconsin 10,805,000,000 5,509,026 1,961.33
15 Maryland 10,204,000,000 5,558,058 1,835.89
16 Washington 11,323,000,000 6,203,788 1,825.18
17 Illinois 23,171,000,000 12,713,634 1,822.53
18 Georgia 15,669,000,000 8,829,383 1,774.64
19 Pennsylvania 21,813,000,000 12,406,292 1,758.22
20 Kentucky 7,156,000,000 4,145,922 1,726.03
21 North Carolina 14,691,000,000 8,541,221 1,720.01
22 Indiana 10,684,000,000 6,237,569 1,712.85
23 West Virginia 3,083,000,000 1,815,354 1,698.29
24 Virginia 12,574,000,000 7,459,827 1,685.56
25 Kansas 4,519,000,000 2,735,502 1,651.98
26 Iowa 4,683,000,000 2,954,451 1,585.07
27 Nebraska 2,720,000,000 1,747,214 1,556.76
28 Utah 3,685,000,000 2,389,039 1,542.46
29 North Dakota 956,000,000 634,366 1,507.02
30 Idaho 2,097,000,000 1,393,262 1,505.10
31 Tennessee 8,865,000,000 5,900,962 1,502.30
32 Louisiana 6,765,000,000 4,515,770 1,498.08
33 Montana 1,382,000,000 926,865 1,491.05
34 Vermont 922,000,000 621,394 1,483.76
35 Oklahoma 5,133,000,000 3,523,553 1,456.77
36 Texas 30,828,000,000 22,490,022 1,370.74
37 Oregon 4,922,000,000 3,594,586 1,369.28
38 Florida 23,202,000,000 17,397,161 1,333.67
39 Colorado 6,045,000,000 4,601,403 1,313.73
40 Arkansas 3,526,000,000 2,752,629 1,280.96
41 Alabama 5,635,000,000 4,530,182 1,243.88
42 South Carolina 5,116,000,000 4,198,068 1,218.66
43 Mississippi 3,521,000,000 2,902,966 1,212.90
44 Missouri 6,934,000,000 5,754,618 1,204.95
45 Arizona 6,463,000,000 5,743,834 1,125.21
46 South Dakota 852,000,000 770,883 1,105.23
47 Nevada 2,503,000,000 2,334,771 1,072.05
48 New Hampshire 1,311,000,000 1,299,500 1,008.85
49 Michigan 7,993,000,000 10,112,620 790.40
50 Wyoming 389,000,000 506,529 767.97

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