
- While federal taxes are the lion's share of most US tax bills, state governments also levy taxes on incomes, sales, property, and other transactions and assets.
- Using data from the US Census Bureau, we found total per-capita tax revenues in each state and DC.
- Big, urban coastal states and a handful of natural-resource-producing states tended to fall at the top of the list.
Tax season is upon us, and while federal income taxes are likely to be the lion's share of most Americans' tax bills, state-level taxes can also weigh heavily on workers, consumers, and businesses.
To get a sense of how the tax burden varies across the country, we took a look at overall tax revenues for each state, adjusted by the size of each state's population.
The US Census Bureau's Census of Governments program publishes annual data on state tax collections for each state and Washington, DC. We took the total tax collections for each state from 2017, the most recent year for which data was available, and found how much tax each state collected per person living in the state.A bonus just for you: Click here to claim 30 days of access to Business Insider PRIME
Many of the states with higher per capita tax revenues fall in the traditionally liberal and urban Northeast and West Coast. Some resources-heavy states, like North Dakota, had very high revenues from severance taxes, levied on oil, gas, and other resources that are shipped out of state.
Here's each state and DC, ranked from lowest to highest per-capita 2017 total tax revenue, along with per-capita estimates for income, sales, property, and other taxes, according to the Census Bureau (components may not add up to the total per-capita revenue due to rounding):
51. Alaska
Total taxes per capita: $1,608
Income taxes: $119
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $356
Property taxes: $163
Other taxes: $971
50. New Hampshire
Total taxes per capita: $1,859
Income taxes: $476
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $714
Property taxes: $302
Other taxes: $367
49. Texas
Total taxes per capita: $1,894
Income taxes: $0
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,657
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $237
48. Florida
Total taxes per capita: $1,917
Income taxes: $114
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,589
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $214
47. South Carolina
Total taxes per capita: $1,956
Income taxes: $899
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $923
Property taxes: $7
Other taxes: $127
46. Arizona
Total taxes per capita: $1,979
Income taxes: $544
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,217
Property taxes: $142
Other taxes: $77
45. Missouri
Total taxes per capita: $2,044
Income taxes: $1,056
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $884
Property taxes: $5
Other taxes: $99
44. Tennessee
Total taxes per capita: $2,069
Income taxes: $294
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,491
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $284
43. South Dakota
Total taxes per capita: $2,103
Income taxes: $35
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,745
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $322
42. Alabama
Total taxes per capita: $2,137
Income taxes: $850
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,076
Property taxes: $81
Other taxes: $129
41. Georgia
Total taxes per capita: $2,150
Income taxes: $1,146
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $845
Property taxes: $95
Other taxes: $65
40. Oklahoma
Total taxes per capita: $2,180
Income taxes: $835
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $958
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $388
39. Colorado
Total taxes per capita: $2,354
Income taxes: $1,306
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $915
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $133
38. Louisiana
Total taxes per capita: $2,371
Income taxes: $692
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,497
Property taxes: $15
Other taxes: $166
37. Utah
Total taxes per capita: $2,525
Income taxes: $1,274
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,138
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $113
36. Montana
Total taxes per capita: $2,527
Income taxes: $1,240
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $549
Property taxes: $261
Other taxes: $477
35. Ohio
Total taxes per capita: $2,599
Income taxes: $719
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,679
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $201
34. Mississippi
Total taxes per capita: $2,608
Income taxes: $752
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,672
Property taxes: $10
Other taxes: $175
33. North Carolina
Total taxes per capita: $2,614
Income taxes: $1,250
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,139
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $225
32. Virginia
Total taxes per capita: $2,623
Income taxes: $1,639
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $817
Property taxes: $4
Other taxes: $164
31. Idaho
Total taxes per capita: $2,627
Income taxes: $1,093
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,308
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $227
30. Nebraska
Total taxes per capita: $2,658
Income taxes: $1,298
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,254
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $105
29. Kentucky
Total taxes per capita: $2,673
Income taxes: $1,089
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,268
Property taxes: $159
Other taxes: $156
28. Indiana
Total taxes per capita: $2,708
Income taxes: $969
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,634
Property taxes: $2
Other taxes: $103
27. New Mexico
Total taxes per capita: $2,766
Income taxes: $685
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,470
Property taxes: $39
Other taxes: $572
26. West Virginia
Total taxes per capita: $2,804
Income taxes: $1,063
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,472
Property taxes: $4
Other taxes: $265
25. Kansas
Total taxes per capita: $2,806
Income taxes: $932
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,477
Property taxes: $235
Other taxes: $163
24. Wyoming
Total taxes per capita: $2,847
Income taxes: $0
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,316
Property taxes: $473
Other taxes: $1,058
23. Michigan
Total taxes per capita: $2,874
Income taxes: $1,072
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,375
Property taxes: $213
Other taxes: $214
22. Oregon
Total taxes per capita: $2,876
Income taxes: $2,175
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $386
Property taxes: $5
Other taxes: $310
21. Nevada
Total taxes per capita: $2,877
Income taxes: $0
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $2,309
Property taxes: $100
Other taxes: $467
20. Pennsylvania
Total taxes per capita: $2,956
Income taxes: $1,125
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,533
Property taxes: $3
Other taxes: $295
19. Illinois
Total taxes per capita: $2,967
Income taxes: $1,260
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,455
Property taxes: $5
Other taxes: $246
18. Rhode Island
Total taxes per capita: $3,083
Income taxes: $1,292
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,597
Property taxes: $2
Other taxes: $192
17. Iowa
Total taxes per capita: $3,101
Income taxes: $1,299
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,466
Property taxes: $1
Other taxes: $335
16. Wisconsin
Total taxes per capita: $3,129
Income taxes: $1,510
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,376
Property taxes: $23
Other taxes: $220
15. Arkansas
Total taxes per capita: $3,168
Income taxes: $1,053
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,565
Property taxes: $379
Other taxes: $170
14. Maine
Total taxes per capita: $3,168
Income taxes: $1,280
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,621
Property taxes: $29
Other taxes: $239
13. Washington
Total taxes per capita: $3,240
Income taxes: $0
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $2,589
Property taxes: $283
Other taxes: $369
12. Maryland
Total taxes per capita: $3,569
Income taxes: $1,664
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,527
Property taxes: $128
Other taxes: $250
11. New Jersey
Total taxes per capita: $3,590
Income taxes: $1,784
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,487
Property taxes: $1
Other taxes: $318
10. Delaware
Total taxes per capita: $3,731
Income taxes: $1,484
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $579
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $1,669
9. California
Total taxes per capita: $3,936
Income taxes: $2,385
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,213
Property taxes: $68
Other taxes: $271
8. Massachusetts
Total taxes per capita: $4,012
Income taxes: $2,467
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,286
Property taxes: $1
Other taxes: $258
7. New York
Total taxes per capita: $4,014
Income taxes: $2,451
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,278
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $285
6. Connecticut
Total taxes per capita: $4,555
Income taxes: $2,468
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,853
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $234
5. North Dakota
Total taxes per capita: $4,587
Income taxes: $504
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,786
Property taxes: $6
Other taxes: $2,292
4. Minnesota
Total taxes per capita: $4,590
Income taxes: $2,185
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,902
Property taxes: $153
Other taxes: $349
3. Hawaii
Total taxes per capita: $4,924
Income taxes: $1,597
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $3,058
Property taxes: $0
Other taxes: $268
2. Vermont
Total taxes per capita: $5,015
Income taxes: $1,323
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $1,697
Property taxes: $1,694
Other taxes: $300
1. District of Columbia
Total taxes per capita: $11,028
Income taxes: $3,620
Sales and gross receipt taxes: $2,681
Property taxes: $3,655
Other taxes: $1,071