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Question of the Month -June 2004
Q: How do Southern
states rank according to total tax and total tax per capita?
| Total Tax (in
thousands) |
Total Tax Per
Capita |
| Rank (in U.S.) |
State |
Amount |
Rank (in U.S.) |
State |
Amount |
| 1 (3) |
TX |
$29,098,584 |
1 (16) |
KY |
$2,021.56 |
| 2 (4) |
FL |
$26,905,405 |
2 (17) |
MD |
$1,993.16 |
| 3 (10) |
NC |
$15,848,650 |
3 (18) |
WV |
$1,983.08 |
| 4 (12) |
GA |
$13,411,632 |
4 (21) |
AR |
$1,887.58 |
| 5 (14) |
VA |
$12,969,165 |
5 (22) |
NC |
$1,885.17 |
| 6 (18) |
MD |
$10,980,324 |
6 (29) |
VA |
$1,755.91 |
| 7 (20) |
TN |
$8,811,612 |
7 (32) |
MS |
$1,717.25 |
| 8 (22) |
MO |
$8,627,396 |
8 (34) |
OK |
$1,681.63 |
| 9 (23) |
KY |
$8,318,707 |
9 (36) |
LA |
$1,656.48 |
| 10 (24) |
LA |
$7,447,553 |
10 (40) |
FL |
$1,580.90 |
| 11 (26) |
AL |
$6,416,351 |
11 (42) |
GA |
$1,544.23 |
| 12 (27) |
SC |
$6,353,115 |
12 (43) |
SC |
$1,531.98 |
| 13 (28) |
OK |
$5,905,884 |
13 (45) |
MO |
$1,512.52 |
| 14 (30) |
AR |
$5,145,554 |
14 (46) |
TN |
$1,508.32 |
| 15 (33) |
MS |
$4,947,396 |
15 (48) |
AL |
$1,425.54 |
| 16 (37) |
WV |
$3,589,366 |
16 (50) |
TX |
$1,315.55 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division,
from the Web site
www.census.gov/govs/statetax/03staxrank.html
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