HFC99:Per Capita State General Sales Taxes

Floridians' Per Capita State Sales Taxes
Are Fifth Highest in Nation; Up $43 in 1998

Per Capita State General Sales Taxes
FY 1997

Rank State Dollars Rank State Dollars

1. Washington $1,214.49 25. Iowa $534.18

2. Hawaii 1,194.76 26. Rhode Island 532.06

3. Nevada 1,014.28 27. Idaho 531.20

4. Connecticut 925.99 28. Pennsylvania 526.04

5. Florida 866.43 29. Georgia 522.57

6. New Mexico 837.60 30. Kentucky 503.38

7. Michigan 771.40 31. Ohio 493.46

8. Tennessee 741.63 32. North Dakota 484.54

9. Mississippi 739.39 33. Missouri 483.15

10. Wyoming 697.26 34. Massachusetts 481.95

11. Minnesota 686.48 35. West Virginia 472.82

12. Maine 667.81 36. Illinois 464.59

13. Arizona 653.27 37. Louisiana 453.47

14. California 652.09 38. North Carolina 433.71

15. Texas 631.28 39. Maryland 420.88

16. Kansas 615.92 40. New York 419.00

17. Utah 608.16 41. Oklahoma 396.86

18. South Dakota 599.66 42. Colorado 385.50

19. Arkansas 596.40 43. Alabama 360.90

20. New Jersey 587.33 44. Vermont 329.10

21. Wisconsin 583.35 45. Virginia 327.64

U.S. Average 578.49

22. South Carolina 563.83 Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire,

23. Nebraska 553.07 Montana and Oregon have no state

24. Indiana 536.82 general sales tax.

Florida's
5-Year History Rank Dollars % of U.S.
Average

1994 5 $719.73 151.7%

1995 4 $752.26 149.2%

1996 4 $793.68 150.8%

1997 4 $823.55 149.5%

1998 5 $866.43 149.8%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce and Florida TaxWatch, January 2000

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