The Data Bulletin

The Fifty States

Every state government's money: where it comes from, where it goes, what the tax rates are and who ends up paying. Pick a state on the map, and a second one to read two ledgers side by side.

The Atlas

State taxes per resident

Everything a state government collected in taxes in its fiscal year, divided by its residents. The middle state is shown; the map shades all fifty.

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    Source: State Government Tax Collections, U.S. Census Bureau, Census FY; resident population, Census Bureau vintage estimates via FRED. Annual.

    About This Data
    Tax collections count every tax a state government levied in its own fiscal year: sales, income, license, property and the rest. Local taxes are not included. Per-resident figures divide the total by the Census Bureau's most recent resident population estimate.

    Receipts

    Where each state government's money comes from. The state's own outline is the chart, filled bottom to top by source.

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    Outlays

    Where the money goes: direct spending by purpose, plus what the state passes to its local governments.

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    Tax Rates

    Three tax rates for each state, each measured on the group named beside it: state and local taxes on the middle fifth of households, federal income tax across every return filed from the state, and the Social Security and Medicare share of wages.

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    The Tab

    Taxes per resident, the share of federal income tax paid by the top 1 percent, and state and local taxes as a share of family income across seven income groups.

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