>Worse than you think …
Tax and Local Tax Burden per capita (every man, woman, babe in arms) for 2008: No. 2 at $6,610. U.S. average $4,283.
State and Local Tax Burden as percentage of income, 2008: No. 1, at 11.8 percent.
State Business Tax Climate in 2010: Overall, 50. Property Tax, 50.
Tax Freedom Day 2009 (up until this day everything you made went to pay your taxes): No 2, on April 29.
State Collections per capita 2008: No. 7, $3,540.
State Revenue per capita: No. 13, $5,942
State Income Tax Collections: No. 6 at $1,457
State and Local Income Tax Collections: No. 8 at $1,359.
State General Sales and Use Tax Rates as of 2010: No. 2 at 7 percent
State gasoline tax: No 47 at 14.5 cents per gallon.
Cigarette tax: No 5 at $2.70.
Property Tax on owner occupied housing as percentage of median income: No. 2 at 1.74 percent.
State and Local Property Taxes per capita (2007): No. 1 at $2,490.
State Debt per capita (2008): No. 6 at $6,103. U.S. average $3,316.
State and Local Debt per capita: No. 4 at $9,930. U.S. average $8,030.
Income per capita: No. 3 at $56,116. U.S. average $44,254.
