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Selective sales tax share of state taxes: U.S. states ranked (FY2025)

Measure: Selective sales tax share of state taxes (%, derived). All 50 states with data in State government tax collections by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: FY2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

Download full table CSV Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections, FY2025 (STC historical database)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2025 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 14.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

RI 21.8 %
DE 9.7 %
CT 12 %
NJ 10.2 %
MD 18.9 %
MA 6.4 %
VT 18.7 %
NH 31.1 %

Lowest: 6.4 to 11.1 %
Group 2: 11.1 to 13.9 %
Group 3: 13.9 to 17.5 %
Group 4: 17.5 to 21.5 %
Highest: 21.5 to 31.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: State taxes only; local taxes (most property taxes) are excluded, so states that rely on local government collect less at the state level. The District of Columbia is not covered.


1	New Hampshire	31.1
2	West Virginia	25.2
3	Texas	23.8
4	Louisiana	23.6
5	Ohio	23.4
6	Tennessee	21.9
7	Rhode Island	21.8
8	Pennsylvania	21.6
8	South Dakota	21.6
10	Nevada	21.5
11	Alabama	20.1
12	Alaska	19.9
13	Indiana	19.7
14	Montana	19.2
15	Maryland	18.9
16	Vermont	18.7
17	Virginia	18.4
18	Mississippi	18.2
19	Colorado	17.5
19	Illinois	17.5
21	Florida	17.3
22	South Carolina	16.4
23	Kentucky	15.9
24	North Carolina	15.7
25	Washington	15.2
26	Oklahoma	14.8
27	Michigan	14.7
28	Arkansas	14.1
29	Arizona	14
30	Iowa	13.9
30	Minnesota	13.9
32	Hawaii	13.7
33	Missouri	13.6
34	Maine	12.8
35	Oregon	12.7
36	Connecticut	12
37	New York	11.4
37	Wisconsin	11.4
39	Idaho	11.2
40	Georgia	11.1
41	New Mexico	11
42	Kansas	10.4
43	Nebraska	10.3
44	New Jersey	10.2
45	North Dakota	9.9
46	Delaware	9.7
47	Wyoming	8.7
48	Utah	8.1
49	California	8
50	Massachusetts	6.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections, FY2025 (STC historical database)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2025 resident population (denominator). Reference period: FY2025.

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U.S. states ranked by selective sales tax share of state taxes (%, derived) (FY2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau (with Census population), Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections, FY2025 (STC historical database); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-selective-sales-tax-share-of-state-taxes/

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