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State tax revenues increased last fiscal year, but totals remain below pre-recession levels as the economy recovers.
Total tax collections for all state governments increased $56 billion to $757 billion in fiscal year 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. States with the largest yearly revenue jumps were North Dakota (44.5 percent), Alaska (22.4 percent), Illinois (15.3 percent) and New Mexico (15.1 percent).
Most tax analysts expect slow revenue growth in the coming years.
Governing compiled current and historical revenue data reported to the Census Bureau into the chart below.
Data includes the following categories of taxes: general sales/gross receipts, selective sales taxes, property taxes, licenses, individual income, corporation net income, death and gifts, stock transfer, severance and other tax figures.
Select your state below to display its tax revenue data:
| Alabama Tax Revenue: $8,635,527,000 (FY 2011), 5.5% increase | Montana Tax Revenue: $2,303,516,000 (FY 2011), 7.5% increase |
| Alaska Tax Revenue: $5,537,679,000 (FY 2011), 22.6% increase | Nebraska Tax Revenue: $4,153,113,000 (FY 2011), 9% increase |
| Arizona Tax Revenue: $10,848,179,000 (FY 2011), 6.4% increase | Nevada Tax Revenue: $6,332,128,000 (FY 2011), 8.5% increase |
| Arkansas Tax Revenue: $7,737,552,000 (FY 2011), 6.3% increase | New Hampshire Tax Revenue: $2,320,014,000 (FY 2011), 9.2% increase |
| California Tax Revenue: $116,695,284,000 (FY 2011), 11.3% increase | New Jersey Tax Revenue: $27,182,753,000 (FY 2011), 4.8% increase |
| Colorado Tax Revenue: $9,467,684,000 (FY 2011), 10.3% increase | New Mexico Tax Revenue: $4,980,115,000 (FY 2011), 12.8% increase |
| Connecticut Tax Revenue: $13,432,252,000 (FY 2011), 9.3% increase | New York Tax Revenue: $67,945,152,000 (FY 2011), 7% increase |
| Delaware Tax Revenue: $3,017,837,000 (FY 2011), 9% increase | North Carolina Tax Revenue: $22,405,841,000 (FY 2011), 4.1% increase |
| Florida Tax Revenue: $32,557,946,000 (FY 2011), 3.4% increase | North Dakota Tax Revenue: $3,822,347,000 (FY 2011), 44.5% increase |
| Georgia Tax Revenue: $16,003,250,000 (FY 2011), 8.3% increase | Ohio Tax Revenue: $25,176,562,000 (FY 2011), 6.8% increase |
| Hawaii Tax Revenue: $4,857,729,000 (FY 2011), 0.4% increase | Oklahoma Tax Revenue: $7,766,332,000 (FY 2011), 9.7% increase |
| Idaho Tax Revenue: $3,261,722,000 (FY 2011), 10.5% increase | Oregon Tax Revenue: $8,112,049,000 (FY 2011), 11.3% increase |
| Illinois Tax Revenue: $29,433,475,000 (FY 2011), 7% increase | Pennsylvania Tax Revenue: $32,352,286,000 (FY 2011), 7.2% increase |
| Indiana Tax Revenue: $14,909,416,000 (FY 2011), 8.1% increase | Rhode Island Tax Revenue: $2,737,952,000 (FY 2011), 6.6% increase |
| Iowa Tax Revenue: $7,236,476,000 (FY 2011), 6.3% increase | South Carolina Tax Revenue: $7,687,496,000 (FY 2011), 5.1% increase |
| Kansas Tax Revenue: $6,828,477,000 (FY 2011), 5.2% increase | South Dakota Tax Revenue: $1,379,607,000 (FY 2011), 5.8% increase |
| Kentucky Tax Revenue: $10,203,241,000 (FY 2011), 7.1% increase | Tennessee Tax Revenue: $10,858,935,000 (FY 2011), 3.3% increase |
| Louisiana Tax Revenue: $8,865,421,000 (FY 2011), 1.2% increase | Texas Tax Revenue: $43,188,251,000 (FY 2011), 9.6% increase |
| Maine Tax Revenue: $3,675,810,000 (FY 2011), 5.3% increase | Utah Tax Revenue: $5,475,904,000 (FY 2011), 7.5% increase |
| Maryland Tax Revenue: $16,002,529,000 (FY 2011), 5.1% increase | Vermont Tax Revenue: $2,687,926,000 (FY 2011), 7% increase |
| Massachusetts Tax Revenue: $22,089,530,000 (FY 2011), 10.2% increase | Virginia Tax Revenue: $17,409,072,000 (FY 2011), 6.1% increase |
| Michigan Tax Revenue: $23,540,253,000 (FY 2011), 6% increase | Washington Tax Revenue: $17,411,033,000 (FY 2011), 8.1% increase |
| Minnesota Tax Revenue: $18,952,919,000 (FY 2011), 10.1% increase | West Virginia Tax Revenue: $5,142,771,000 (FY 2011), 10.5% increase |
| Mississippi Tax Revenue: $6,714,180,000 (FY 2011), 7.1% increase | Wisconsin Tax Revenue: $15,347,327,000 (FY 2011), 6.8% increase |
| Missouri Tax Revenue: $10,109,918,000 (FY 2011), 4.1% increase | Wyoming Tax Revenue: $2,461,977,000 (FY 2011), 16.3% increase |
GOVERNING Data is your source for state and local government statistics and public records.
Feel free to use any data or visualizations in your own reports with attribution and a link to the source.
Contact: Mike Maciag, mmaciag@governing.com
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