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NJ Ranks 42nd in the Nation in State and Local Sales, Gross Receipts and Excise Taxes as share of personal income, 2003
August 24, 2006
Source: Small Business Survival Committee

Rank State Tax Rate   Rank State Tax Rate
             
1 Hawaii 5.84
26 Connecticut 3.19
2 Washington 5.73   26 South Carolina 3.19
3 New Mexico
 5.54   28 Maine 3.08
4 Louisiana 5.48   29 Iowa 3.02
5 Nevada 5.42   29 Michigan 3.02
6 Mississippi 4.66   31 Colorado 3.01
7 Florida 4.42   32 Nebraska 2.96
8 Tennessee 4.35   33 Illinois 2.94
9 Arkansas 4.34   34 Wisconsin 2.89
10 Arizona 4.18   35 Rhode Island 2.84
11 Texas 4.07   36 North Carolina 2.82
12 West Virginia 4.05   37  Ohio 2.80
13 Utah 4.00   38  Idaho 2.76
14 South Dakota 3.84   39 Pennsylvania 2.75
15 Alabama 3.82   40 Indiana 2.68
16 North Dakota 3.77   41 Vermont 2.53
17 Georgia 3.74   42 NEW JERSEY 2.43
18 Wyoming 3.64   43 Virginia 2.32
19 Kansas 3.42   44 Maryland 2.19
20 Oklahoma 3.41   45 Massachusetts 1.86
21 California 3.33   46 Alaska 1.28
21 Minnesota 3.33   47 New Hampshire 1.06
21 Missouri 3.33   48 Delaware 0.79
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Kentucky 3.30   49 Montana 0.76
24 New York 3.30   50 Oregon 0.45
             
          50 State Average
3.28
          N.J. % Below Average 25.9%

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