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Annual Changes in Per Capita State & Local Spending (constant dollars, fiscal years) |
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| 1972-91 | 1991-96 | |||
| US Average | +1.7% | +1.6% | ||
| States adopting Income Taxes Since 1967— | ||||
| Date of Adoption | ||||
| Pennsylvania | 1971 | +1.5% | +2.8% | |
| Illinois | 1969 | +1.4% | +2.4% | |
| Nebraska | 1967 | +1.9% | +2.2% | |
| New Jersey | 1976 | +2.2% | +2.2% | |
| Ohio | 1971 | +2.3% | +2.2% | |
| Rhode Island | 1971 | +2.6% | +1.6% | |
| Michigan | 1967 | +1.3% | +1.4% | |
| Connecticut | 1991 | +2.5% | +0.9% | |
| Maine | 1969 | +2.3% | +0.8% | |
| States without Income Taxes— | ||||
| Tennessee | +1.8% | +3.4% | ||
| New Hampshire | +1.6% | +3.2% | ||
| Texas | +1.8% | +2.7% | ||
| South Dakota | +1.1% | +2.5% | ||
| Washington | +1.5% | +2.1% | ||
| Florida | +2.4% | +1.4% | ||
| Nevada | +0.8% | –0.1% | ||
| Wyoming | +2.3% | –0.9% | ||
| Alaska | +1.7% | –2.1% | ||
| Comparisons are from 1991 to 1996 (the latest available year) to show recent trends, and from 1972 around when many state income taxes were adopted (and data on state and local spending is available). | ||||