Summary

Annual Changes in Per Capita State & Local Spending
(constant dollars, fiscal years)
  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).

Last Updated on 10/26/1999
By Michael Ettlinger