Where Maryland stands

Maryland ranked 12th nationally by collecting individual income tax of $869 per person in 2000. Nationally, state governments took in $691 per capita. Seven states had no individual income tax.

State..............State individual income tax revenue

.......................per capita in 2000.........Rank

Massachusetts....$1,422....1

New York....1,221....2

Oregon....1,195....3

Connecticut....1,165....4

California....1,164....5

Minnesota....1,125....6

Wisconsin....1,108....7

Virginia....961....8

Delaware....933....9

North Carolina....879....10

Hawaii.... 878....11

Maryland....869....12

SOURCE: Morgan Quitno Press using data from U.S. Census Bureau

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