It’s April, so people’s thoughts are turning to taxes, and where they live makes a big difference in how much they pay.

Here are the 10 states with the highest taxes, including property, individual income, sales, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, motor vehicles, hunting and fishing, motor fuels, death and gift taxes, as well as insurance premiums. The per capita tax was derived by adding up all the taxes and dividing the total by the number of citizens.

1. Vermont, $3,861
2. Hawaii, $3,856
3. Connecticut, $3,596
4. Minnesota, $3,203
5. New Jersey, $3,024
6. New York, $3,019
7. Massachusetts, $2,953
8. Washington, $2,553
9. Wyoming, $2,357
10. Pennsylvania, $2,223

http://www.thesandiegocoast.com/2009/04/04/top-10-most-heavily-taxed-states/

Interesting comparison!
"2005"


1 Vermont….. 3,600.16

2 Hawaii….. 3,477.93

3 Wyoming….. 3,417.77

4 Connecticut….. 3,300.49

5 Minnesota….. 3,093.93

6 Delaware….. 3,068.98

7 Massachusetts….. 2,818.39

8 Alaska….. 2,798.66

9 New Jersey….. 2,781.33

10 California….. 2,724.31

I live in Connecticut. No wonder it is so expensive to live here.

I hear you, I'm getting the hell out of here asap...

Vermont just legalized gay marriage!

I wonder if there's a tax on that?

go Texas...we mised it both times

I'm surprised Illinois isn't on there, we have tax for everything...waiting for the air tax.

Welcome to the United States, prison population roughly 12 million.

2005
per cap

46 Missouri….. 1,645.49
47 Colorado….. 1,639.54
48 New Hampshire….. 1,534.94
49 Texas….. 1,434.16
50 South Dakota….. 1,430.46

26 North Carolina….. 2,146.68
27 Virginia….. 2,103.72
28 Ohio….. 2,094.49
29 Illinois….. 2,069.40
30 Kansas….. 2,053.85