Arizona Fiscal Issues
By the Numbers: Arizona is Not a High Tax State
By Alberta H. Charney, Ph.D.
December, 2009
Arizona is not a high tax state; rather Arizona ranks well below average on a number of key measures.
In 2006, Arizona’s total state and local revenue was:
- 18.1% less than the national average on a per capita basis, ranking 50th among states [including the District of Columbia as a “state]
- 7.5% less than the national average per $1,000 of personal income, ranking 39th among states
Arizona’s own source tax revenue was:
- 18% less than the U.S. average on a per capita basis, ranking 37th among states
- 8% below the national average on a per $1000 income basis and ranked 40th
Arizona’s use of the sales tax was above the norm; sales taxes were:
- 30% above average on a per capita basis, ranking 10th in the nation
- 47% above average on an income basis, ranking 8th in the nation
- 24% less than the national average, ranking 36th among states
- 15% below average on a per income basis, ranking 33rd
Arizona’s use of personal income taxes were:
- 41% below the national average on a per capita basis, ranking 40th (out of the 42 states that have income taxes)
- 33% below the national average on an income basis
Source: Figures are pulled from the 95th Arizona Town Hall Background Report
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