                    STATE RANKINGS ON TAXES PAID                    
         
  States and the District of Columbia ranked from lowest to highest 
  in taxing residents, based on tax load of a 2- income family of 4 
  that earned $72,385 in 1992, plus a total of $2782.00 in interest,
  and $455.00 in dividends.

  1. Alaska, $1632.                   

  2. Wyoming, $2945.

  3. Nevada, $3539.
  4. Florida, $3846.

  5. Tennessee, $4038.
  6. S. Dakota, $4284.
  7. New Hampshire, $4591.
  8. Texas, $4647.
  9. Washington, $4694.
  
 10. N. Dakota, $5292.
 11. Delaware, $5354.
 12. Alabama, $5552.
 13. Lousiana, $5752.
 14. Mississippa, $5792.
 15. New Mexico, $5948.
 16. W. Virginia, $5981.

 17. Missouri, $6047.
 18. S. Carolina, $6531.
 19. Arizona, $6637.
 20. Indiana, $6721.
 21. Kentucky, $6744.
 22. Montana, $6781.
 23. Oklahoma, $6907.
 24. Kansas, $6935.
 25. Pennsylvania, $6969.

 26. Iowa, $7004.
 28. Illinois, $7125.
 29. Virginia, $7217.
 30. N. Carolina, $7263.
 31. Colorado, $7268.
 32. Georgia, $7301.
 33. New Jersey, $7371.
 34. Michigan, $7493.
 35. California, $7605.
 36. Idaho, $7634.
 37. Nebraska, $7728.
 38. Ohio, $7751.
 39. Utah, $7892.
 40. Vermont, $7962.

 41. Hawaii, $8272.
 42. Minnesota, $8311.
 43. Rhode Island, $8314.
 44. Connecticut, $8349.
 45. Oregon, $8390.
 46. Maryland, $8568.
 47. Maine, $8611.
 48. Massachusetts, $8768.
 49. Wisconsin, $8770.

 50. Dist. of Columbia, $9348.

 51. New York, $10106.


















