50-State Tax Maps

By Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation States impose a wide range of taxes, and the ones that most capture our attention aren’t always the largest sources of revenue. Considering the states in aggregate, the largest source of state and local … Read More

From www.kiplinger.com Click on any state in the map below [Editor’s Note:  The map reproduced here is a static image.  Please go to the Kiplinger site for the clickable map] for a detailed summary of state taxes on income, property, … Read More

By Jared Walczak, Liz Malm of the Tax Foundation Today’s map looks at state and local government debt. State and local debt can be broken out into short-term and long-term debt. Short-term debt, typically in the form of “revenue anticipation notes,” is typically … Read More

From The Tax Foundation, August 25, 2015 State and local taxes represent a significant business cost for corporations operating in the United States and can have a material impact on net operating margins. Consequently, business location decisions for new manufacturing … Read More

By Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation States tax real property in a variety of ways: some impose a rate or a millage—the amount of tax per thousand dollars of value—on the fair market value of the property, while others impose it … Read More

State Trends in Child Well-Being By the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Project Read or Download the Report (56 PG PDF) National data mask a great deal of state-by-state and regional variations in child well-being. A state-level examination of … Read More

By Alan Cole, Scott Drenkard of the Tax Foundation This week’s map shows the real value of $100 in each state. Prices for the same goods are often much cheaper in states like Missouri or Ohio than they are in states like New … Read More

Eileen Norcross | Jul 07, 2015 DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION PDF DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION SUMMARY PDF Share In new research for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Senior Research Fellow Eileen Norcross ranks each US state’s financial health based on short- and … Read More

by Jonathan Todd on March 23, 2015 from NerdWallet It’s been compared to a cliff, a storm, even Greece, but no matter the analogy, the predicament remains the same: States across America are facing a public pension crisis of major … Read More

By Ryan Nickum of Estately.com America is a land of couch potatoes. Every day millions of Americans enjoy their free time—and meal time—from the comfort of their sofas or recliners. Some play video games in homes littered with pizza crusts and empty Mountain … Read More