Table 12. Relationship Between Overall Tax Burden and Overall Child Vulnerability
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	State Ranking		Federal, State, Local Tax Burden	Overall Child Vulnerability Rank
	1	Connecticut	38.3%	3
	2	New York	37.1%	12
	3	New Jersey	35.6%	13
	4	Nevada	35.2%	43
	5	Vermont	35.1%	1
	6	Rhode Island	35.1%	4
	7	Massachusetts	34.4%	2
	8	California	34.3%	18
	9	Washington	34.0%	9
	10	Maine	33.9%	10
	11	Minnesota	33.9%	8
	12	Florida	33.6%	39
	13	Wisconsin	33.3%	11
	14	Illinois	33.2%	17
	15	Maryland	33.1%	19
	16	Hawaii	33.0%	6
	17	Virginia	32.9%	24
	18	Ohio	32.4%	26
	19	Wyoming	32.1%	32
	20	Pennsylvania	31.9%	15
	21	Michigan	31.9%	16
	22	Nebraska	31.8%	23
	23	Colorado	31.8%	27
	24	North Carolina	31.3%	34
	25	Arizona	31.3%	41
	26	Delaware	31.2%	30
	27	Kansas	31.0%	20
	28	Georgia	30.9%	38
	29	New Hampshire	30.8%	5
	30	Indiana	30.8%	35
	31	Oregon	30.7%	22
	32	Arkansas	30.7%	44
	33	Iowa	30.6%	7
	34	Kentucky	30.4%	33
	35	South Carolina	30.3%	45
	36	Utah	30.3%	21
	37	North Dakota	30.2%	14
	38	Missouri	30.2%	28
	39	Montana	29.8%	29
	40	West Virginia	29.8%	37
	41	Texas	29.8%	46
	42	Idaho	29.6%	25
	43	South Dakota	29.3%	42
	44	Louisiana	29.1%	50
	45	New Mexico	28.8%	48
	46	Tennessee	28.8%	36
	47	Mississippi	28.1%	49
	48	Alaska	28.1%	31
	49	Alabama	28.0%	40
	50	Oklahoma	27.8%	47

Source - Tax Foundation, "State and Tax Burdens Compared to Other States, 2007"