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	Per Capita Personal Income
	1	Connecticut	38.3%	3	$50,787
	2	New York	37.1%	12	$43,962
	3	New Jersey	35.6%	13	$46,328
	4	Nevada	35.2%	43	$39,015
	5	Vermont	35.1%	1	$34,623
	6	Rhode Island	35.1%	4	$37,261
	7	Massachusetts	34.4%	2	$46,255
	8	California	34.3%	18	$39,358
	9	Washington	34.0%	9	$38,067
	10	Maine	33.9%	10	$31,931
	11	Minnesota	33.9%	8	$38,751
	12	Florida	33.6%	39	$36,665
	13	Wisconsin	33.3%	11	$34,476
	14	Illinois	33.2%	17	$38,297
	15	Maryland	33.1%	19	$43,774
	16	Hawaii	33.0%	6	$36,826
	17	Virginia	32.9%	24	$39,564
	18	Ohio	32.4%	26	$33,217
	19	Wyoming	32.1%	32	$40,569
	20	Pennsylvania	31.9%	15	$36,689
	21	Michigan	31.9%	16	$33,784
	22	Nebraska	31.8%	23	$34,383
	23	Colorado	31.8%	27	$39,587
	24	North Carolina	31.3%	34	$32,338
	25	Arizona	31.3%	41	$31,949
	26	Delaware	31.2%	30	$38,984
	27	Kansas	31.0%	20	$34,744
	28	Georgia	30.9%	38	$32,025
	29	New Hampshire	30.8%	5	$39,655
	30	Indiana	30.8%	35	$32,226
	31	Oregon	30.7%	22	$33,252
	32	Arkansas	30.7%	44	$28,444
	33	Iowa	30.6%	7	$33,017
	34	Kentucky	30.4%	33	$29,719
	35	South Carolina	30.3%	45	$29,688
	36	Utah	30.3%	21	$29,769
	37	North Dakota	30.2%	14	$33,034
	38	Missouri	30.2%	28	$32,793
	39	Montana	29.8%	29	$30,866
	40	West Virginia	29.8%	37	$28,067
	41	Texas	29.8%	46	$35,058
	42	Idaho	29.6%	25	$29,948
	43	South Dakota	29.3%	42	$32,405
	44	Louisiana	29.1%	50	$31,369
	45	New Mexico	28.8%	48	$29,725
	46	Tennessee	28.8%	36	$32,305
	47	Mississippi	28.1%	49	$26,908
	48	Alaska	28.1%	31	$38,622
	49	Alabama	28.0%	40	$30,841
	50	Oklahoma	27.8%	47	$32,398

Source - Tax Burden - Tax Foundation, "State and Tax Burdens Compared to Other States, 2007". For Per Capita Personal Income, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. for 2006, Released Sept. 20, 2007.