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| Sales | Gas/gal. | Cig./pack | Beer/gal. | State burden | Rank | State/Fed. burden | Rank | |
| Connecticut | 6.00% | $0.44 | $2.00 | $0.20 | 12.20% | 8 | 38.30% | 1 |
| New York | 4.00% | $0.41 | $1.50 | $0.11 | 13.80% | 3 | 37.10% | 2 |
| New Jersey | 7.00% | $0.15 | $2.58 | $0.12 | 11.60% | 10 | 35.60% | 3 |
| Nevada | 6.50% | $0.33 | $0.80 | $0.16 | 10.10% | 36 | 35.20% | 4 |
| Vermont | 6.00% | $0.20 | $1.79 | $0.27 | 14.10% | 1 | 35.10% | 5 |
| Rhode Island | 7.00% | $0.31 | $2.46 | $0.10 | 12.70% | 4 | 35.10% | 6 |
| Massachusetts | 5.00% | $0.24 | $1.51 | $0.11 | 10.60% | 28 | 34.40% | 7 |
| California | 7.30% | $0.46 | $0.87 | $0.20 | 11.50% | 12 | 34.30% | 8 |
| Washington | 6.5%* | $0.36 | $2.03 | $0.26 | 11.10% | 16 | 34.00% | 9 |
| Maine | 5.00% | $0.29 | $2.00 | $0.35 | 14.00% | 2 | 33.90% | 10 |
| Minnesota | 6.50% | $0.22 | $1.49 | $0.15 | 11.50% | 11 | 33.90% | 11 |
| Florida | 6.00% | $0.33 | $0.34 | $0.48 | 10.00% | 38 | 33.60% | 12 |
| Wisconsin | 5.00% | $0.33 | $1.77 | $0.06 | 12.30% | 7 | 33.30% | 13 |
| Illinois | 6.30% | $0.40 | $0.98 | $0.19 | 10.80% | 22 | 33.20% | 14 |
| Maryland | 6.00% | $0.24 | $2.00 | $0.09 | 10.80% | 23 | 33.10% | 15 |
| Hawaii | 4%* | $0.33 | $1.80 | $0.93 | 12.40% | 6 | 33.00% | 16 |
| Virginia | 5.00% | $0.20 | $0.30 | $0.26 | 10.20% | 33 | 32.90% | 17 |
| Ohio | 5.5%* | $0.28 | $1.25 | $0.18 | 12.40% | 5 | 32.40% | 18 |
| Wyoming | 4.00% | $0.14 | $0.60 | $0.02 | 9.50% | 42 | 32.10% | 19 |
| Pennsylvania | 6.00% | $0.32 | $1.35 | $0.08 | 10.80% | 24 | 31.90% | 20 |
| Michigan | 6.00% | $0.36 | $2.00 | $0.20 | 11.20% | 14 | 31.90% | 21 |
| Nebraska | 5.50% | $0.24 | $0.64 | $0.31 | 11.90% | 9 | 31.80% | 22 |
| Colorado | 2.90% | $0.22 | $0.84 | $0.08 | 10.40% | 30 | 31.80% | 23 |
| N. Carolina | 4.30% | $0.30 | $0.35 | $0.53 | 11.00% | 19 | 31.30% | 24 |
| Arizona | 5.6%* | $0.19 | $2.00 | $0.16 | 10.30% | 31 | 31.30% | 25 |
| Delaware | none* | $0.23 | $1.15 | $0.16 | 8.80% | 47 | 31.20% | 26 |
| Kansas | 5.30% | $0.25 | $0.79 | $0.18 | 11.20% | 15 | 31.00% | 27 |
| Georgia | 4.00% | $0.26 | $0.37 | $0.48 | 10.30% | 32 | 30.90% | 28 |
| New Hampshire | none* | $0.20 | $1.08 | $0.30 | 8.00% | 49 | 30.80% | 29 |
| Indiana | 6.00% | $0.32 | $1.00 | $0.12 | 10.70% | 25 | 30.80% | 30 |
| Oregon | none | $0.25 | $1.18 | $0.08 | 10.00% | 37 | 30.70% | 31 |
| Arkansas | 6.00% | $0.22 | $0.59 | $0.21 | 11.30% | 13 | 30.70% | 32 |
| Iowa | 5.00% | $0.22 | $1.36 | $0.19 | 11.00% | 18 | 30.60% | 33 |
| Kentucky | 6%* | $0.19 | $0.30 | $0.08 | 10.90% | 20 | 30.40% | 34 |
| S. Carolina | 6.00% | $0.17 | $0.07 | $0.77 | 10.70% | 26 | 30.30% | 35 |
| Utah | 4.70% | $0.25 | $0.70 | $0.41 | 10.70% | 27 | 30.30% | 36 |
| N. Dakota | 5.00% | $0.23 | $0.44 | $0.16 | 9.90% | 39 | 30.20% | 37 |
| Missouri | 4.20% | $0.18 | $0.17 | $0.06 | 10.10% | 34 | 30.20% | 38 |
| Montana | none | $0.28 | $1.70 | $0.14 | 9.70% | 41 | 29.80% | 39 |
| West Virginia | 6.00% | $0.32 | $0.55 | $0.18 | 10.90% | 21 | 29.80% | 40 |
| Texas | 6.25%* | $0.20 | $1.41 | $0.19 | 9.30% | 43 | 29.80% | 41 |
| Idaho | 6.00% | $0.25 | $0.57 | $0.15 | 10.10% | 35 | 29.60% | 42 |
| S. Dakota | 4.00% | $0.24 | $1.53 | $0.27 | 9.00% | 44 | 29.30% | 43 |
| Louisiana | 4.00% | $0.20 | $0.36 | $0.32 | 11.00% | 17 | 29.10% | 44 |
| New Mexico | 5.00% | $0.18 | $0.91 | $0.41 | 9.80% | 40 | 28.80% | 45 |
| Tennessee | 7.00% | $0.21 | $0.62 | $0.14 | 8.50% | 48 | 28.80% | 46 |
| Mississippi | 7.00% | $0.19 | $0.18 | $0.43 | 10.50% | 29 | 28.10% | 47 |
| Alaska | none | $0.08 | $2.00 | $1.07 | 6.60% | 50 | 28.10% | 48 |
| Alabama | 4.00% | $0.20 | $0.43 | $1.05 | 8.80% | 46 | 28.00% | 49 |
| Oklahoma | 4.50% | $0.17 | $1.03 | $0.40 | 9.00% | 45 | 27.80% | 50 |
| *State collects Gross Receipts Tax applied before retail level. | ||||||||