Rank of Maine, Government Revenue and Spending

YEAR RANK MAINE U.S.1 Federal Aid Federal Aid Per Capita 1988 12 $551 n.a. 2007 11 $1,936 n.a. 2009 9 $2,559 n.a. Local Government Local Taxes Per Capita 1996 15 $1,074 n.a. 2008 22 $1,616 $1,777 Property Taxes, as % of Local Taxes 1991 5 98.6% 75.7% 2008 1 98.7% 72.3% Property Taxes as % of Personal Income 1996 3 5.4% n.a. 2008 7 4.6% 3.5% Property Tax Per Capita 19904 16 $722 $626 2008 10 $1,596 $1,286 State & Local Employees Per 10,000 Population 1999 27 555 539 2009 20 581 571 State & Local Taxes Per Capita 1995 19 $2,466 n.a. 1996 16 $2,600 n.a. 2008 15 $4,466 $4,309 State & Local Taxes as Percent of Personal Income 1996 6 12.9% n.a. 20104 14 13.0% 11.8% –   –   –   –   – Rank 1 = Highest Amount or Percent

YEAR RANK MAINE U.S.1 State Government Employees Per 10,000 Pop. 1990 28 179 154 2000 28 161 145 2007 24 220 143 2010 26 159 142 Employee Pay Ave. FTE 20019 24 $38,697 $42,250 2010 31 $48,092 $53,669 Revenue Per Capita 1990 19 $2,643 $2,515 1999 16 $4,699 $4,236 State Taxes Per Capita2 1997 22 $1,626 $1,660 2000 14 $2,087 $1,921 2010 10 $1,850 $1,619 Expenditures Per Capita 1999 21 $3,883 $3,668 1996 40 $571 n.a. State Sales Tax Rate 1992 6 6% 6% 20103 31 5% 5.6% State Sales Tax Per Capita 2000 18 $934 $898 2010 45 $745 $747 Individual Income Tax Percent of Personal Income 1996 15 2.8% n.a. Per Capita 1996 40 $571 n.a. 20002 15 $845 $692 2010 19 $981 $935 Corporate Income Tax Per Capita 1996 15 $57 n.a. 2000 18 $118 $115 2010 22 $132 $280 See also articles on the State Budget and on State Employees

¹U.S. means “average of all U.S. states.

²Total of State sales, individual income, and corporate income taxes

³Maine was in a 4-way tie; rank and average rate of the 44 states with a sales tax

⁴ 2008 taxes, 2010 per capita income

Sources are primarily U.S. Census. n.a. = not available or not applicable.

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State Emplotee Pay 2010 from http://www.census.gov/govs/apes/ “Data by government function for each state government”

The New York Times 2002 Almanac. New York: Penguin. 2001

Philip M. Dearborn. “Local Property Taxes: Emerging Trends.” Intergovernmental Perspective. Summer, 1993.

1993 Information Please Almanac. Houghton Mifflin. New York. 1992.

Kendra and Harold Hovey. CQ’s State Fact Finder 2000. Washington, DC. CQ Press. 2000.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Fedgazette. September, 2001.

Las Vegas Review-Journal. May 18, 2003.Citing U.S. Census as the source. FTE=Full Time Equivalent position. Internet site accessed February 19, 2004: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/May-18-Sun-2003/news/21349243.html

U.S. Bureau of the Census, Public Employment Series. Cited by the Utah Foundation. Internet site accessed February 19, 2004: http://www.utahfoundation.org/o/stat_review/section_c/uf%20stat%20review%20table%20c5%200101.pdf

Maine Municipal Association. Legislative Bulletin. February 13, 2004. p. 5.

The Public Policy Institute of New York State, Inc. Citing U.S. Census data. Internet site accessed February 19, 2004: http://www.bcnys.org/ppi/trail3.htm

State Rankings — Statistical Abstract of the United States. FEDERAL AID TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PER CAPITA, 2007. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/state_local_govt_finances_employment.html (accessed March 5, 2012)