January 9, 2006
by Dylan Skriloff
Studies indicate that a net of 1.4 million native-born Americans moved residence from a state with income taxes to the nine states with no income taxes, said Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder in a recent article that appeared in the nonpartisan Heartland Institute.
The study tracked changes in population between April 1, 2000 and June 30, 2004. Vedder said the shift of approximately 310,000 residents per year continues a trend started in the 1990’s.
"From 1990 to the present, about 4.6 million persons have fled the income tax states," he said.
The anti-tax migration applies to all levels of taxation, he said, pointing out that in the 1990’s the 10 states with lowest total state and local tax burdens had an in-migration of 2,845,700 residents while the 10 states with the highest state and local tax burdens saw an out-migration of 2,151,300.
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New York’s tax burdens are among the highest in the 50 states and its overall population growth between April 2000 and April 2003 was only 213,294, or 1.1 percent. That ranks 44th in the nation and well below the national average of 3.3 percent.
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