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(CNSNews.com) – The Tax Foundation has ranked the states by their state income tax rates and among the highest are California, Hawaii, and Oregon.
On a U.S. map, the Tax Foundation shows that the following 10 states (and counting the District of Columbia) have the highest individual income tax rates in 2014:
California, 13.3%
Hawaii, 11.0%
Oregon, 9.9%
Minnesota, 9.85%
Iowa, 8.98%
New Jersey, 8.97%
District of Columbia, 8.95%
Vermont, 8.95%
New York, 8.82%
Maine, 7.95%

(Image courtesy of the Tax Foundation, taxfoundation.org/maps)
Among those states, seven are headed by Democrat governors (and one Democrat mayor for D.C.) – California, Oregon, Minnesota, Hawaii, District of Columbia, Vermont, and New York – and three are headed by Republican governors -- Iowa, New Jersey and Maine.
Seven states – Florida, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada, Washington and Alaska – have no state individual income taxes.