Sales taxes dominate state revenue collections

For decades, the share of taxes collected from sales gradually declined while the property-tax share increased. But sales taxes bounced back after 2000, when property-tax increases were restricted by law.

Taxes:
Property
Sales
License
Other
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NOTE: No data for 1949
Source: U.S. Census
GARLAND POTTS / THE SEATTLE TIMES