Most states saw tax revenues fall in 2010, but Hawaii was an anomaly. The Aloha State’s tax collections actually rose.
Nationally, Hawaii had the fifth highest tax revenue jump, increasing collections 2.66 percent from $4.20 billion in 2009 to $4.36 billion in 2010, according to a U.S. Census report.
A number of factors could be behind the increase: a slightly larger state population, more people doing business in Hawaii or from new taxes levied by the Legislature, or a combination of the three.
The screenshot below shows where Hawaii ranks among the states in terms of increasing tax revenue in 2010:
As a whole, tax revenues in the United States fell 2 percent. State governments collected $704.6 billion in taxes in fiscal year 2010, down from $718.9 billion in fiscal year 2009.
