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Projected marijuana tax revenues*
State Tax Revenue
(in millions)
Alabama 8.9
Alaska 2.8
Arizona 13.0
Arkansas 6.7
California 105.4
Colorado 17.6
Connecticut 9.8
Delaware 2.4
District of Columbia 2.8
Florida 48.2
Georgia 19.3
Hawaii 4.0
Idaho 3.3
Illinois 31.6
Indiana 17.8
Iowa 6.2
Kansas 6.6
Kentucky 10.2
Louisiana 13.0
Maine 4.1
Maryland 13.9
Massachusetts 18.4
Michigan 32.4
Minnesota 14.3
Mississippi 6.6
Missouri 15.6
Montana 3.6
Nebraska 5.0
Nevada 7.9
New Hampshire 5.6
New Jersey 19.3
New Mexico 4.9
New York 65.5
North Carolina 20.6
North Dakota 1.6
Ohio 34.8
Oklahoma 8.3
Oregon 14.1
Pennsylvania 30.5
Rhode Island 4.6
South Carolina 9.1
South Dakota 2.0
Tennessee 12.2
Texas 46.6
Utah 4.7
Vermont 2.8
Virginia 20.9
Washington 22.0
West Virginia 4.1
Wisconsin 13.4
Wyoming 1.2
* Revenues based on state-by-state marijuana consumption, assuming pot were legalized. Source: Prof. Jeffrey Miron, "Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibitions," June 2005.


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