The Tax Foundation reports today that state tax revenues fell 8.9% in 2009 from 2008, with 45 states collecting less tax revenues.  (In contrast, federal tax revenues fell 16.6% in 2009.)  State revenues fell in four of the five taxes:

1. Property Tax: +3.6%
2. Selective Sales Tax: -2.7%
3. General Sales Tax: -5.5%
4. Individual Income Tax: -12.5
5. Corporate Income Tax: -23.1%

Overall state tax revenues increased in only five states:

1. South Dakota: 0.9%
2. Iowa: 1.3%
3. Oregon: 1.9%
4. North Dakota: 4.3%
5. Wyoming: 13.9%

The states with the biggest tax revenue declines were:

1. Alaska: 51.9%
2. Arizona: 19.7%
3. South Carolina: 16.8%
4. New Mixico: 15.1%
5. California: 15.0%
6. Idaho: 14.1%
7. Virginia: 12.8%
8. Connecticut: 12.1%
9. New Jersey: 11.9%
10. Utah: 11.9%
11. Georgia: 11.7%
12. Massacusetts: 11.7%
13. Florida: 11.5%
14. North Carolina: 10.6%
15. Colorado: 10.3%
16. Tennessee: 10.0%