The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government reported yesterday that state tax revenues increased for the sixth consecutive quarter, up 10.8% for the second quarter of 2011:

• Corporate income tax:  +19.1%
• Personal income tax:   +16.5%
• Sales tax:  +2.9%

The largest increase was in the Mid-Atlantic (+14.9%); the smallest increase was in the Southeast (+7.1%). State tax revenues rose in 49 states. Here are the states with the ten biggest increases in tax revenues, as well as the states with the smallest increases in tax revenues:

1	Alaska	92.1%
2	North Dakota	55.0%
3	Illinois	27.1%
4	Kansas	25.4%
5	Arizona	20.8%
6	New Jersey	20.8%
7	New York	20.4%
8	New Mexico	18.2%
9	Louisiana	15.4%
10	Oklahoma	15.2%
	United States	10.8%
41	Wisconsin	5.4%
42	Florida	4.0%
43	Mississippi	3.6%
44	Tennessee	3.2%
45	Maine	3.1%
46	Georgia	3.0%
47	Missouri	2.4%
48	Washington	0.6%
49	Pennsylvania	0.5%
50	New Hampshire	(7.9%)