282 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI
TasLE 86: PersonAL Income Taxes LEviep! in Missouri,
1928
Source: Biennial Report of the State Auditor, 1927-1928
Computed by National Industrial Conference Board
County
Number
of
Incomes
Net Income
Taxes Levied
Per Per Per
Cent | Cent | Cent
| Aver-y Per |of Totaljof Total|of Total
age Tax| Capita | Nym- | Taxes | State
fLevied ! Levy | per of | Levied Popula-Yanramaclin
Statel tion
Groun 1
Buchanan. . ..
Greene. ......
Jackson. .....
St. Louis. ....
St. Louis City.
Total, group!
2,308,
35,094
12,6
61.97
oT, 485 47
2,996,
61,028,9%
32,277.61:
137475 40¢
$64,854.65), 4.0 65 | 5.2
29,966.05] 17.94 1.29 | L.70
610,289.50] 17.201 1.32 25.89
322,776.19] S50 152 032
1.134.754.06] 18.34" 1.40 45.64
+42 640.45] 18.58] 1.34! 85.87
Yul z./
120, 2.2
25.27] 12.4
12.42 5.3
47.16] 22.7
89.89] 45.3
“4,36!
12948
Group 17
Boone....... wu 1,440,5.
Cape Grardeas] 50% 603,857
Cole.........I 106% 1,298,527
jasper........| 1,719, 3,486,232
Marion.......| 1,23¢€ 1,266,764
Pettis. ....... 85” 10180
Randolph..... 63¢ &¢
St. Charles... . 68° 61:
Total, group 111 7,772" 10,417,296
14,405.0..
6,038.57
12,985.27
34,862.32
12,667.64
10,150 07
Pn
6.15%
2.1
12,03
12.19
20.28
9,48
0 /
019
0 44
0.47
1.78
LQ
ATE Oe, wu
n.37( 0.25 0.
0.79| 0.54] 0.8
1.26] 1.45 2.1
0.99 0.53 0.9
r43l 0.42 1.0
0.29! 0.7
0.25" 0.7
x
J Im
104 172.96" 15.
i 0.36
570 432 80
Group IIT
Total, all other =
counties. . . | 40 osm) 139,095.99] 12.16] 0.08 | 8.44) 5.78| 46.7
Grand total. .|135,577]240,590,940(2,405,909.40| 17.75] 0.67 1100.00(100.00] 100.0
1 Exclusive of penalties and delinquent taxes. TT
sonal incomes assessed in the state, although they represented
only 28%, of the population of the state.
When the data for Jackson County are added to those for
St. Louis County and St. Louis City, it is found that these
three jurisdictions accounted for approximately 869, of the
total personal income taxes levied and 80.9% of the total
number of incomes assessed in the state. The group I
counties, which include Buchanan and Greene Counties, in
addition to the three that have been considered, accounted
for 89.99, of the total personal income taxes levied and
85.897, of the total number of incomes assessed in the state,
