Virginia’s budget increased cumulatively more than pop+inf in state funds and all funds from 2014-23, meaning taxes are higher than the average taxpayer can afford.
- The 2023 state funds budget is $10.4 billion higher than it would have been had spending grown at the rate of population growth plus inflation over the past decade.
- Because the state funds budget grew faster than population growth plus inflation for the last ten years, the state spent and taxed $39.1 billion too much.
- The 2023 all funds budget is $23.4 billion higher than it would have been had spending grown at the rate of population growth plus inflation over the past decade.
- Because the all funds budget grew faster than population growth plus inflation over the past decade, the state spent and taxed $91.1 billion too much.
State Funds Budget Data
- Estimated FY 2024 Only State Funds Budget ($ Billions): $57.03
- FY 2025 Only State Funds Budget Limit ($ Billions): $60.26
- FY 2025 Only State Funds Budget Limit Growth ($ Billions): 5.66%
- Cost per person of state funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: $1,197
- Cost per family of 4 of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: $4,790
- Cumulative cost per person of state funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: $4,486
- Cumulative cost per family of 4 of state funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: $17,945
State All Funds Budget Data
- Estimated FY 2024 All Funds Budget ($ Billions): $82.62
- FY 2025 All Funds Budget Limit ($ Billions): $87.29
- FY 2025 All Funds Budget Limit Growth ($ Billions): 5.66%
- Cost per person of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: 2,685
- Cost per family of 4 of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2023 budget: 10,739
- Cumulative cost per person of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: 10,456
- Cumulative cost per family of 4 of all funds budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade from 2014-23: 41,825
Other Considerations
- Economic Freedom of North America (2021) (Rank): 11 [Fraser Institute]
- Economic Freedom (2022) (Rank): 18 [Cato Institute]
- Fiscal Policy (2022) (Rank): 25 [Cato Institute]
- Regulatory Policy (2022) (Rank): 18 [Cato Institute]
- State Tax Collections Per Capita (FY2021) ($): $3,741 [Tax Foundation]
- State Tax Collections Per Capita (FY2021) (Rank): 23 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Total Tax Burden per Capita (2022) ($): $7,979 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Tax Burden per Capita (2022) (%): 12.50% [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Tax Burden per Capita (2022) (Rank): 43 [Tax Foundation]
- Top Income Tax Rate (2024) (%): 5.75% [Tax Foundation]
- Top Income Tax Rate (2024) (Rank): 30 [Tax Foundation]
- Flat/Progressive/Zero Income Tax (2024): P [Tax Foundation]
- Overall State Business Tax Climate Index (2024)(Rank): 25 [Tax Foundation]
- Top Corporate Income Tax Rate (2024) (%): 6.00% [Tax Foundation]
- Top Corporate Income Tax Rate (2024) (Rank): 25 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Sales Tax Rate (2024) (%): 5.75% [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Sales Tax Rate (2024) (Rank): 10 [Tax Foundation]
- Property Taxes Paid as a Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Value (2021) (%): 0.87% [Tax Foundation]
- Property Taxes Paid as a Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Value (2021) (Rank): 28 [Tax Foundation]
- Economic Outlook (2024) (Rank): 22 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Economic Performance Rankings, 2012-2022 (2024) (Rank): 28 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Tax and Expenditure Limit (0-3): 0 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Tax and Expenditure Limit (Rank): 32 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Right-to-Work Law (2022) (Y/N): Y [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- State-Local Spending per Capita (2022) ($): $12,266 [US Government Spending]
- State-Local Spending per Capita (2022) (Rank): 24 [US Government Spending]
- Official Poverty Rate (2020-22) (%): 8.6 [Census Bureau]
- Official Poverty Rate (2020-22) (Rank): 12 [Census Bureau]
- Supplemental Poverty Rate (2020-22) (%): 8.4 [Census Bureau]
- Supplemental Poverty Rate (2020-22) (Rank): 25 [Census Bureau]
- Labor Force Participation Rate (Dec 2023) (%): 66.90% [Bureau of Labor Statistics]
- Labor Force Participation Rate (Dec 2023) (Rank): 8 [Bureau of Labor Statistics]