Sales Tax Comparision for 10 East Texas Towns
Data source: State Comptrollers Office
	Marshall	Kilgore	Tyler	Lufkin	Longview	Palestine	Jefferson	Paris	Carthage	Nacogdoches	Marshall
Sales Tax Rate	0.02	0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	0.015	0.02	0.01	0.02
2004 Sales Tax Collected	$               6,092,197.66	$    5,395,591.41	$     28,259,104.17	$    9,176,801.00	$     20,159,976.77	$    4,458,017.35	$     483,552.57	$    5,826,012.31	$    2,323,022.66	$    4,285,282.24	$    6,092,197.66
Taxable Sales for 2004	$            304,609,883.00	$359,706,094.00	$1,883,940,278.00	$611,786,733.33	$1,343,998,451.33	$297,201,156.67	$32,236,838.00	$388,400,820.67	$116,151,133.00	$428,528,224.00	$304,609,883.00
Sales Tax per Capita using 1 Cent Sales Tax Rate
	Marshall	Kilgore	Tyler	Lufkin	Longview	Palestine	Jefferson	Paris	Carthage	Nacogdoches	Marshall
Sales Tax Receipts Based on normalizied 1% rate	$               3,046,098.83	$    3,597,060.94	$     18,839,402.78	$    6,117,867.33	$     13,439,984.51	$    2,972,011.57	$     322,368.38	$    3,884,008.21	$    1,161,511.33	$    4,285,282.24	$    3,046,098.83
Sales Tax per Capita using the 2000 Census and 1 Cent Sales Tax Rate
Ranking	10th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	6th	7th	8th	5th	9th	10th
	Marshall	Kilgore	Tyler	Lufkin	Longview	Palestine	Jefferson	Paris	Carthage	Nacogdoches	Marshall
2000 Census	23,935	11,301	83,650	32,709	73,344	17,598	2,024	25,898	6,664	29,914	23,935
Sales Tax Receipts Based on 1% sales tax and taxable sales	$               3,046,098.83	$    3,597,060.94	$     18,839,402.78	$    6,117,867.33	$     13,439,984.51	$    2,972,011.57	$     322,368.38	$    3,884,008.21	$    1,161,511.33	$    4,285,282.24	$    3,046,098.83
Sales Tax per capita based on all Cities Using the same 1% rate and 2000 Census	$                        127.27	$             318.30	$               225.22	$             187.04	$               183.25	$             168.88	$           159.27	$             149.97	$             174.30	$             143.25	$             127.27