What cities have the highest sales tax?


While the highest state-level sales tax in the USA is 7%, thousands of municipal governments (including cities and counties) charge an additional local-option sales tax on top of the state rate. This means that some cities have tax rates that can be significantly higher than their state's sales tax rate.

This table lists cities and towns with the highest sales tax rates in the United States. Arkansas accounts for the majority of the top-ten highest taxed cities in the USA, with many cities collecting combined state and local sales taxes of 11% or more. Other states with cities in the top-50 include Louisiana, Colorado, Arizona, and Oklahoma.


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Rank State Name City Name County Name Tax Region Sales Tax Rate
1 Louisiana Monroe Ouachita Parish Ouachita 13.5%
2 Louisiana Sterlington Ouachita Parish Ouachita 13.5%
3 Louisiana Sulphur Calcasieu Parish Hope Edd Sp 12.75%
4 Louisiana Ruston Lincoln Parish Lincoln 12.75%
5 Louisiana Sulphur Calcasieu Parish Executive Edd Sp 12.75%
6 Louisiana Westlake Calcasieu Parish Westlake Opportunity District 12.75%
7 Arkansas Gillham Sevier County Gillham 12.625%
8 Louisiana Opelousas St Landry Parish St Landry 12.55%
9 Louisiana Sunset St Landry Parish St Landry 12.55%
10 Louisiana Minden Webster Parish Minden Edd 2 Sp 12.5%
11 Alabama Arab Marshall County Arab 12.5%
12 Louisiana Minden Webster Parish Minden Edd 1 Sp 12.5%
13 Arkansas Fayetteville Washington County Greenland 12.25%
14 Arkansas West Fork Washington County Greenland 12.25%
15 Missouri Saint Ann St Louis County Saint Ann Adie St Charles Rock Road Cid Sp 12.238%
16 Alabama Calera Shelby County Calera 12%
17 Alabama Oneonta Blount County Altoona 12%
18 Louisiana New Orleans Orleans Parish Riverwalk Outlets Edd 12%
19 Louisiana Farmerville Farmerville 12%
20 Louisiana Iowa Calcasieu Parish Iowa Lacassine Edd 12%
21 Louisiana Jonesville Catahoula Parish Jonesville 12%
22 Alabama Altoona Etowah County Altoona 12%
23 Louisiana Lake Providence East Carroll Parish Lake Providence 12%
24 Louisiana Welsh Jefferson Davis Parish Welsh Edd 1 12%
25 Louisiana Bernice Union Parish Bernice 12%
26 Louisiana Roanoke Jefferson Davis Parish Roanoke Edd 12%
27 Louisiana West Monroe Ouachita Parish West Monroe Riverfront Edd 11.99%
28 Louisiana West Monroe Ouachita Parish West Monroe Edd 11.99%
29 Missouri Hazelwood St Louis County Hazelwood 11.988%
30 Missouri Kansas City Jackson County Kansas City 1200 Main Tl 11.975%
31 Louisiana Lake Charles Calcasieu Parish Lakefront Edd Sp 11.75%
32 Louisiana Lake Charles Calcasieu Parish Morganfield Edd Sp 11.75%
33 Louisiana Saint Joseph Tensas Parish St Joseph 11.75%
34 Arizona Florence Pinal County Pinal 11.7%
35 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis County Saint Louis Cb5421 Tdd Tl 11.679%
36 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City Saint Louis Hampton Berthold Tdd Tr 11.679%
37 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City Saint Louis 1831 2000 Sidney Street Tdd Tl 11.679%
38 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City Saint Louis Loop Tr Td Tl 11.679%
39 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City Saint Louis Food Hub Tr 11.679%
40 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City St Louis Euclid Buck Tl 11.679%
41 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City Saint Louis North Broadway Carrie Cid Sp 11.679%
42 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City Saint Louis Union Station Tdd Tl 11.679%
43 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City Saint Louis Convention Center Hotel 3 Community Improvement District Sl 11.679%
44 Missouri Saint Louis St Louis City St Louis Ballpark Cid Sp 11.679%
45 Louisiana Zwolle Sabine Parish Zwolle 11.625%
46 Missouri Arnold Jefferson County Arnold Ridgecrest Community Improvement District Sp 11.6%
47 Louisiana Denham Springs Livingston Parish Juban Crossing Edd Sp 11.5%
48 Kansas Leavenworth Leavenworth County Leavenworth First Hotel Cid Sp 11.5%
49 Louisiana Zachary East Baton Rouge Parish Zachary 11.5%
50 Illinois Harvey Cook County Harvey 11.5%
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