Texas #12 Sales Tax Rate. 5 Keys from the Rankings to Know.

• Texas #12 ranking is for its combined average local and state sales tax of 8.17%
• #1 is Tennessee at 9.46%
• #46 is Alaska at 1.78% (including D.C.)
• The highest local sales tax rate is Louisiana at 5.01% local sales tax
• 4 states have no statewide sales tax: NH, DE, MT, and OR.

Tax Foundation | State and Local Sales Tax Rates in 2016