Income and Poverty - Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Earned Income Tax Credit
(2013)
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Name | Percent returns receiving EITC 2014 Rank | Percent returns receiving EITC 2014 | Total returns receiving EITC 2014 | Total returns filed 2014 | Sum of EITC received 2014 | Average credit per EITC return 2014 |
Mississippi | 1 | 34.0 | 388,182 | 1,142,891 | 1,095,248,059 | 2,821 |
Louisiana | 2 | 28.6 | 515,450 | 1,805,273 | 1,416,218,403 | 2,748 |
Georgia | 3 | 27.9 | 1,084,450 | 3,889,604 | 2,928,071,249 | 2,700 |
Alabama | 4 | 27.4 | 512,660 | 1,873,230 | 1,403,171,318 | 2,737 |
Arkansas | 5 | 26.9 | 300,208 | 1,117,405 | 767,759,499 | 2,557 |
New Mexico | 6 | 25.9 | 212,820 | 822,599 | 513,127,884 | 2,411 |
South Carolina | 7 | 25.5 | 491,325 | 1,926,649 | 1,232,559,485 | 2,509 |
Florida | 8 | 25.1 | 2,087,144 | 8,307,756 | 5,131,942,386 | 2,459 |
Texas | 9 | 24.7 | 2,610,188 | 10,553,907 | 6,957,579,004 | 2,666 |
Tennessee | 10 | 24.3 | 653,534 | 2,687,386 | 1,631,808,857 | 2,497 |
North Carolina | 11 | 23.4 | 924,937 | 3,949,860 | 2,281,311,301 | 2,466 |
Kentucky | 12 | 23.0 | 406,043 | 1,767,035 | 955,171,246 | 2,352 |
Oklahoma | 13 | 22.9 | 334,473 | 1,462,152 | 820,787,104 | 2,454 |
Arizona | 14 | 22.3 | 561,608 | 2,516,772 | 1,423,631,203 | 2,535 |
Idaho | 15 | 21.1 | 133,659 | 633,969 | 305,712,191 | 2,287 |
West Virginia | 16 | 21.0 | 156,865 | 746,233 | 347,260,721 | 2,214 |
Nevada | 17 | 20.7 | 241,452 | 1,166,541 | 574,628,406 | 2,380 |
New York | 18 | 20.3 | 1,754,997 | 8,661,033 | 4,051,590,963 | 2,309 |
Missouri | 19 | 20.2 | 515,835 | 2,550,488 | 1,227,794,076 | 2,380 |
California | 20 | 20.2 | 3,056,951 | 15,166,197 | 7,266,476,824 | 2,377 |
Indiana | 21 | 19.2 | 555,681 | 2,890,789 | 1,305,540,716 | 2,349 |
Michigan | 22 | 18.7 | 817,212 | 4,363,272 | 1,954,329,690 | 2,391 |
Ohio | 23 | 18.4 | 957,926 | 5,209,928 | 2,268,283,417 | 2,368 |
Hawaii | 24 | 18.0 | 109,016 | 606,001 | 237,727,136 | 2,181 |
Delaware | 25 | 18.0 | 73,007 | 405,936 | 168,778,073 | 2,312 |
Montana | 26 | 18.0 | 79,390 | 441,615 | 166,947,690 | 2,103 |
Illinois | 27 | 17.9 | 1,012,292 | 5,668,216 | 2,472,209,958 | 2,442 |
Utah | 28 | 17.8 | 193,551 | 1,088,661 | 449,567,948 | 2,323 |
Kansas | 29 | 17.4 | 212,915 | 1,225,730 | 492,336,104 | 2,312 |
Virginia | 30 | 17.4 | 609,666 | 3,512,234 | 1,396,562,025 | 2,291 |
Rhode Island | 31 | 17.3 | 83,384 | 482,982 | 188,747,974 | 2,264 |
Oregon | 32 | 17.2 | 276,496 | 1,609,875 | 582,242,396 | 2,106 |
Maine | 33 | 17.1 | 101,226 | 592,935 | 206,517,084 | 2,040 |
South Dakota | 34 | 16.9 | 65,078 | 384,716 | 140,213,641 | 2,155 |
Nebraska | 35 | 16.3 | 135,532 | 829,073 | 308,319,068 | 2,275 |
Pennsylvania | 36 | 16.0 | 928,975 | 5,800,720 | 2,031,209,348 | 2,187 |
Colorado | 37 | 15.9 | 353,965 | 2,228,385 | 772,113,464 | 2,181 |
Maryland | 38 | 15.8 | 413,604 | 2,609,517 | 951,070,545 | 2,299 |
Iowa | 39 | 15.4 | 210,529 | 1,365,949 | 459,900,134 | 2,184 |
Alaska | 40 | 15.2 | 47,890 | 315,843 | 98,542,931 | 2,058 |
Washington | 41 | 15.0 | 443,711 | 2,961,623 | 955,330,699 | 2,153 |
New Jersey | 42 | 15.0 | 589,233 | 3,939,786 | 1,344,594,636 | 2,282 |
Vermont | 43 | 14.9 | 44,825 | 300,475 | 85,036,808 | 1,897 |
Wyoming | 44 | 14.9 | 38,230 | 256,476 | 78,450,732 | 2,052 |
Wisconsin | 45 | 14.7 | 388,994 | 2,653,810 | 844,409,822 | 2,171 |
Minnesota | 46 | 13.8 | 341,803 | 2,475,726 | 727,916,997 | 2,130 |
Connecticut | 47 | 13.6 | 218,500 | 1,600,777 | 467,445,589 | 2,139 |
Massachusetts | 48 | 13.2 | 402,635 | 3,048,459 | 826,000,064 | 2,051 |
North Dakota | 49 | 12.4 | 42,206 | 339,036 | 86,765,608 | 2,056 |
New Hampshire | 50 | 12.4 | 78,561 | 633,514 | 151,609,993 | 1,930 |
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