Federal income tax returns by state

Name: Federal income tax returns by state (United States)
Creator: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright

Individual federal income tax returns filed for tax year 2023 by state of the filer's address: number of returns, average adjusted gross income (AGI) and average income tax per return, and the shares of returns claiming the earned income tax credit (EITC), itemizing deductions, reporting business or professional income, and reporting taxable Social Security benefits. Averages and shares are derived by Quadranac from IRS Statistics of Income counts and amounts.

Reference period: 2023
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

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Individual income tax returns, 2023, sorted high to low. 51 areas ranked by Individual income tax returns. Highest: California (18.48M); lowest: Wyoming (282k). Full data in the table below.Source: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income.

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United States	159,949,000	95,243	14,129	15	2,717	9.3	19.2	16
Alabama	2,140,840	77,823	9,615	20.3	3,124	7.6	19.9	17.5
Alaska	347,930	90,076	12,108	11.3	2,370	5.4	17.2	14.3
Arizona	3,391,030	89,405	12,405	15.3	2,764	8.6	17.8	17.4
Arkansas	1,292,190	79,492	10,128	20.5	2,982	5.8	19	17.2
California	18,482,300	110,960	18,274	13.8	2,499	14.8	19.6	13.4
Colorado	3,086,830	101,760	15,275	10.2	2,306	11.2	19	13.9
Connecticut	1,822,410	121,733	21,776	11.1	2,462	10.9	18.5	17.7
Delaware	507,390	87,971	11,614	13.7	2,678	9.5	15.9	21.6
District of Columbia	348,640	143,300	27,290	12.6	2,555	19.8	19.7	8.6
Florida	11,218,030	98,081	15,745	19.1	2,651	8.1	25.6	17.3
Georgia	4,881,840	84,221	11,727	20.6	3,058	11.7	26.1	13.8
Hawaii	695,470	84,322	10,790	12.1	2,376	11.4	17	18.3
Idaho	884,660	86,033	10,775	12.6	2,484	8.3	17.5	17.9
Illinois	6,100,250	99,263	14,955	13.5	2,751	8.5	17.2	15.9
Indiana	3,241,920	78,924	9,794	14.7	2,708	5.4	14.9	17.2
Iowa	1,482,000	86,119	10,664	12	2,577	5.9	15	19.9
Kansas	1,366,100	85,803	11,290	12.9	2,633	6.6	15.9	18.3
Kentucky	1,980,840	73,762	8,796	18	2,734	5.3	16.7	16.8
Louisiana	1,932,540	73,322	9,399	24	3,239	5.9	23.9	14.7
Maine	712,110	80,888	10,247	11.3	2,228	5.9	17.1	19.8
Maryland	3,100,200	100,608	14,708	12.3	2,594	19.3	22.4	15.3
Massachusetts	3,595,730	121,181	20,435	9.6	2,328	11.8	17.4	15.9
Michigan	4,872,330	81,709	10,681	14.3	2,783	5.9	16.5	19.3
Minnesota	2,902,640	94,936	12,995	10	2,410	8.6	15.3	17.9
Mississippi	1,229,590	65,863	7,504	26.7	3,232	6.4	22.5	16.2
Missouri	2,870,290	83,389	11,010	14.8	2,714	6.2	16.7	18.1
Montana	553,910	85,142	11,352	11.7	2,324	8.1	17.7	19.3
Nebraska	951,450	87,477	11,263	12.1	2,574	6.1	15.4	16.9
Nevada	1,564,590	95,528	14,339	15.8	2,645	8.9	18.9	14.9
New Hampshire	732,250	108,721	16,476	7.9	2,107	7.9	15.7	20.2
New Jersey	4,654,080	111,864	18,321	12	2,603	12.9	19.2	16
New Mexico	980,620	69,542	8,250	18.5	2,654	5.9	15.1	17.1
New York	9,789,330	107,450	18,604	15.1	2,596	9.7	18.9	15.2
North Carolina	4,923,710	84,870	11,314	16.7	2,790	8	19.5	16.7
North Dakota	371,320	98,230	13,590	10.6	2,453	4.8	15.3	17.8
Ohio	5,678,870	80,489	10,381	14.4	2,768	5.2	15.8	17.2
Oklahoma	1,702,930	77,287	9,561	18.8	2,854	6.6	18.8	16.6
Oregon	2,067,600	87,932	11,552	11.2	2,244	12	15.7	18.1
Pennsylvania	6,301,140	90,857	12,727	13	2,586	6.9	14.7	19
Rhode Island	570,860	87,336	12,024	12.2	2,482	8.1	16.4	16.8
South Carolina	2,487,890	80,554	10,495	17.7	2,847	7.6	19.3	18.7
South Dakota	444,890	90,778	12,329	11.9	2,464	4.7	15.7	19.5
Tennessee	3,259,560	86,869	12,424	17	2,835	6.1	21	16.4
Texas	13,671,450	92,870	13,903	19.4	3,053	7.8	24.4	12
Utah	1,542,530	94,540	12,471	10.9	2,453	13.3	17.5	12.7
Vermont	335,140	83,766	10,903	10.1	2,095	5.7	18.1	20
Virginia	4,168,070	102,403	15,128	12.9	2,640	13.2	19.3	16.5
Washington	3,781,890	114,848	17,881	9.8	2,363	11.8	14.6	16.8
West Virginia	777,490	68,156	7,553	16.3	2,588	3.3	12.3	20.2
Wisconsin	2,944,630	86,578	11,240	10.6	2,480	6	13.4	19.7
Wyoming	282,340	110,694	17,383	11.3	2,416	5.5	17.3	19.7

Source: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv). Reference period: 2023.

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Source agency: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income
Dataset: SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv)
Table: Federal income tax returns by state
Data last updated: 2026-11-09
Page: https://quadranac.com/tables/us-tax-returns/

Federal income tax returns by state (United States, 2023). Data: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv). Retrieved 2026-11-09 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-tax-returns/