Nonpayers By State, 2010
Total Returns
Returns with Income Tax Liability
Returns with No Income Tax Liability
Nonpayers
Rank
MISSISSIPPI 1283495 712035 571460 44.5% 1
GEORGIA 4589611 2639561 1950050 42.5% 2
ALABAMA 2102251 1254979 847272 40.3% 3
FLORIDA 9631252 5879430 3751822 39.0% 4
ARKANSAS 1224333 748945 475388 38.8% 5
SOUTH CAROLINA 2051823 1255957 795866 38.8% 6
NEW MEXICO 913001 560068 352933 38.7% 7
IDAHO 663291 407579 255712 38.6% 8
TEXAS 10995576 6760829 4234747 38.5% 9
UTAH 1134626 699598 435028 38.3% 10
LOUISIANA 1990904 1232305 758599 38.1% 11
NORTH CAROLINA 4202766 2610119 1592647 37.9% 12
TENNESSEE 2846579 1770556 1076023 37.8% 13
ARIZONA 2718609 1691300 1027309 37.8% 14
CALIFORNIA 16683781 10583346 6100435 36.6% 15
KENTUCKY 1856466 1190122 666344 35.9% 16
OKLAHOMA 1590384 1020175 570209 35.9% 17
MICHIGAN 4606814 2963489 1643325 35.7% 18
INDIANA 2981543 1926407 1055136 35.4% 19
MONTANA 474851 308461 166390 35.0% 20
NEVADA 1263928 822805 441123 34.9% 21
MISSOURI 2688872 1772097 916775 34.1% 22
ILLINOIS 6043865 3991576 2052289 34.0% 23
OREGON 1743270 1154144 589126 33.8% 24
WEST VIRGINIA 783239 520893 262346 33.5% 25
KANSAS 1307115 870854 436261 33.4% 26
NEW YORK 9272053 6225759 3046294 32.9% 27
SOUTH DAKOTA 393777 267479 126298 32.1% 28
OHIO 5437370 3703563 1733807 31.9% 29
NEBRASKA 854072 584737 269335 31.5% 30
HAWAII 653371 447802 205569 31.5% 31
WISCONSIN 2741669 1886426 855243 31.2% 32
COLORADO 2369949 1632686 737263 31.1% 33
PENNSYLVANIA 6129987 4223883 1906104 31.1% 34
MAINE 625057 433997 191060 30.6% 35
VERMONT 317921 221234 96687 30.4% 36
DELAWARE 427754 300038 127716 29.9% 37
IOWA 1399927 985391 414536 29.6% 38
RHODE ISLAND 509091 358492 150599 29.6% 39
VIRGINIA 3729464 2638954 1090510 29.2% 40
NEW JERSEY 4285543 3033159 1252384 29.2% 41
MINNESOTA 2561055 1814484 746571 29.2% 42
WASHINGTON 3169103 2249711 919392 29.0% 43
WYOMING 276444 197294 79150 28.6% 44
MARYLAND 2787356 2000578 786778 28.2% 45
CONNECTICUT 1727550 1267810 459740 26.6% 46
MASSACHUSETTS 3203128 2359352 843776 26.3% 47
NEW HAMPSHIRE 663922 489531 174391 26.3% 48
NORTH DAKOTA 330462 243688 86774 26.3% 49
ALASKA 373765 291628 82137 22.0% 50
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 322864 235687 87177 27.0%

Source: IRS

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