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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