EITC PARTICIPATION RATES BY STATES1
| Participation Rate by State | Tax Year 2020 | Tax Year 2019 | Tax Year 2018 | Tax Year 2017 | Tax Year 2016 | Tax Year 2015 | Tax Year 2014 | Tax Year 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 76.3% | 79.3% | 78.1% | 77.8% | 78.6% | 79.2% | 79.4% | 79.9% |
| ALABAMA | 74.3% | 79.1% | 78.6% | 78.5% | 79.8% | 82.0% | 82.1% | 81.9% |
| ALASKA | 71.7% | 70.0% | 70.0% | 73.3% | 71.9% | 72.8% | 76.7% | 78.5% |
| ARIZONA | 76.8% | 80.1% | 76.4% | 76.5% | 76.7% | 76.5% | 77.4% | 77.0% |
| ARKANSAS | 77.5% | 81.2% | 78.1% | 79.5% | 80.0% | 80.0% | 80.6% | 81.6% |
| CALIFORNIA | 71.2% | 74.5% | 73.4% | 73.0% | 73.8% | 74.7% | 75.8% | 75.4% |
| COLORADO | 72.1% | 76.1% | 73.5% | 73.3% | 74.5% | 73.8% | 74.5% | 73.9% |
| CONNECTICUT | 76.2% | 82.1% | 77.9% | 78.2% | 78.6% | 79.2% | 78.6% | 78.9% |
| DELAWARE | 77.9% | 81.4% | 80.4% | 78.5% | 74.0% | 78.5% | 79.4% | 82.3% |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 71.3% | 75.4% | 75.5% | 77.3% | 71.0% | 82.0% | 71.9% | 72.2% |
| FLORIDA | 80.2% | 82.4% | 81.4% | 81.3% | 81.7% | 82.0% | 82.1% | 83.4% |
| GEORGIA | 77.1% | 79.1% | 77.3% | 78.0% | 79.9% | 80.9% | 81.2% | 80.8% |
| HAWAII | 76.8% | 83.6% | 77.8% | 77.8% | 81.7% | 80.9% | 82.5% | 84.9% |
| IDAHO | 76.9% | 81.5% | 79.0% | 78.5% | 78.5% | 78.5% | 81.2% | 80.1% |
| ILLINOIS | 75.7% | 77.6% | 78.4% | 78.2% | 78.5% | 78.3% | 79.0% | 79.2% |
| INDIANA | 79.6% | 80.6% | 80.3% | 79.8% | 79.5% | 81.8% | 80.5% | 82.8% |
| IOWA | 79.4% | 81.1% | 75.5% | 76.9% | 79.3% | 78.7% | 79.2% | 79.6% |
| KANSAS | 74.6% | 78.3% | 78.0% | 76.0% | 74.9% | 77.3% | 77.1% | 79.8% |
| KENTUCKY | 78.6% | 82.1% | 79.9% | 80.1% | 81.5% | 82.0% | 80.5% | 81.1% |
| LOUISIANA | 77.8% | 80.9% | 78.2% | 77.7% | 80.4% | 79.2% | 80.2% | 80.5% |
| MAINE | 77.4% | 81.6% | 81.7% | 75.4% | 77.9% | 79.5% | 81.0% | 77.9% |
| MARYLAND | 73.4% | 76.0% | 75.6% | 74.1% | 78.3% | 78.8% | 77.6% | 78.7% |
| MASSACHUSETTS | 75.7% | 80.2% | 78.3% | 78.1% | 79.4% | 80.8% | 80.0% | 79.8% |
| MICHIGAN | 73.7% | 80.5% | 80.5% | 80.4% | 80.4% | 80.9% | 80.9% | 82.0% |
| MINNESOTA | 76.6% | 81.5% | 78.4% | 78.3% | 78.9% | 78.9% | 78.7% | 80.6% |
| MISSISSIPPI | 81.7% | 82.6% | 79.6% | 80.5% | 82.4% | 84.8% | 84.1% | 84.7% |
| MISSOURI | 77.3% | 78.9% | 78.2% | 78.5% | 78.4% | 80.7% | 80.3% | 80.0% |
| MONTANA | 76.4% | 81.6% | 77.7% | 77.1% | 78.7% | 77.4% | 76.0% | 76.5% |
| NEBRASKA | 80.9% | 81.4% | 80.7% | 77.6% | 82.4% | 76.9% | 79.9% | 78.1% |
| NEVADA | 69.2% | 76.4% | 74.7% | 74.8% | 74.6% | 75.3% | 76.3% | 75.4% |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | 78.4% | 78.5% | 81.8% | 74.3% | 74.6% | 80.6% | 78.4% | 79.9% |
| NEW JERSEY | 74.7% | 79.8% | 78.1% | 76.9% | 77.5% | 78.8% | 78.6% | 77.2% |
| NEW MEXICO | 78.1% | 80.1% | 78.5% | 78.7% | 78.2% | 75.3% | 80.8% | 82.1% |
| NEW YORK | 77.8% | 81.4% | 82.5% | 81.4% | 81.7% | 82.5% | 82.4% | 82.9% |
| NORTH CAROLINA | 77.0% | 79.3% | 77.7% | 76.7% | 79.9% | 80.2% | 80.0% | 81.0% |
| NORTH DAKOTA | 76.2% | 77.2% | 82.5% | 77.3% | 78.2% | 82.9% | 83.0% | 80.4% |
| OHIO | 78.7% | 81.0% | 79.9% | 80.1% | 81.3% | 82.3% | 82.6% | 82.0% |
| OKLAHOMA | 75.7% | 77.9% | 76.1% | 75.4% | 74.2% | 76.7% | 76.1% | 77.5% |
| OREGON | 67.9% | 79.6% | 73.2% | 73.1% | 73.4% | 75.5% | 72.5% | 74.4% |
| PENNSYLVANIA | 77.7% | 81.8% | 80.3% | 81.8% | 80.9% | 82.4% | 82.0% | 82.6% |
| RHODE ISLAND | 82.1% | 84.0% | 79.2% | 82.3% | 85.8% | 84.3% | 82.8% | 81.3% |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | 80.6% | 77.7% | 80.2% | 77.4% | 78.4% | 79.6% | 80.9% | 81.9% |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | 77.4% | 82.2% | 82.7% | 81.5% | 82.8% | 77.2% | 82.5% | 84.6% |
| TENNESSEE | 78.6% | 79.2% | 80.4% | 80.4% | 81.4% | 81.8% | 80.9% | 83.2% |
| TEXAS | 76.1% | 79.6% | 78.1% | 77.8% | 77.8% | 78.5% | 79.1% | 79.5% |
| UTAH | 76.9% | 77.1% | 75.3% | 75.4% | 75.0% | 74.9% | 75.2% | 76.3% |
| VERMONT | 79.3% | 82.9% | 78.2% | 83.3% | 84.0% | 80.3% | 80.7% | 81.9% |
| VIRGINIA | 77.6% | 78.9% | 78.3% | 78.8% | 78.7% | 79.5% | 80.5% | 81.1% |
| WASHINGTON | 70.6% | 74.4% | 73.8% | 74.4% | 74.8% | 75.3% | 76.9% | 78.0% |
| WEST VIRGINIA | 86.8% | 81.6% | 81.8% | 80.4% | 80.9% | 82.2% | 83.2% | 82.6% |
| WISCONSIN | 76.9% | 80.1% | 78.0% | 77.8% | 79.6% | 79.1% | 80.0% | 78.8% |
| WYOMING | 83.9% | 75.1% | 74.9% | 77.8% | 74.6% | 76.9% | 79.8% | 78.1% |
1Approximately, 24% of all eligible earned income taxpayers in TY2020 didn’t claim the earned income tax credit. The table shows the percentage of eligible residents in the individual states, who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The earned income tax credit participation rate is estimated by the Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications, U.S. Census Bureau in collaboration with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Note on American Community Survey (ACS) EITC Participation Rate Estimates for TY2020: Caution should be exercised when using the Tax Year 2020 ACS experimental estimates. The Tax Year 2020 ACS experimental estimates use an experimental weighting methodology and should not be compared with ACS estimates from other years. The experimental weighting methodology is designed to address nonresponse bias due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Refer to the Blog and Technical Working Paper for more information about this methodology.