EITC Participation Rate by States Tax Years 2012 through 2019

Approximately, 21% of all eligible taxpayers in TY2019 didn’t claim the earned income tax credit. The following table shows the percentage of eligible residents in the individual states, who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The 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). The national and/or states EITC participation rates, are based on a methodology, matching IRS administrative records to the Census Bureau survey data, i.e., to the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC) and/or the American Community Survey (ACS). (TY 2019, TY2018, TY2017, TY2016, TY2015, TY2014, TY2013 and TY2012 EITC Participation Reports).

Participation Rate by State Tax Year 2019 Tax Year 2018 Tax Year 2017 Tax Year 2016 Tax Year 2015 Tax Year 2014 Tax Year 2013 Tax Year 2012
National 79.3% 78.1% 77.8% 78.6% 79.2% 79.4% 79.9% 79.7%
ALABAMA 79.1% 78.6% 78.5% 79.8% 82.0% 82.1% 81.9% 82.1%
ALASKA 70.0% 70.0% 73.3% 71.9% 72.8% 76.7% 78.5% 75.6%
ARIZONA 80.1% 76.4% 76.5% 76.7% 76.5% 77.4% 77.0% 76.6%
ARKANSAS 81.2% 78.1% 79.5% 80.0% 80.0% 80.6% 81.6% 81.6%
CALIFORNIA  74.5% 73.4% 73.0% 73.8% 74.7% 75.8% 75.4% 74.3%
COLORADO 76.1% 73.5% 73.3% 74.5% 73.8% 74.5% 73.9% 73.5%
CONNECTICUT 82.1% 77.9% 78.2% 78.6% 79.2% 78.6% 78.9% 81.3%
DELAWARE 81.4% 80.4% 78.5% 74.0% 78.5% 79.4% 82.3% 82.0%
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 75.4% 75.5% 77.3% 71.0% 82.0% 71.9% 72.2% 75.2%
FLORIDA 82.4% 81.4% 81.3% 81.7% 82.0% 82.1% 83.4% 82.8%
GEORGIA 79.1% 77.3% 78.0% 79.9% 80.9% 81.2% 80.8% 80.8%
HAWAII 83.6% 77.8% 77.8% 81.7% 80.9% 82.5% 84.9% 80.2%
IDAHO 81.5% 79.0% 78.5% 78.5% 78.5% 81.2% 80.1% 83.2%
ILLINOIS 77.6% 78.4% 78.2% 78.5% 78.3% 79.0% 79.2% 78.5%
INDIANA 80.6% 80.3% 79.8% 79.5% 81.8% 80.5% 82.8% 80.7%
IOWA 81.1% 75.5% 76.9% 79.3% 78.7% 79.2% 79.6% 79.1%
KANSAS 78.3% 78.0% 76.0% 74.9% 77.3% 77.1% 79.8% 78.3%
KENTUCKY 82.1% 79.9% 80.1% 81.5% 82.0% 80.5% 81.1% 82.7%
LOUISIANA 80.9% 78.2% 77.7% 80.4% 79.2% 80.2% 80.5% 81.7%
MAINE 81.6% 81.7% 75.4% 77.9% 79.5% 81.0% 77.9% 81.5%
MARYLAND 76.0% 75.6% 74.1% 78.3% 78.8% 77.6% 78.7% 78.3%
MASSACHUSETTS 80.2% 78.3% 78.1% 79.4% 80.8% 80.0% 79.8% 79.7%
MICHIGAN 80.5% 80.5% 80.4% 80.4% 80.9% 80.9% 82.0% 81.6%
MINNESOTA 81.5% 78.4% 78.3% 78.9% 78.9% 78.7% 80.6% 79.7%
MISSISSIPPI 82.6% 79.6% 80.5% 82.4% 84.8% 84.1% 84.7% 84.5%
MISSOURI 78.9% 78.2% 78.5% 78.4% 80.7% 80.3% 80.0% 80.9%
MONTANA 81.6% 77.7% 77.1% 78.7% 77.4% 76.0% 76.5% 78.4%
NEBRASKA 81.4% 80.7% 77.6% 82.4% 76.9% 79.9% 78.1% 80.2%
NEVADA 76.4% 74.7% 74.8% 74.6% 75.3% 76.3% 75.4% 73.7%
NEW HAMPSHIRE 78.5% 81.8% 74.3% 74.6% 80.6% 78.4% 79.9% 79.3%
NEW JERSEY 79.8% 78.1% 76.9% 77.5% 78.8% 78.6% 77.2% 79.1%
NEW MEXICO 80.1% 78.5% 78.7% 78.2% 75.3% 80.8% 82.1% 81.1%
NEW YORK 81.4% 82.5% 81.4% 81.7% 82.5% 82.4% 82.9% 82.8%
NORTH CAROLINA 79.3% 77.7% 76.7% 79.9% 80.2% 80.0% 81.0% 81.0%
NORTH DAKOTA 77.2% 82.5% 77.3% 78.2% 82.9% 83.0% 80.4% 76.1%
OHIO 81.0% 79.9% 80.1% 81.3% 82.3% 82.6% 82.0% 81.6%
OKLAHOMA 77.9% 76.1% 75.4% 74.2% 76.7% 76.1% 77.5% 78.1%
OREGON 79.6% 73.2% 73.1% 73.4% 75.5% 72.5% 74.4% 73.4%
PENNSYLVANIA 81.8% 80.3% 81.8% 80.9% 82.4% 82.0% 82.6% 82.2%
RHODE ISLAND 84.0% 79.2% 82.3% 85.8% 84.3% 82.8% 81.3% 81.2%
SOUTH CAROLINA 77.7% 80.2% 77.4% 78.4% 79.6% 80.9% 81.9% 84.5%
SOUTH DAKOTA 82.2% 82.7% 81.5% 82.8% 77.2% 82.5% 84.6% 81.1%
TENNESSEE 79.2% 80.4% 80.4% 81.4% 81.8% 80.9% 83.2% 83.0%
TEXAS 79.6% 78.1% 77.8% 77.8% 78.5% 79.1% 79.5% 79.1%
UTAH 77.1% 75.3% 75.4% 75.0% 74.9% 75.2% 76.3% 77.3%
VERMONT 82.9% 78.2% 83.3% 84.0% 80.3% 80.7% 81.9% 80.6%
VIRGINIA 78.9% 78.3% 78.8% 78.7% 79.5% 80.5% 81.1% 80.7%
WASHINGTON 74.4% 73.8% 74.4% 74.8% 75.3% 76.9% 78.0% 76.8%
WEST VIRGINIA 81.6% 81.8% 80.4% 80.9% 82.2% 83.2% 82.6% 81.1%
WISCONSIN 80.1% 78.0% 77.8% 79.6% 79.1% 80.0% 78.8% 78.4%
WYOMING 75.1% 74.9% 77.8% 74.6% 76.9% 79.8% 78.1% 78.6%