Households, by state, that would benefit from an increased federal EITC for childless workers
|
State |
Number of Childless Households that Filed Returns Claiming the EITC in 2012 |
|
ALASKA |
12,361 |
|
ALABAMA |
87,650 |
|
ARKANSAS |
58,464 |
|
ARIZONA |
110,619 |
|
CALIFORNIA |
715,326 |
|
COLORADO |
93,702 |
|
CONNECTICUT |
55,917 |
|
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
12,887 |
|
DELAWARE |
15,928 |
|
FLORIDA |
507,848 |
|
FOREIGN/MILITARY/OTHER |
2,683 |
|
GEORGIA |
202,755 |
|
HAWAII |
27,909 |
|
IOWA |
52,721 |
|
IDAHO |
31,643 |
|
ILLINOIS |
233,854 |
|
INDIANA |
126,943 |
|
KANSAS |
48,511 |
|
KENTUCKY |
94,206 |
|
LOUISIANA |
90,571 |
|
MASSACHUSETTS |
114,132 |
|
MARYLAND |
90,739 |
|
MAINE |
29,900 |
|
MICHIGAN |
203,720 |
|
MINNESOTA |
95,557 |
|
MISSOURI |
117,094 |
|
MISSISSIPPI |
60,123 |
|
MONTANA |
24,168 |
|
NORTH CAROLINA |
185,750 |
|
NORTH DAKOTA |
11,696 |
|
NEBRASKA |
31,226 |
|
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
24,239 |
|
NEW JERSEY |
138,359 |
|
NEW MEXICO |
48,002 |
|
NEVADA |
48,163 |
|
NEW YORK |
470,401 |
|
OHIO |
228,126 |
|
OKLAHOMA |
67,982 |
|
OREGON |
81,769 |
|
PENNSYLVANIA |
235,574 |
|
PUERTO RICO |
392 |
|
RHODE ISLAND |
20,249 |
|
SOUTH CAROLINA |
97,922 |
|
SOUTH DAKOTA |
16,162 |
|
TENNESSEE |
142,750 |
|
TEXAS |
469,322 |
|
UTAH |
41,482 |
|
VIRGINIA |
143,907 |
|
VERMONT |
15,168 |
|
WASHINGTON |
114,896 |
|
WISCONSIN |
104,112 |
|
WEST VIRGINIA |
42,217 |
|
WYOMING |
10,788 |
|
Total |
6,108,585 |
Data provided by Jane Williams and Elizabeth Kneebone of the Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution