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Share of tax returns itemizing deductions: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Share of tax returns itemizing deductions (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Federal income tax returns by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 9.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 19.8 %
RI 8.1 %
DE 9.5 %
CT 10.9 %
NJ 12.9 %
MD 19.3 %
MA 11.8 %
VT 5.7 %
NH 7.9 %

Lowest: 3.3 to 5.9 %
Group 2: 5.9 to 6.6 %
Group 3: 6.6 to 8.1 %
Group 4: 8.1 to 11.4 %
Highest: 11.4 to 19.8 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	19.8
2	Maryland	19.3
3	California	14.8
4	Utah	13.3
5	Virginia	13.2
6	New Jersey	12.9
7	Oregon	12
8	Massachusetts	11.8
8	Washington	11.8
10	Georgia	11.7
11	Hawaii	11.4
12	Colorado	11.2
13	Connecticut	10.9
14	New York	9.7
15	Delaware	9.5
16	Nevada	8.9
17	Arizona	8.6
17	Minnesota	8.6
19	Illinois	8.5
20	Idaho	8.3
21	Florida	8.1
21	Montana	8.1
21	Rhode Island	8.1
24	North Carolina	8
25	New Hampshire	7.9
26	Texas	7.8
27	Alabama	7.6
27	South Carolina	7.6
29	Pennsylvania	6.9
30	Kansas	6.6
30	Oklahoma	6.6
32	Mississippi	6.4
33	Missouri	6.2
34	Nebraska	6.1
34	Tennessee	6.1
36	Wisconsin	6
37	Iowa	5.9
37	Louisiana	5.9
37	Maine	5.9
37	Michigan	5.9
37	New Mexico	5.9
42	Arkansas	5.8
43	Vermont	5.7
44	Wyoming	5.5
45	Alaska	5.4
45	Indiana	5.4
47	Kentucky	5.3
48	Ohio	5.2
49	North Dakota	4.8
50	South Dakota	4.7
51	West Virginia	3.3

Source: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by share of tax returns itemizing deductions (%, derived) (2023). Data: Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, SOI Tax Stats, Historic Table 2: individual income and tax data by state, tax year 2023 (23in55cmcsv.csv); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-tax-returns-itemizing-deductions/

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