Who benefits most from state and local tax deduction?
Republicans are trying to eliminate the federal deduction for state and local taxes as part of a package to overhaul America’s tax system.
Almost 44 million people claimed the deduction in 2014.
The average deduction for taxpayers who claimed it in each state and the District of Columbia:
United States: $11,846
New York: $21,038 Connecticut: $18,940 New Jersey: $17,183 California: $17,148
5 District of Columbia: $15,452
6 Massachusetts: $14,761 7 Illinois: $12,878
8 Maryland: $12,443
9 Minnesota: $12,236
10 Rhode Island: $12,139 11 Vermont: $11,844
12 Oregon: $11,824
13 Wisconsin: $11,272
14 Maine: $10,885
15 Nebraska: $10,791
16 Virginia: $10,778
17 Pennsylvania: $10,743 18 Ohio: $10,026
19 New Hampshire: $9,672 20 Iowa: $9,636
21 Kentucky: $9,389
22 Missouri: $9,374
23 Michigan: $9,198
24 Kansas: $9,110
25 North Carolina: $9,071 26 Hawaii: $9,016
27 West Virginia: $9,011 28 Montana: $8,897
29 Arkansas: $8,816
30 Delaware: $8,801
31 Georgia: $8,696
32 Colorado: $8,599
33 Indiana: $8,306
34 Idaho: $8,301
35 South Carolina: $8,255 36 Oklahoma: $7,877
37 Utah: $7,807
38 Texas: $7,594
39 Washington: $7,077
40 Arizona: $7,021
41 Florida: $6,984
42 New Mexico: $6,885 43 North Dakota: $6,880 44 Louisiana: $6,693
45 Mississippi: $6,207
46 Nevada: $5,877
47 Wyoming: $5,754
48 South Dakota: $5,751 49 Alabama: $5,631
50 Tennessee: $5,316
51 Alaska: $4,789