Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving, State by State

August 8, 2002 | Read Time: 1 minute

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Charitable Deductions: A State-by-State Breakdown

	Number of tax returns	Number of itemized returns	Returns with charitable deductions	Total charitable deductions	Total adjusted gross income
Alabama	1,904,150	556,281	505,351	$2,021,578,000	$72,590,665,000
Alaska	328,747	81,693	68,099	224,908,000	13,964,092,000
Arizona	2,152,615	789,567	696,756	2,115,208,000	98,821,479,000
Arkansas	1,118,468	267,797	226,955	972,444,000	39,706,308,000
California	14,866,950	5,569,036	4,936,368	19,705,344,000	864,644,512,000
Colorado	2,096,280	824,693	705,208	2,392,524,000	112,909,487,000
Connecticut	1,671,688	687,708	630,213	2,356,831,000	117,733,713,000
Delaware	378,169	136,867	124,232	399,200,000	18,646,960,000
District of Columbia	279,246	107,435	96,752	582,099,000	16,270,673,000
Florida	7,498,544	2,051,555	1,772,749	7,284,784,000	348,609,376,000
Georgia	3,636,926	1,312,517	1,165,412	4,680,605,000	168,486,150,000
Hawaii	572,178	193,181	173,238	445,856,000	23,929,238,000
Idaho	559,316	199,631	165,413	607,742,000	22,571,641,000
Illinois	5,786,972	1,957,638	1,737,530	5,896,843,000	302,994,176,000
Indiana	2,837,446	861,823	715,167	2,360,846,000	119,553,756,000
Iowa	1,351,126	409,324	354,833	1,004,537,000	54,015,960,000
Kansas	1,222,579	365,863	318,326	1,150,105,000	53,410,078,000
Kentucky	1,747,020	529,102	450,849	1,359,554,000	66,932,911,000
Louisiana	1,874,431	374,191	326,452	1,290,675,000	69,184,376,000
Maine	605,633	184,964	159,429	403,444,000	24,373,577,000
Maryland	2,563,423	1,187,358	1,080,067	3,780,939,000	139,962,577,000
Massachusetts	3,109,575	1,200,604	1,096,285	3,965,265,000	202,426,170,000
Michigan	4,619,837	1,653,513	1,475,734	4,505,383,000	217,648,365,000
Minnesota	2,386,078	959,792	869,570	2,669,159,000	120,028,441,000
Mississippi	1,173,490	252,954	220,815	992,777,000	39,169,986,000
Missouri	2,564,873	765,502	653,632	2,262,789,000	108,518,673,000
Montana	424,238	129,867	108,114	281,955,000	14,523,091,000
Nebraska	808,912	231,700	206,328	837,477,000	33,605,214,000
Nevada	953,895	327,216	281,639	942,285,000	48,858,407,000
New Hampshire	629,189	210,799	183,604	495,702,000	34,469,347,000
New Jersey	4,067,441	1,712,588	1,590,491	4,918,897,000	253,293,576,000
New Mexico	727,743	177,618	146,844	406,460,000	23,654,721,000
New York	8,577,496	3,221,946	2,997,943	11,764,589,000	474,336,728,000
North Carolina	3,636,450	1,270,132	1,115,886	4,080,142,000	156,022,380,000
North Dakota	302,805	56,714	48,730	154,574,000	10,734,751,000
Ohio	5,575,138	1,854,933	1,534,837	4,279,901,000	231,057,462,000
Oklahoma	1,465,161	420,445	371,341	1,464,085,000	54,835,407,000
Oregon	1,562,323	632,680	524,760	1,588,603,000	70,282,309,000
Pennsylvania	5,806,137	1,785,337	1,601,201	4,988,496,000	262,961,485,000
Rhode Island	494,475	176,569	162,560	385,798,000	23,015,194,000
South Carolina	1,802,441	562,296	499,736	1,863,301,000	69,543,225,000
South Dakota	355,168	57,189	48,489	231,709,000	13,232,757,000
Tennessee	2,567,239	566,019	488,615	2,376,171,000	103,065,689,000
Texas	9,051,986	1,922,384	1,620,936	8,057,247,000	417,262,859,000
Utah	941,941	377,429	340,250	1,994,649,000	40,270,370,000
Vermont	299,374	92,388	75,435	218,913,000	12,631,980,000
Virginia	3,338,199	1,281,244	1,137,412	3,820,362,000	171,060,148,000
Washington	2,772,555	935,877	791,620	2,805,064,000	149,598,272,000
West Virginia	749,931	131,433	104,858	328,552,000	25,645,088,000
Wisconsin	2,596,868	968,038	839,008	2,152,322,000	116,346,242,000
Wyoming	235,165	46,573	36,915	335,352,000	11,020,031,000
U.S.	130,122,204	42,975,975	37,678,477	$136,654,153,000	$6,307,009,049,000
Note: Data are for tax year 2000.
SOURCE: Internal Revenue Service