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Table 2.12: Mean and Median Tax Payment of Joint Filers by State
    

State

Number of Returns

Total Tax Liability

Mean

Median

Masked Returns

          515,846           148,589        72,680

Alabama

          167,601              5,219          3,521

Alaska

           20,333              5,732          2,366

Arizona

          171,402              6,135          3,784

Arkansas

          101,100              4,953          1,729

California

       1,253,050              6,803          4,886

Colorado

          171,467              8,635          5,817

Connecticut

          122,157            10,771          6,296

Delaware

           35,961              5,797          5,186

District of Columbia

             8,925              7,723          5,734

Florida

          513,965              6,820          4,564

Georgia

          323,826              7,031          4,736

Hawaii

           67,326              8,599          5,456

Idaho

           46,388              5,211          3,176

Illinois

          423,396              8,649          5,209

Indiana

          262,551              7,119          4,886

Iowa

          129,166              7,598          5,899

Kansas

          119,868              6,112          4,954

Kentucky

          155,753              6,661          4,586

Louisiana

          144,565              5,913          3,633

Maine

           52,961              5,424          4,916

Maryland

          185,053              8,931          4,901

Massachusetts

          277,148              8,216          5,914

Michigan

          407,558              8,211          5,989

Minnesota

          253,421              8,083          6,214

Mississippi

          107,839              5,461          5,164

Missouri

          236,349              7,057          5,044

Montana

           52,844              5,776          5,224

Nebraska

           83,748              6,253          2,801

Nevada

           54,548              7,577          5,471

New Hampshire

           67,397              9,182          5,839

New Jersey

          290,445            10,970          9,783

New Mexico

           48,930              6,943          5,981

New York

          558,353              7,914          5,816

North Carolina

          290,312              6,979          5,164

North Dakota

           13,963              5,706          2,644

Ohio

          397,041              7,330          5,583

Oklahoma

          138,937              4,141          2,899

Oregon

          137,356              7,431          5,471

Pennsylvania

          492,415              7,684          5,614

Rhode Island

           41,890              9,085          9,345

South Carolina

          126,961              6,209          4,459

South Dakota

           23,848              5,660          4,879

Tennessee

          211,842              5,822          4,076

Texas

          749,159              6,772          4,331

Utah

           72,961              6,807          3,964

Vermont

           27,049              6,670          6,153

Virginia

          248,650              9,214          6,221

Washington

          289,971              7,079          5,209

West Virginia

           50,241              3,773          4,129

Wisconsin

          253,171              8,198          5,484

Wyoming

           17,411              6,313          5,426
Source: 1996 IRS Public Use File