2016 Connecticut Average Federal Income Taxes Paid
The average taxpayer in Connecticut paid $22,785 in federal income taxes in 2016. That's $8,734 more than the national average. See where that money went.
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2016 Federal Income Tax Receipt |
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| Health | $6,632.31 |
| * Includes $2,814.50 for Medicaid | |
| * Includes $2,598.74 for Medicare | |
| * Includes $110.56 for Children's Health Insurance Program | |
| Military | $5,335.07 |
| * Includes $1,132.58 for Military Personnel | |
| * Includes $276.02 for Lockheed Martin | |
| * Includes $147.24 for Nuclear Weapons | |
| Interest on Debt | $3,013.94 |
| Unemployment and Labor | $1,706.27 |
| * Includes $125.64 for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | |
| * Includes $50.17 for Job Training and Employment Programs | |
| Veterans Benefits | $1,356.59 |
| * Includes $614.99 for Payments for disability, death, etc. | |
| * Includes $531.73 for Veterans Health Administration | |
| Food and Agriculture | $1,022.73 |
| * Includes $596.91 for SNAP (food stamps) | |
| * Includes $71.18 for Federal Crop Insurance | |
| Government | $960.76 |
| * Includes $101.73 for Border Protection | |
| * Includes $53.39 for Federal Prison System | |
| * Includes $42.01 for Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) | |
| Transportation | $731.44 |
| * Includes $37.87 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) | |
| * Includes $16.17 for Federal Aviation Administration | |
| Education | $644.92 |
| * Includes $225.53 for Pell Grants, Work Study, and other Student Aid | |
| * Includes $176.68 for Elementary and Secondary Education | |
| * Includes $1.16 for National Endowment for the Arts | |
| Housing and Community | $473.67 |
| * Includes $84.20 for Head Start and Related | |
| * Includes $17.34 for Homeless Assistance Grants | |
| Energy and Environment | $363.73 |
| * Includes $60.76 for Environmental Protection Agency | |
| * Includes $16.27 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy | |
| International Affairs | $307.50 |
| * Includes $230.46 for Department of State | |
| * Includes $45.95 for USAID (foreign aid) | |
| Science | $236.08 |
| * Includes $142.43 for NASA | |
| * Includes $52.53 for National Science Foundation | |
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| TOTAL | $22,785 |
| US AVERAGE | $14,051 |
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