Odds of IRS District Tax Audit 1998 All 1040/1040A Returns Filed by Individuals Districts in Rank Order

(Click on District Name for Detailed Data)

Region	District	Average Adjusted Gross Income Reported	Rank	Percent Audited	Rank
	United States	37,424	-	0.46	-
Western Region	Northern California	45,389	4	1.08	1
Western Region	Los Angeles	39,601	18	0.98	2
Western Region	Southern California	40,387	15	0.88	3
Western Region	Central California	43,162	8	0.71	4
Western Region	Southwest	37,017	27	0.61	5
Northeast Region	Manhattan	57,777	1	0.61	6
Midstates Region	North Central	41,791	11	0.59	7
Midstates Region	Arkansas-Oklahoma	31,786	32	0.58	8
Midstates Region	Houston	41,082	12	0.53	9
Midstates Region	South Texas	31,290	33	0.50	10
Midstates Region	North Texas	38,625	23	0.50	11
Southeast Region	Gulf Coast	32,638	31	0.50	12
Southeast Region	South Florida	40,264	16	0.50	13
Western Region	Rocky Mountain	39,098	20	0.49	14
Southeast Region	Georgia	38,888	22	0.48	15
Northeast Region	Brooklyn	41,943	10	0.48	16
Midstates Region	Illinois	44,613	6	0.46	17
Southeast Region	Delaware-Maryland	45,068	5	0.42	18
Midstates Region	Midwest	39,175	19	0.41	19
Midstates Region	Kansas-Missouri	38,238	24	0.38	20
Western Region	Pacific Northwest	40,859	13	0.37	21
Northeast Region	Connecticut-Rhode Island	51,208	2	0.36	22
Southeast Region	Kentucky-Tennessee	35,172	29	0.36	23
Northeast Region	New Jersey	50,802	3	0.34	24
Northeast Region	Pennsylvania	40,078	17	0.31	25
Northeast Region	Upstate New York	38,039	25	0.31	26
Southeast Region	Indiana	38,952	21	0.30	27
Northeast Region	New England	44,386	7	0.30	28
Southeast Region	Virginia-West Virginia	40,687	14	0.29	29
Southeast Region	North Florida	34,995	30	0.29	30
Northeast Region	Michigan	42,801	9	0.29	31
Southeast Region	North-South Carolina	35,552	28	0.28	32
Northeast Region	Ohio	37,157	26	0.22	33

Note: IRS district audits do not include tax audits conducted by IRS service centers
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