Odds of IRS District Tax Audit 1998 1040A Returns with Total Positive Income less than $25,000 Districts in Rank Order

(Click on District Name for Detailed Data)

Region	District	Number of Returns Audited	Percent Audited	Rank
	United States	120,132	0.27	-
Midstates Region	Illinois	11,547	0.59	1
Western Region	Southwest	7,638	0.56	2
Western Region	Southern California	7,222	0.50	3
Northeast Region	Manhattan	2,723	0.46	4
Western Region	Northern California	4,907	0.41	5
Southeast Region	Gulf Coast	8,876	0.40	6
Midstates Region	Houston	3,192	0.38	7
Southeast Region	Delaware-Maryland	4,061	0.38	8
Midstates Region	North Central	3,282	0.35	9
Western Region	Central California	3,369	0.34	10
Midstates Region	Arkansas-Oklahoma	3,411	0.33	11
Midstates Region	Midwest	4,976	0.32	12
Midstates Region	Kansas-Missouri	3,983	0.30	13
Midstates Region	North Texas	3,847	0.28	14
Northeast Region	New Jersey	3,307	0.27	15
Southeast Region	Kentucky-Tennessee	4,541	0.27	16
Western Region	Rocky Mountain	3,612	0.26	17
Midstates Region	South Texas	3,490	0.26	18
Southeast Region	South Florida	2,773	0.24	19
Western Region	Pacific Northwest	3,287	0.20	20
Northeast Region	Connecticut-Rhode Island	1,268	0.19	21
Northeast Region	Brooklyn	1,941	0.19	22
Southeast Region	Georgia	2,637	0.19	23
Northeast Region	New England	2,735	0.19	24
Southeast Region	Indiana	1,612	0.15	25
Northeast Region	Upstate New York	1,699	0.15	26
Northeast Region	Pennsylvania	3,140	0.15	27
Southeast Region	North Florida	2,304	0.15	28
Southeast Region	North-South Carolina	2,872	0.13	29
Southeast Region	Virginia-West Virginia	1,778	0.13	30
Western Region	Los Angeles	1,102	0.09	31
Northeast Region	Ohio	1,774	0.08	32
Northeast Region	Michigan	1,226	0.08	33

Note: IRS district audits do not include tax audits conducted by IRS service centers. Detail for additional income categories and return types is available on TRACFED.
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