Odds of IRS District Tax Audit 1999 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	40,227	-	0.31	-
Western Region	Southern California	43,050	14	0.69	1
Western Region	Los Angeles	40,777	22	0.67	2
Western Region	Northern California	48,368	4	0.60	3
Western Region	Central California	46,498	8	0.56	4
Midstates Region	North Central	43,737	11	0.50	5
Northeast Region	Manhattan	58,644	1	0.44	6
Midstates Region	Houston	43,716	12	0.44	7
Southeast Region	South Florida	42,823	15	0.42	8
Southeast Region	Gulf Coast	33,809	31	0.41	9
Western Region	Southwest	39,336	26	0.36	10
Midstates Region	Arkansas-Oklahoma	33,436	32	0.35	11
Midstates Region	North Texas	40,923	21	0.35	12
Northeast Region	Brooklyn	43,798	10	0.33	13
Southeast Region	Georgia	40,651	23	0.31	14
Midstates Region	South Texas	32,835	33	0.31	15
Midstates Region	Kansas-Missouri	40,428	24	0.30	16
Northeast Region	Connecticut-Rhode Island	54,671	2	0.28	17
Western Region	Rocky Mountain	41,663	18	0.28	18
Midstates Region	Midwest	41,628	19	0.26	19
Southeast Region	Delaware-Maryland	46,506	7	0.25	20
Southeast Region	North Florida	37,065	29	0.24	21
Western Region	Pacific Northwest	43,689	13	0.24	22
Northeast Region	Pennsylvania	42,214	17	0.23	23
Southeast Region	Kentucky-Tennessee	36,660	30	0.22	24
Southeast Region	Virginia-West Virginia	42,517	16	0.22	25
Southeast Region	Indiana	41,041	20	0.22	26
Southeast Region	North-South Carolina	37,482	28	0.21	27
Northeast Region	New England	47,429	5	0.21	28
Midstates Region	Illinois	47,248	6	0.20	29
Northeast Region	New Jersey	54,082	3	0.20	30
Northeast Region	Michigan	45,256	9	0.19	31
Northeast Region	Upstate New York	40,198	25	0.18	32
Northeast Region	Ohio	39,262	27	0.16	33

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