Illinois incurs No. 3 burden, averaging $38,800 per taxpayer

Average Taxpayer Burden or Taxpayer Surplus by state, national rank during 2024.

As of Aug. 25, 2025, the 2024 financial reports for seven states —Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Mississippi, California, Oklahoma and Nevada — had not been released. For those states, 2023 data was used in this report, except for Nevada which had not released its 2023 report.
Chart: @illinoispolicySource: Truth in Accounting, 2024 Financial State of the StatesCreated with Datawrapper