2009 2011 2013 2018 2009 2011 2016 2018
# of Estates Owing Federal Estate Tax % of Total Estates Owing Federal Estate Tax
United States 5,668 4,4154,6991,8000.23%0.17%0.18%0.06%
Alabama 37 4962180.08%0.10%0.12%0.03%
Alaska * 5 * 2*0.13%*0.04%
Arizona 45 8775250.10%0.18%0.15%0.04%
Arkansas 16 112160.06%0.04%0.07%0.02%
California 1,049 8409393440.45%0.35%0.38%0.13%
Colorado 136 5844290.43%0.18%0.12%0.07%
Connecticut 121 72100360.42%0.25%0.33%0.12%
Delaware 10 16 * 50.13%0.20%*0.05%
District of Columbia 26 331790.56%0.71%0.36%0.18%
Florida 719 5045372140.41%0.28%0.29%0.10%
Georgia 122 8177340.17%0.11%0.10%0.04%
Hawaii 36 192190.37%0.18%0.20%0.08%
Idaho 12 10 * 40.10%0.08%*0.03%
Illinois 181 227199740.18%0.22%0.19%0.07%
Indiana 33 5165180.06%0.09%0.11%0.03%
Iowa 22 3238110.08%0.11%0.13%0.04%
Kansas 41 3642140.17%0.14%0.16%0.05%
Kentucky 57 4129150.14%0.09%0.06%0.03%
Louisiana 54 4346170.13%0.10%0.10%0.04%
Maine 11 171650.09%0.13%0.12%0.04%
Maryland 91 6865270.21%0.15%0.14%0.05%
Massachusetts 108 11099390.21%0.21%0.18%0.07%
Michigan 138 82102390.16%0.09%0.11%0.04%
Minnesota 79 4677250.20%0.11%0.19%0.06%
Mississippi 19 36*100.07%0.12%*0.03%
Missouri 89 10146290.16%0.18%0.08%0.05%
Montana 31 10*70.35%0.11%*0.07%
Nebraska 78 2335170.51%0.15%0.22%0.10%
Nevada 41 3239140.21%0.15%0.18%0.05%
New Hampshire 35 3022110.34%0.28%0.19%0.08%
New Jersey 193 114125530.28%0.16%0.18%0.07%
New Mexico 17 16 24 70.11%0.10%0.14%0.04%
New York 605 3294301660.41%0.22%0.29%0.11%
North Carolina 93 10394350.12%0.13%0.11%0.04%
North Dakota * 11 * 4*0.18%*0.06%
Ohio 132 115115440.12%0.10%0.10%0.04%
Oklahoma 82 5931210.22%0.16%0.08%0.05%
Oregon 81 4838200.25%0.15%0.11%0.05%
Pennsylvania 149 138140520.12%0.11%0.11%0.04%
Rhode Island 15 202880.16%0.21%0.29%0.08%
South Carolina 80 4732190.19%0.11%0.07%0.04%
South Dakota 40 2932120.56%0.40%0.43%0.15%
Tennessee 39 4754170.07%0.08%0.08%0.02%
Texas 371 2673621220.22%0.15%0.20%0.06%
Utah 18 20 22 70.12%0.13%0.13%0.04%
Vermont 10 9 * 30.19%0.16%*0.06%
Virginia 126 119126450.21%0.19%0.20%0.07%
Washington 83 7264270.17%0.14%0.12%0.05%
West Virginia 8 10 * 30.04%0.05%*0.01%
Wisconsin 47 4658180.10%0.10%0.12%0.03%
Wyoming 14 6*40.32%0.13%*0.08%
* No estate tax figures are provided by IRS for these states in some years due to privacy concerns. These excluded figures are, however, included in the national totals.