The city in every state where you're most likely to be audited by the IRS
Alabama: Mobile
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.69 (state: 8.20)
Median household income: $45,802 (state: $46,472)
Poverty rate: 19.3% (state: 18.0%)
Alaska: Anchorage
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 6.99 (state: 7.02)
Median household income: $80,724 (state: $76,114)
Poverty rate: 8.5% (state: 10.2%)
Arizona: Yuma
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 9.25 (state: 7.87)
Median household income: $43,253 (state: $53,510)
Poverty rate: 19.7% (state: 17.0%)
Arkansas: Pine Bluff
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.75 (state: 8.16)
Median household income: $38,547 (state: $43,813)
Poverty rate: 23.4% (state: 18.1%)
California: El Centro
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 9.71 (state: 7.96)
Median household income: $44,779 (state: $67,169)
Poverty rate: 23.8% (state: 15.1%)
Colorado: Pueblo
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.76 (state: 7.36)
Median household income: $42,386 (state: $65,458)
Poverty rate: 19.8% (state: 11.5%)
Connecticut: Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.17 (state: 7.39)
Median household income: $89,773 (state: $73,781)
Poverty rate: 8.8% (state: 10.1%)
Delaware: Dover
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.37 (state: 7.31)
Median household income: $57,647 (state: $63,036)
Poverty rate: 13.0% (state: 12.1%)
Florida: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.74 (state: 8.21)
Median household income: $51,758 (state: $50,883)
Poverty rate: 16.1% (state: 15.5%)
Georgia: Albany
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 9.39 (state: 8.40)
Median household income: $40,612 (state: $52,977)
Poverty rate: 25.7% (state: 16.9%)
Hawaii: Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.60 (state: 7.39)
Median household income: $72,743 (state: $74,923)
Poverty rate: 10.0% (state: 10.3%)
Idaho: Idaho Falls
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.79 (state: 7.69)
Median household income: $54,663 (state: $50,985)
Poverty rate: 11.5% (state: 14.5%)
Illinois: Danville
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.67 (state: 7.49)
Median household income: $44,930 (state: $61,229)
Poverty rate: 19.8% (state: 13.5%)
Indiana: South Bend-Mishawaka
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.52 (state: 7.31)
Median household income: $48,681 (state: $52,182)
Poverty rate: 16.5% (state: 14.6%)
Iowa: Sioux City
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.35 (state: 7.03)
Median household income: $54,474 (state: $56,570)
Poverty rate: 12.9% (state: 12.0%)
Kansas: Wichita
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.33 (state: 7.30)
Median household income: $53,953 (state: $55,477)
Poverty rate: 13.9% (state: 12.8%)
Kentucky: Bowling Green
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.79 (state: 7.76)
Median household income: $46,716 (state: $46,535)
Poverty rate: 18.7% (state: 18.3%)
Louisiana: Monroe
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.92 (state: 8.39)
Median household income: $39,904 (state: $46,710)
Poverty rate: 24.2% (state: 19.6%)
Maine: Lewiston-Auburn
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.29 (state: 7.17)
Median household income: $49,538 (state: $53,024)
Poverty rate: 14.3% (state: 12.9%)
Maryland: Salisbury
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.54 (state: 7.36)
Median household income: $56,283 (state: $78,916)
Poverty rate: 13.3% (state: 9.7%)
Massachusetts: Boston-Cambridge-Newton
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.28 (state: 7.24)
Median household income: $81,838 (state: $74,167)
Poverty rate: 10.0% (state: 11.1%)
Michigan: Niles-Benton Harbor
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.73 (state: 7.40)
Median household income: $47,132 (state: $52,668)
Poverty rate: 17.2% (state: 15.6%)
Minnesota: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.01 (state: 6.99)
Median household income: $73,735 (state: $65,699)
Poverty rate: 9.4% (state: 10.5%)
Mississippi: Jackson
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.76 (state: 8.86)
Median household income: $49,381 (state: $42,009)
Poverty rate: 18.5% (state: 21.5%)
Missouri: Joplin
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.93 (state: 7.57)
Median household income: $45,913 (state: $51,542)
Poverty rate: 15.9% (state: 14.6%)
Montana: Missoula
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.32 (state: 7.43)
Median household income: $49,412 (state: $50,801)
Poverty rate: 15.9% (state: 14.4%)
Nebraska: Grand Island
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.48 (state: 7.16)
Median household income: $54,479 (state: $56,675)
Poverty rate: 12.3% (state: 12.0%)
Nevada: Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.73 (state: 7.64)
Median household income: $54,882 (state: $55,434)
Poverty rate: 14.6% (state: 14.2%)
New Hampshire: Manchester-Nashua
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 6.91 (state: 6.91)
Median household income: $75,777 (state: $71,305)
Poverty rate: 8.6% (state: 8.1%)
New Jersey: Trenton
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.65 (state: 7.52)
Median household income: $77,027 (state: $76,475)
Poverty rate: 11.3% (state: 10.7%)
New Mexico: Las Cruces
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.66 (state: 8.13)
Median household income: $39,114 (state: $46,718)
Poverty rate: 27.9% (state: 20.6%)
New York: New York-Newark-Jersey City
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.97 (state: 7.82)
Median household income: $72,205 (state: $62,765)
Poverty rate: 13.8% (state: 15.1%)
North Carolina: Rocky Mount
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.63 (state: 7.87)
Median household income: $41,593 (state: $50,320)
Poverty rate: 19.1% (state: 16.1%)
North Dakota: Grand Forks
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 6.81 (state: 6.98)
Median household income: $52,377 (state: $61,285)
Poverty rate: 15.5% (state: 11.0%)
Ohio: Toledo
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.33 (state: 7.23)
Median household income: $48,284 (state: $52,407)
Poverty rate: 17.8% (state: 14.9%)
Oklahoma: Lawton
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.95 (state: 7.82)
Median household income: $49,608 (state: $49,767)
Poverty rate: 16.6% (state: 16.2%)
Oregon: Grants Pass
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.95 (state: 7.35)
Median household income: $40,705 (state: $56,119)
Poverty rate: 18.6% (state: 14.9%)
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.51 (state: 7.19)
Median household income: $66,285 (state: $56,951)
Poverty rate: 13.1% (state: 13.1%)
Rhode Island: Providence-Warwick
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.16 (state: 7.26)
Median household income: $61,536 (state: $61,043)
Poverty rate: 13.0% (state: 13.4%)
South Carolina: Florence
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.71 (state: 8.02)
Median household income: $40,888 (state: $48,781)
Poverty rate: 20.6% (state: 16.6%)
South Dakota: Rapid City
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.27 (state: 7.34)
Median household income: $52,683 (state: $54,126)
Poverty rate: 13.0% (state: 13.9%)
Tennessee: Memphis
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 8.63 (state: 7.92)
Median household income: $50,194 (state: $48,708)
Poverty rate: 18.9% (state: 16.7%)
Texas: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 9.86 (state: 8.13)
Median household income: $37,097 (state: $57,051)
Poverty rate: 31.8% (state: 16.0%)
Utah: St. George
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.69 (state: 7.24)
Median household income: $55,175 (state: $65,325)
Poverty rate: 14.2% (state: 11.0%)
Vermont: Burlington-South Burlington
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 6.81 (state: 7.10)
Median household income: $65,476 (state: $57,808)
Poverty rate: 10.4% (state: 11.4%)
Virginia: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.53 (state: 7.55)
Median household income: $61,889 (state: $68,766)
Poverty rate: 12.2% (state: 11.2%)
Washington: Yakima
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.92 (state: 7.23)
Median household income: $47,470 (state: $66,174)
Poverty rate: 19.0% (state: 12.2%)
West Virginia: Beckley
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.63 (state: 7.44)
Median household income: $41,141 (state: $44,061)
Poverty rate: 18.5% (state: 17.8%)
Wisconsin: Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.20 (state: 6.93)
Median household income: $57,531 (state: $56,759)
Poverty rate: 14.5% (state: 12.3%)
Wyoming: Casper
Audits per 1,000 tax returns: 7.15 (state: 7.14)
Median household income: $59,400 (state: $60,938)
Poverty rate: 9.9% (state: 11.1%)
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