2023 Arkansas Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Arkansas paid $14,428 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $4,685 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Arkansas
Health $3,957.98
* Includes $3,252.05 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $35.40 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $23.92 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $3,857.38
* Includes $2,807.63 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $2,245.60 for Pentagon
* Includes $1,320.24 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $871.98 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $532.55 for Military Personnel
* Includes $532.55 for Military Personnel
* Includes $187.97 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $94.30 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $84.73 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $83.52 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $65.87 for Boeing
* Includes $24.37 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $2.50 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $2,405.43
Unemployment and Labor $1,078.73
* Includes $83.31 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $22.14 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $17.01 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $866.10
* Includes $545.49 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $261.45 for K-12 Education
Government $667.19
* Includes $58.16 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $16.85 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $598.38
* Includes $389.89 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $84.66 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $451.63
* Includes $159.36 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $90.08 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $155.19
* Includes $108.90 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $43.86 for Diplomacy
Transportation $139.76
* Includes $18.37 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $17.45 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $130.65
* Includes $35.54 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $10.80 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $8.18 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $119.59
* Includes $70.85 for NASA
* Includes $6.54 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $14,428
US AVERAGE $19,113

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