2023 Mississippi Average Federal Income Taxes Paid

The average taxpayer in Mississippi paid $10,787 in federal income taxes in 2023. That's $8,326 less than the national average. See where that money went.

Mississippi
Health $2,959.16
* Includes $2,431.37 for Medicare and Medicaid
* Includes $26.47 for Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
* Includes $17.89 for Substance use & mental health programs
Militarism $2,883.94
* Includes $2,099.10 for Pentagon & Military
* Includes $1,678.91 for Pentagon
* Includes $987.07 for Pentagon contractors
* Includes $651.93 for Veterans Benefits
* Includes $398.16 for Military Personnel
* Includes $398.16 for Military Personnel
* Includes $140.53 for Lockheed Martin
* Includes $70.50 for Nuclear Weapons
* Includes $63.35 for Aid to foreign militaries
* Includes $62.45 for ICE & CBP (deportations & detentions)
* Includes $49.25 for Boeing
* Includes $18.22 for Federal Prisons
* Includes $1.87 for SpaceX - Pentagon
Interest on Debt $1,798.40
Unemployment and Labor $806.50
* Includes $62.28 for Child Tax Credit
* Includes $16.55 for Refugee Assistance
* Includes $12.72 for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Education $647.53
* Includes $407.83 for College Financial Aid
* Includes $195.47 for K-12 Education
Government $498.82
* Includes $43.48 for Internal Revenue Service
* Includes $12.60 for Postal Service
Food and Agriculture $447.37
* Includes $291.50 for SNAP (food stamps)
* Includes $63.30 for School Lunch & child nutrition
Housing and Community $337.66
* Includes $119.14 for Housing and urban development
* Includes $67.35 for Disaster Relief
International Affairs $116.03
* Includes $81.42 for International aid (non-military)
* Includes $32.79 for Diplomacy
Transportation $104.49
* Includes $13.73 for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
* Includes $13.05 for Federal Aviation Administration
Energy and Environment $97.68
* Includes $26.57 for Environmental Protection Agency
* Includes $8.07 for Wildfire Management
* Includes $6.12 for Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Science $89.41
* Includes $52.97 for NASA
* Includes $4.89 for SpaceX - NASA

TOTAL $10,787
US AVERAGE $19,113

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