US Counties With the Highest People per Tax Return

3,143 US counties ranked by people per tax return, from highest to lowest. First are Jefferson County, ID (2), Gaines County, TX (2) and Buffalo County, SD (2). The middle one of the 3,143 has 2.

What this measures

People covered per tax return: household size as the tax system sees it. Source: IRS Statistics of Income.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

Every state, highest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

More on people per tax return

• US Counties With the Lowest People per Tax Return
• People per tax return by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.