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State Earned Income Tax Credit Recipients by Town
January 2013
Tax year 2011. Credit amounts refer to amount of state, rather than combined state and federal EITC.
Source: Fiscal Policy Center analysis of data provided by the CT Department of Revenue Services

Town
Andover
Ansonia
Ashford
Avon
Barkhamsted
Beacon Falls
Berlin
Bethany
Bethel
Bethlehem
Bloomfield
Bolton
Bozrah
Branford
Bridgeport
Bridgewater
Bristol
Brookfield
Brooklyn
Burlington
Canaan
Canterbury
Canton
Chaplin
Cheshire
Chester
Clinton
Colchester
Colebrook
Columbia
Cornwall
Coventry
Cromwell
Danbury
Darien
Deep River

County
Tolland County
New Haven County
Windham County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
New Haven County
Hartford County
New Haven County
Fairfield County
Litchfield County
Hartford County
Tolland County
New London County
New Haven County
Fairfield County
Litchfield County
Hartford County
Fairfield County
Windham County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
Windham County
Hartford County
Windham County
New Haven County
Middlesex County
Middlesex County
New London County
Litchfield County
Tolland County
Litchfield County
Tolland County
Middlesex County
Fairfield County
Fairfield County
Middlesex County

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Number of
Households
Claiming EITC
88
1,450
187
235
112
162
471
119
584
110
1,222
116
88
911
15,703
24
3,290
356
396
178
220
221
237
101
512
134
445
498
20
121
55
388
377
4,234
180
176

Amount of
EITC Claimed
$44,151
$899,213
$90,800
$103,091
$55,518
$87,786
$218,801
$51,246
$312,134
$56,719
$628,247
$58,681
$46,523
$423,358
$10,815,388
$10,722
$1,924,733
$164,726
$206,780
$77,848
$119,533
$106,778
$99,829
$48,536
$232,747
$59,328
$216,168
$282,699
$9,006
$66,864
$31,802
$192,223
$190,714
$2,552,100
$66,146
$80,771

Average
Credit
by Town
$502
$620
$486
$439
$496
$542
$465
$431
$534
$516
$514
$506
$529
$465
$689
$447
$585
$463
$522
$437
$543
$483
$421
$481
$455
$443
$486
$568
$450
$553
$578
$495
$506
$603
$367
$459

Average
Income
of EITC Filer
$17,759
$18,580
$18,991
$15,751
$19,277
$19,883
$16,812
$16,739
$18,466
$17,585
$19,166
$17,453
$18,552
$16,794
$18,001
$15,833
$18,345
$17,408
$17,994
$19,895
$19,531
$17,666
$16,698
$18,713
$16,647
$16,814
$17,738
$19,349
$14,217
$17,884
$16,194
$18,377
$17,216
$18,730
$13,060
$17,265

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Derby
Durham
East Granby
East Haddam
East Hampton
East Hartford
East Haven
East Lyme
East Windsor
Eastford
Easton
Ellington
Enfield
Essex
Fairfield
Farmington
Franklin
Glastonbury
Goshen
Granby
Greenwich
Griswold
Groton
Guilford
Haddam
Hamden
Hampton
Hartford
Hartland
Harwinton
Hebron
Kent
Killingly
Killingworth
Lebanon
Ledyard
Lisbon
Litchfield
Lyme
Madison
Manchester
Mansfield
Marlborough
Meriden
Middlebury
Middlefield
Middletown
Milford
Monroe
Montville

County
New Haven County
Middlesex County
Hartford County
Middlesex County
Middlesex County
Hartford County
New Haven County
New London County
Hartford County
Windham County
Fairfield County
Tolland County
Hartford County
Middlesex County
Fairfield County
Hartford County
New London County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
Hartford County
Fairfield County
New London County
New London County
New Haven County
Middlesex County
New Haven County
Windham County
Hartford County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
Tolland County
Litchfield County
Windham County
Middlesex County
New London County
New London County
New London County
Litchfield County
New London County
New Haven County
Hartford County
Tolland County
Hartford County
New Haven County
New Haven County
Middlesex County
Middlesex County
New Haven County
Fairfield County
New London County

Number of
Households
Claiming EITC
737
116
133
227
355
4,905
1,421
522
553
55
80
366
1,855
176
1,004
558
48
709
91
197
1,218
721
1,569
450
191
2,469
81
16,121
50
133
205
104
1,155
122
258
556
125
245
40
286
3,546
391
130
4,700
137
124
2,408
1,655
372
866

Amount of
EITC Claimed
$444,577
$50,486
$67,678
$119,491
$168,229
$3,123,053
$800,316
$258,929
$294,053
$29,565
$26,099
$185,248
$996,367
$95,185
$509,151
$251,353
$32,037
$357,731
$41,882
$86,832
$603,597
$388,327
$979,895
$181,699
$90,366
$1,345,711
$38,100
$11,200,838
$23,052
$60,882
$96,289
$48,048
$682,252
$40,461
$138,393
$304,570
$70,452
$111,824
$17,230
$109,324
$2,097,721
$198,678
$62,905
$3,034,484
$67,270
$63,036
$1,373,399
$793,565
$164,833
$482,511

Average
Credit
by Town
$603
$435
$509
$526
$474
$637
$563
$496
$532
$538
$326
$506
$537
$541
$507
$450
$667
$505
$460
$441
$496
$539
$625
$404
$473
$545
$470
$695
$461
$458
$470
$462
$591
$332
$536
$548
$564
$456
$431
$382
$592
$508
$484
$646
$491
$508
$570
$479
$443
$557

Average
Income
of EITC Filer
$18,542
$17,658
$19,593
$18,585
$17,924
$18,748
$18,510
$17,293
$17,863
$18,418
$13,344
$18,694
$18,445
$16,845
$16,218
$17,817
$16,290
$16,653
$17,083
$16,352
$16,345
$19,263
$18,065
$13,506
$16,549
$18,400
$18,159
$17,672
$16,936
$19,291
$19,407
$19,196
$19,318
$14,969
$19,395
$19,415
$21,900
$16,589
$15,797
$16,731
$18,336
$18,665
$16,593
$18,451
$17,708
$17,203
$17,802
$16,902
$18,028
$19,526
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Town
Morris
Naugatuck
New Britain
New Canaan
New Fairfield
New Hartford
New Haven
New London
New Milford
Newington
Newtown
Norfolk
North Branford
North Canaan
North Haven
North Stonington
Norwalk
Norwich
Old Lyme
Old Saybrook
Orange
Oxford
Plainfield
Plainville
Plymouth
Pomfret
Portland
Preston
Prospect
Putnam
Redding
Ridgefield
Rocky Hill
Roxbury
Salem
Salisbury
Scotland
Seymour
Sharon
Shelton
Sherman
Simsbury
Somers
South Windsor
Southbury
Southington
Sprague
Stafford
Stamford
Sterling

County
Litchfield County
New Haven County
Hartford County
Fairfield County
Fairfield County
Litchfield County
New Haven County
New London County
Litchfield County
Hartford County
Fairfield County
Litchfield County
New Haven County
Litchfield County
New Haven County
New London County
Fairfield County
New London County
New London County
Middlesex County
New Haven County
New Haven County
Windham County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
Windham County
Middlesex County
New London County
New Haven County
Windham County
Fairfield County
Fairfield County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
New London County
Litchfield County
Windham County
New Haven County
Litchfield County
Fairfield County
Fairfield County
Hartford County
Tolland County
Hartford County
New Haven County
Hartford County
New London County
Tolland County
Fairfield County
Windham County

Number of
Households
Claiming EITC
85
1,811
7,299
176
298
189
11,631
2,730
933
979
483
68
367
34
630
157
4,338
3,432
168
305
226
249
948
754
548
149
276
171
257
627
109
255
527
48
103
119
32
609
65
1,129
74
401
234
559
324
1,273
184
542
5,842
169

Amount of
EITC Claimed
$38,114
$1,079,927
$4,995,156
$69,570
$142,685
$83,870
$7,773,996
$1,836,111
$487,690
$480,811
$227,222
$30,741
$187,315
$21,945
$292,574
$84,231
$2,524,165
$2,204,366
$75,729
$139,039
$94,042
$122,260
$555,518
$367,443
$284,345
$73,360
$143,476
$81,911
$128,003
$359,008
$51,100
$97,018
$255,095
$20,003
$52,415
$54,087
$13,867
$313,899
$32,875
$575,332
$38,391
$190,056
$117,132
$301,058
$133,577
$610,247
$117,433
$289,368
$3,353,810
$97,200

Average
Credit
by Town
$448
$596
$684
$395
$479
$444
$668
$673
$523
$491
$470
$452
$510
$645
$464
$537
$582
$642
$451
$456
$416
$491
$586
$487
$519
$492
$520
$479
$498
$573
$469
$380
$484
$417
$509
$455
$433
$515
$506
$510
$519
$474
$501
$539
$412
$479
$638
$534
$574
$575

Average
Income
of EITC Filer
$16,225
$18,724
$18,424
$15,163
$18,482
$16,329
$17,504
$17,755
$18,617
$18,791
$16,026
$17,610
$17,857
$18,981
$17,873
$18,002
$17,454
$18,437
$15,218
$15,955
$14,822
$16,898
$19,769
$18,363
$19,306
$18,810
$17,490
$18,185
$16,411
$18,089
$14,261
$15,073
$16,333
$15,545
$18,372
$16,246
$20,650
$18,192
$16,399
$18,443
$16,506
$16,919
$17,107
$18,934
$16,359
$18,094
$20,216
$19,226
$17,501
$18,856
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Stonington
Stratford
Suffield
Thomaston
Thompson
Tolland
Torrington
Trumbull
Union
Vernon
Voluntown
Wallingford
Warren
Washington
Waterbury
Waterford
Watertown
West Hartford
West Haven
Westbrook
Weston
Westport
Wethersfield
Willington
Wilton
Winchester
Windham
Windsor
Windsor Locks
Wolcott
Woodbridge
Woodbury
Woodstock
Other
Statewide:

Fairfield County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
Middlesex County
New Haven County
New London County
Tolland County
Windham County

County
New London County
Fairfield County
Hartford County
Litchfield County
Windham County
Tolland County
Litchfield County
Fairfield County
Tolland County
Tolland County
New London County
New Haven County
Litchfield County
Litchfield County
New Haven County
New London County
Litchfield County
Hartford County
New Haven County
Middlesex County
Fairfield County
Fairfield County
Hartford County
Tolland County
Fairfield County
Litchfield County
Windham County
Hartford County
Hartford County
New Haven County
New Haven County
Litchfield County
Windham County
n/a

Number of
Households
Claiming EITC
857
2,610
286
338
398
267
2,182
671
9
1,472
120
1,473
27
126
11,610
698
782
2,010
3,916
218
72
278
857
185
150
722
2,210
1,428
559
595
129
234
223
2,735
181,620

Amount of
EITC Claimed
$427,902
$1,512,380
$131,932
$178,467
$228,191
$116,351
$1,268,240
$300,070
$2,936
$828,441
$64,350
$741,176
$13,050
$56,332
$8,080,376
$375,146
$376,295
$1,087,544
$2,423,405
$94,794
$31,908
$108,243
$432,009
$82,574
$66,897
$421,177
$1,473,060
$740,394
$308,848
$307,020
$58,618
$111,340
$113,840
$1,493,010
$109,194,583

County Totals
EITC Households Average Credit Amount
40,216
$605
51,322
$614
7,614
$529
5,650
$518
48,836
$619
13,911
$598
4,384
$520
6,952
$592

Average
Credit
by Town
$499
$579
$461
$528
$573
$436
$581
$447
$326
$563
$536
$503
$483
$447
$696
$537
$481
$541
$619
$435
$443
$389
$504
$446
$446
$583
$667
$518
$553
$516
$454
$476
$510
$546
$601

Average
Income
of EITC Filer
$16,479
$19,008
$17,263
$18,289
$18,898
$18,234
$18,504
$17,085
$21,878
$18,242
$18,674
$18,134
$17,773
$18,267
$18,062
$17,573
$18,713
$17,733
$18,508
$15,420
$8,904
$9,452
$18,741
$16,837
$12,456
$18,176
$18,014
$18,765
$19,792
$18,051
$12,076
$17,742
$18,552
$15,847
$17,957

Total Credit Amount

$24,312,965
$31,514,725
$4,024,507
$2,924,943
$30,207,484
$8,321,159
$2,278,937
$4,116,854

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