California EITC Tax Credit Statistics by County

State of California year-end tabulations detail Earned Income Tax Credit, Young Child Tax Credit, and Foster Youth Tax Credit use. The dataset provides statistics by county, preparer type, credit amount allowed, and number of dependents. It was produced by the Economic & Statistical Research Bureau and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze credit amount allowed and number of dependents by county to identify regional economic support patterns.
• Compare Earned Income Tax Credit use by preparer type to study tax filing assistance channels.
• Model Young Child Tax Credit and Foster Youth Tax Credit distributions across California counties for policy evaluation.

Strengths

• Data is produced by the authoritative State of California Economic & Statistical Research Bureau.
• Includes three distinct tax credit programs: EITC, YCTC, and FYTC for cross-program analysis.
• Provides multiple analytical cross-sections, including county-level and preparer-type breakdowns.

Limitations

• Data is only available in PDF format, requiring extraction for computational analysis.
• Specific row counts, column counts, and file sizes are unknown, limiting assessment of scale.

Provenance

Source

State of California, Economic & Statistical Research Bureau

Collection Method

Year-end tabulations of tax filings statistics.

Time Range

2025

Freshness

Data was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

California, with breakdowns by county.