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Distribution of Higher Education Tax Benefits by Student's State of Legal Residence

Number of Beneficiaries
(in thousands)		 Dollar Amount of Benefits
(in millions)
HOPE Lifetime
Learning		 Total HOPE Lifetime
Learning		 Total
Alabama 89 108 197 $84.6 $61.5 $146.1
Alaska 16 20 36 15.4 11.4 26.8
Arizona 138 169 307 130.9 96.1 227.0
Arkansas 41 50 91 39.2 28.4 67.7
California 931 1,142 2,073 883.6 650.2 1,533.8
Colorado 107 131 238 101.6 74.8 176.4
Connecticut 56 69 126 53.6 39.5 91.3
Delaware 14 18 32 13.6 10.0 23.6
District of Columbia 31 38 68 29.0 21.4 50.4
Florida 300 366 667 285.2 208.7 493.8
Georgia 128 156 284 121.9 88.7 210.6
Hawaii 26 32 58 24.8 18.3 42.1
Idaho 23 28 51 21.8 15.8 37.5
Illinois 296 363 659 280.9 206.8. 487.7
Indiana 117 143 260 111.0 81.3 192.4
Iowa 67 82 150 64.0 46.8 110.8
Kansas 80 97 177 75.5 55.5 131.0
Kentucky 58 70 128 55.2 39.8 95.0
Louisiana 69 83 153 66.1 47.6 113.6
Maine 21 26 47 20.3 14.8 35.2
Maryland 122 150 272 115.8 85.3 201.1
Massachusetts 161 198 359 153.1 112.7 265.7
Michigan 226 277 503 214.4 157.5 371.9
Minnesota 116 142 257 109.9 80.7 190.6
Mississippi 45 54 100 43.1 30.9 74.0
Missouri 124 152 276 118.0 86.5 204.5
Montana 16 19 35 15.2 10.9 26.1
Nebraska 55 67 122 52.2 38.4 90.6
Nevada 35 43 78 33.3 24.7 57.9
New Hampshire 24 29 52 22.4 16.4 38.8
New Jersey 120 146 266 113.8 83.3 197.1
New Mexico 44 53 97 41.4 30.2 71.7
New York 344 414 757 314.0 326.2 561.7
North Carolina 158 193 351 149.5 109.9 259.4
North Dakota 14 16 30 13.0 9.4 22.4
Ohio 216 263 478 204.6 149.6 354.2
Oklahoma 74 90 165 70.6 51.4 122.0
Oregon 82 101 183 78.1 57.6 135.7
Pennsylvania 213 259 472 202.1 147.5 349.6
Rhode Island 29 36 65 27.7 20.3 48.0
South Carolina 69 83 152 65.1 47.5 112.6
South Dakota 15 19 34 14.6 10.6 25.2
Tennessee 95 116 211 90.3 65.8 156.1
Texas 402 490 893 382.0 279.2 661.2
Utah 53 65 118 50.7 36.9 87.6
Vermont 16 20 35 15.2 11.1 26.3
Virginia 146 179 325 133.8 101.8 235.6
Washington 109 133 243 103.9 76.0 179.9
West Virginia 32 39 71 30.4 22.0 52.4
Wisconsin 119 146 265 112.8 83.1 195.9
Wyoming 14 18 32 13.7 10.1 23.3
U.S. Totals 5,900 7,200 13,100 $5,600.0 $4,100.0 $9,700.0
Source: Education Department estimates based on State-level enrollment, Pell Grant recipient data, and the President's fiscal year 2000 budget policy.

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