By State: Advance Child Tax Credit Payments 

Distributed in November, 2021

Department of the Treasury 

November 16, 2021 
State

Total Number of 

Payments 

(000s)

Number of 

Qualifying 

Children 

(000s)

Total Payment 

Amount 

($000s)

Average 

Payment 

Amount 

($s)

Cumulative Total 

Payment Amount 

July-Nov, 20215 

($000s)

All Returns, total 61,291 36,105 15,722,852 435 76,741,910

Alabama 935 563 243,516 433 1,189,963

Alaska 155 83 39,694 478 195,228

Arizona 1,392 797 361,244 453 1,760,426

Arkansas 602 350 156,780 448 765,001

California 7,087 4,268 1,805,820 423 8,747,759

Colorado 1,031 601 261,128 434 1,267,039

Connecticut 583 361 145,443 403 709,089

Delaware 177 107 45,692 427 222,009

District of Columbia 93 60 23,797 397 114,688

Florida 3,667 2,296 962,701 419 4,671,499

Georgia 2,118 1,271 549,883 433 2,671,430

Hawaii 256 150 66,231 441 325,565

Idaho 403 209 102,752 492 505,267

Illinois 2,309 1,364 587,899 431 2,865,492

Indiana 1,335 761 344,392 453 1,690,477

Iowa 624 344 159,397 464 786,998

Kansas 585 322 150,047 466 735,063

Kentucky 862 505 223,402 443 1,099,009

Louisiana 890 543 232,445 428 1,147,838

Maine 215 131 55,471 423 272,608

Maryland 1,126 685 284,542 416 1,379,312

Massachusetts 1,075 667 264,135 396 1,288,754

Michigan 1,781 1,024 458,123 448 2,259,133

Minnesota 1,098 604 276,099 457 1,360,795

Mississippi 597 367 157,532 429 772,782

Missouri 1,163 663 300,206 453 1,473,073

Montana 199 110 51,037 464 251,009

Nebraska 412 223 105,458 472 519,077

Nevada 595 353 155,778 441 756,734

New Hampshire 217 133 54,032 406 265,541

New Jersey 1,620 986 402,459 408 1,955,293

New Mexico 396 233 103,752 445 506,814

New York 3,311 2,012 847,164 421 4,138,912

North Carolina 1,969 1,188 508,221 428 2,473,543

North Dakota 153 83 39,086 470 192,969

Ohio 2,166 1,255 559,258 446 2,753,885

Oklahoma 817 460 212,905 463 1,033,601

Oregon 719 420 183,567 437 896,394

Pennsylvania 2,219 1,309 565,202 432 2,783,443

Rhode Island 174 109 44,541 408 218,816

South Carolina 968 580 251,134 433 1,226,776

South Dakota 183 97 47,153 484 233,095

Advance Child Tax Credit Payments Disbursed November 2021, by State1,2,3
State

Total Number of 

Payments 

(000s)

Number of 

Qualifying 

Children 

(000s)

Total Payment 

Amount 

($000s)

Average 

Payment 

Amount 

($s)

Cumulative Total 

Payment Amount 

July-Oct, 20215 

($000s)

Tennessee 1,297 766 335,549 438 1,642,027

Texas 6,280 3,610 1,621,543 449 7,871,544

Utah 802 391 202,976 519 999,396

Vermont 99 61 25,354 419 124,257

Virginia 1,580 941 396,900 422 1,937,847

Washington 1,382 797 347,067 435 1,696,101

West Virginia 305 181 79,122 438 389,998

Wisconsin 1,063 603 272,066 451 1,335,897

Wyoming 115 63 29,629 471 145,533

Other areas 4 48 91 23,529 488 117,104

1

 Section 9611(a) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Act), Public Law 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (March 11, 2021), amended 

the Child Tax Credit (CTC) rules under section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) for taxable year 2021. For taxpayers 

who have a principal place of abode in the U.S. for more than half the year or who are bona fide residents of Puerto Rico for 

the year, the Act made the CTC fully refundable. The Act increased to age 17 the maximum age for which a child may be a 

qualifying child for the CTC. The Act also increased the maximum amount of the CTC from $2,000 to $3,600 for qualifying 

children under age 6 and to $3,000 for other qualifying children under age 18. Special rules are provided for U.S. Territories 

and their residents.

2

 The CTC phases out in two different steps based on the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income (modified AGI) in 2021.

The first $1,600 of the CTC per qualifying child under age 6 and the first $1,000 per qualifying child age 6 through 17 phase 

out sequentially at a rate of $50 per $1,000 (or part thereof) of modified AGI in excess of a threshold based on the taxpayer’s 

filing status. The modified AGI threshold is $150,000 for married joint filers or qualifying widows or widowers, $112,500 for 

head of household filers, and $75,000 for all other filers.

The remainder of the CTC, plus any amount of non-refundable $500 credit for other dependents, is further reduced by $50 for 

each $1,000 (or part thereof) that exceeds $200,000 ($400,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return) of modified AGI. 

Larger families follow a modified phaseout rule that extends the AGI range of the phaseout.

3

 Section 9611(b)(1) of the Act added section 7527A to the Code. Solely for 2021, section 7527A(a) requires the Secretary of 

the Treasury to establish a program for making periodic advance payments of the CTC, the total amount of which equals the 

taxpayer’s “annual advance amount.” The “annual advance amount” of a taxpayer is the amount estimated by the Secretary 

as being equal to 50 percent of the CTC that would be allowed to the taxpayer for 2021 based on information reported on the 

taxpayer’s 2020 Federal income tax return (or their 2019 return if the 2020 return is not available). The Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS) will disburse these advance payments monthly from July to December of 2021. The taxpayer must file a Tax 

Year 2021 return to claim the remainder of their CTC (if any). At the time these data were generated, taxpayers may use a 

designated IRS online tool, referred to as the “Child Tax Credit Update Portal,” to opt out of advance payments. 

A taxpayer’s Federal income tax will be increased, dollar-for-dollar, if their total CTC advance payments during 2021 exceed 

the amount of the CTC to which they are eligible for that year. However, safe harbor rules may reduce the additional income 

tax owed depending on the taxpayer’s modified AGI.

4

 Includes residents of U.S. territories, U.S. citizens abroad, and returns filed from Army Post Office and Fleet Post Office 

addresses by members of the armed forces stationed overseas.

NOTES: The numbers shown reflect advance CTC payments disbursed to eligible recipients based on taxpayer account 

information and do not account for reversed or undeliverable advance CTC payments. 

Source: Office of Tax Analysis tabulations of Internal Revenue Service data, November, 2021

Details may not add to totals because of rounding.

5 Includes payments issued in each monthly payment wave, excludes payments made in other weeks, such as replacements 

for undeliverable payments.