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Federal Government Tax and Revenue Chart

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Revenue Units: By default, government revenue is displayed in billions of dollars. But using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select $ bln 2017, pct GDP and more.
Chart Title: You can create a title for your chart. Use the text field to enter a title and click the button to the right of the text field.
US or State: By default, the chart shows overall United States government revenue. But you can select revenue for individual states by selecting the state dropdown control in the table heading.
State, Local: By default, you can chart state revenue or local revenue by clicking a radio button in the selection table. But you can chart state-and-local combined by selecting state n local in the state/local dropdown control in the table heading.
View: There are many ways to view the revenue data. The default view is functional. There is a census view that conforms with the revenue categories used by the US Census Bureau in its Statistical Abstract. There is a COFOG view that categorizes revenue using the UN methodology.
Linear/Log: By default, the data series are displayed as linear charts. But you can also select a log chart. Linear charts show constant amount changes as a straight line; Log charts show constant rates of change as a straight line.
Line/Bar: By default, the data series are displayed as line charts. But you can also select a bar chart.
Data Stack: By default, the data series are “stacked” when displayed on the chart. But you can change the setting to “un stack” the data series.
Chart Size: By default, the chart is displayed at medium size. But you can use the dropdown control to change the size.
Color: By default charts are displayed with color data lines and fill. You can change this to grayscale if you want. Or display a chart using Google API or chart.js API.
US Budget Year: By default, the chart displays budgeted and estimated federal revenue in the current US Budget submitted to the Congress by the president. But you can look at previous budgeted numbers using this dropdown control.
Mandatory: By default the chart shows all spending without regard to mandatory or discretionary. Select Mandatory if you want to chart only federal Mandatory spending, Discretionary if you want to chart only federal Discretionary spending, Both if you want both federal Mandatory and Discretionary spending broken out using the dropdown control in the table heading.

Data Range

Start Year: You can select any start year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a start year to get close, then select the start year you want.
End Year: You can select any end year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select an end year to get close, then select the end year you want.
Category (max 7)Sub-categoryFed Gov. 
Xfer 
State Local Total   
 
Data Series: Select a revenue series you want to chart from a dropdown on the left. If you select on the bottom dropdown you will add a data series (up to a maximum of five). The right-hand dropdown allows you to replace a data series with a more narrowly focused series. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
? Total Direct Revenue: Total Revenue raised by federal, state, or local government. Does not include intergovernmental revenue such as federal grants *
  ? Select data series to add to chart
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If you’d like to create your own custom chart of revenue data you should use the table above to make your selections.

  • Select the year range: Select the start year and the end year you want by selecting the years you want in the two year dropdown boxes.
  • Select revenue items: Just select the revenue item you want from the dropdown control. Then click a radio button to select the level of government: federal, state, or local. If you select from the < select > you will add another data series to your chart. Up to 5 data series are allowed at once. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
  • Select units: You can select the display in billions of nominal (i.e. inflated) dollars, billions of real (i.e. year 2017) dollars, or as percent of GDP.
  • Choose chart features: You can select the size of the chart, switch from bar chart to line chart, select color or black and white, stacked or not. You can also blow up the chart to fill the screen with the “full screen” tab control above the chart display.

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Copy and Paste: To copy and paste data into spreadsheet for analysis, just copy the tab-delimited text in the textbox below (click cursor in text box, then press ctrl-A then press ctrl-C) and paste it into your spreadsheet.

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Below is a formatted version of the data displayed in the chart.

Total Direct Revenue
Fiscal Years 1902 to 2015
YearInflationGDP-US
$ billion 2017
Population-US
million
Total Direct Revenue - Federal
$ billion 2017
19022.9MW gdpa79.17615.21a
19034.83MW gdpa80.70114.73i
19042.57MW gdpa82.25514.00i
19050.81MW gdpa83.83914.16i
19063.71MW gdpa85.45315.16i
19076.49MW gdpa87.09916.17i
1908-0.18MW gdpa88.77614.85i
1909-1.49MW gdpa90.48615.31i
19102.63MW gdpa92.22916.93i
1911-0.49MW gdpa93.52317.90i
19124.17MW gdpa94.83617.23i
19130.75MW gdpa96.16717.86a
19140.86MW gdpa97.51617.12i
19153.29MW gdpa98.88514.89i
191614.48MW gdpa100.27314.02i
191722.75MW gdpa101.68015.67i
191818MW gdpa103.10744.52i
19192.49MW gdpa104.55461.15i
192013.78MW gdpa106.02269.58i
1921-14.44MW gdpa107.62668.41i
1922-5.79MW gdpa109.25449.87a
19233.15MW gdpa110.90848.73i
1924-1.28MW gdpa112.58649.61i
19251.82MW gdpa114.29045.86i
19260.5MW gdpa116.01947.62i
1927-2.42MW gdpa117.77551.62a
19280.76MW gdpa119.55749.63i
19290.73MW gdpa121.36648.81i
1930-3.351089.8a123.20357.09i
1931-9.651020a124.07152.44i
1932-10.22888.4a124.94539.33a
1933-2.63877.4a125.82550.01i
19345.97972.3a126.71256.56a
19352.181058.8a127.60564.66i
19361.391195.3a128.50472.96a
19374.551256.5a129.41083.78i
1938-2.711214.9a130.321100.44a
1939-1.161312.4a131.24099.95i
19401.361428.1a132.16590.88a
19417.951681a133.966113.26a
19429.51998.5a135.792176.18a
19435.322338.8a137.643276.38a
19442.532524.8a139.519492.21a
19452.582500.1a141.421495.18a
194611.392209.9a143.349381.72a
194710.862184.6a145.303337.09a
19485.862274.6a147.283344.38a
1949-0.172261.9a149.291327.17a
19501.332458.5a151.326323.45a
19517.662656.3a153.917395.24a
19521.82764.8a156.552498.06a
19531.522902.8a159.232516.51a
19540.722880.5a161.958513.49a
19552.013111.4a164.731473.37a
19563.933140.9a167.551519.22a
19573.23237.4a170.420540.06a
19582.043213.9a173.337526.85a
19591.343430.1a176.305517.78a
19601.443515.4a179.323595.94a
19611.043621.3a181.588602.09a
19621.273838.8a183.881628.30a
19630.994023.8a186.204665.39a
19641.874245.9a188.555690.96a
19651.934515.4a190.937703.96a
19663.344788.3a193.348764.37a
19672.834919.4a195.790846.18a
19684.565181.9a198.263833.71a
19695.385334.6a200.766967.90a
19705.025357.1a203.302951.00a
19715.435518.1a205.515876.84a
19724.215814.9a207.752934.05a
19736.336092.3a210.013980.68a
19749.436054a212.2991021.51a
19758.86102.3a214.609996.08a
19765.386404.9a216.9451011.90a
19776.526774.5a219.3071137.00a
19787.817129.9a221.6941189.44a
19798.997300.3a224.1071267.90a
19808.717181.7a226.5461300.10a
19819.827492.4a228.6701377.04a
19825.87300.9a230.8151339.82a
19833.867719.7a232.9791256.68a
19843.818252.5a235.1641346.57a
19853.148604.2a237.3691439.73a
19861.928872.6a239.5951481.09a
19872.759162a241.8421602.38a
19883.969546.2a244.1101643.02a
19893.99919.2a246.3991726.12a
19903.8910090.6a248.7101731.16a
19913.2810080.2a251.8021713.61a
19922.1510449.7a254.9331736.49a
19932.5210688.6a258.1031792.79a
19942.1911152.2a261.3121914.56a
19952.1311450.3a264.5612014.60a
19961.7811914.1a267.8502129.00a
19971.8612471a271.1802273.47a
19981.1912982.8a274.5522450.68a
19991.4113604.8a277.9662566.65a
20002.5514145.3a282.1722776.35a
20012.2214214.5a285.0822670.52a
20021.514519.6a287.8042449.64a
20032.0714988.8a290.3262309.62a
20042.8915512.6a293.0462370.15a
20053.3616047.6a295.7532629.64a
20063.2116420.7a298.5932849.45a
20072.6316809.6a301.5802963.91a
20082.0316854.3a304.3752855.23a
20090.1116326.3a307.0072378.50a
20101.4516872.3a309.3272409.91a
20112.417031.3a311.5832507.15a
20121.7217469.7a313.8782622.67a
20131.6517860.5a316.0602923.52a
20141.9618406.9a318.3863123.77a
20150.9118857.4a320.7393330.39a

Legend:
a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values

Data Sources for 1902:
GDP: Samuel H. Williamson, "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?" MeasuringWorth, 2015.
Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
State and Local: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970

Data Sources for 2015:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances

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Revenue data is from official government sources.

Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.

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Federal revenue data begins in 1792.

State and local revenue data begins in 1820.

State and local revenue data for individual states begins in 1957.

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