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Use the controls below to CUSTOMIZE chart or CHANGE the data series

Hover mouse over dropdown controls for help. Remember, you can display a maximum of five data series at once.

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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 2005, 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.
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.
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.

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 5)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.
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* If you add data series at same government level, this item will be shown as Remaining Revenue.

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 2005) 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 “fullsize” tab control above the chart display.

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Download Tab-delimited Data

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 1950 to 2017
YearGDP-US
$ per capita 2005
Population-US
million
Total Direct Revenue -total
$ per capita 2005
195013,256151.3263010a
195114,041153.9173415i
195214,333156.5524010a
195314,741159.2324072a
195414,401161.9584098a
195515,178164.7313894a
195615,217167.5514163a
195715,263170.4204275a
195814,870173.3374151a
195915,669176.3054115a
196015,787179.3234592a
196115,953181.5884648a
196216,709183.8814601a
196317,221186.2044803a
196417,991188.5554990a
196518,907190.9375089a
196619,888193.3485437a
196720,136195.7905807a
196820,848198.2635806a
196921,228200.7666467a
197021,003203.3026494a
197121,474205.5156240a
197222,371207.7526610a
197323,413210.0136931a
197423,033212.2997055a
197522,737214.6096854a
197623,699216.9457107a
197724,521219.3077619a
197825,610221.6947833a
197926,126224.1078121a
198025,774226.5468189a
198126,183228.6708505a
198225,436230.8158418a
198326,338232.9798227a
198427,968235.1648691a
198528,855237.3699218a
198629,577239.5959545a
198730,240241.84210100a
198831,190244.11010250a
198932,005246.39910639i
199032,302248.71010735a
199131,831251.80210527a
199232,507254.93310751a
199333,023258.10311028a
199433,947261.31211377a
199534,373264.56111779a
199635,221267.85012275a
199736,339271.18012863a
199837,456274.55213577a
199938,781277.96613894a
200039,784282.17214694a
200139,803285.08213651i
200240,108287.80412434a
200340,769290.32612649i
200441,792293.04613719a
200542,716295.50714360a
200643,469298.10915260a
200743,914300.73316186a
200843,384303.38014092a
200941,506306.05110904a
201042,231308.74613711a
201142,215311.59214376e
201242,712314.12314100g
201343,787316.84714919g
201444,868319.59415564g
201546,304322.36616079g
201647,804325.01016657g
201749,252327.67617293g

Legend:
a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values
e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com
b - budgeted estimate in US FY13 budget
g - 'guesstimated' projection by usgovernmentspending.com

Data Sources for 1950:
GDP: Measuring Worth - US GDP
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 2017:
GDP: Fed. Budget: Hist. Table 10.1
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
Guesstimated” by projecting the latest change in reported revenue forward to future years

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Data Sources for 1950_2017:

Sources for 1950:

See State GDP Information
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

Sources for 2017:

See State GDP Information
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
Guesstimated” by projecting the latest change in reported revenue forward to future years

> data sources for other years
> data update schedule.

Federal Budget FY 14 Released

On April 10, 2013, we updated usgovernmentspending.com with the numbers from the historical tables in the FY14 federal budget. Actual revenue for FY 2012 and estimated revenue through FY 2018 come from Tables 2.1, 2.4, and 2.5. Actual spending for FY 2012 and estimated spending at the subfunction level through FY 2018 comes from Table 3.2. Budget Authority estimates come from Table 5.1, federal debt estimates come from Table 7.1 and GDP estimates come from Table 10.1.

You can see you each line item changes from budget to budget here. You can compare budget estimates with actuals here.

Account level spending estimates through FY 2018 come from the Outlays table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on March 10, 2013.

Account level budget authority estimates through FY 2018 come from the Budget Authority table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on March 10, 2013.

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