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All About the Government Revenue Numbers
usgovernmentreveue.com has data on US government revenue going back to 1792.
- Federal revenue goes back to 1792
- State and local revenue for all states combined goes back to 1890.
- State and local revenue for individual states goes back to 1957.
Revenue data is primarily organized by major revenue function, such as Income Taxes, Ad Valorem Taxes, etc. You can look at data for a single year or a range of years.
Look at Revenue Data for Single Year
Federal, State, and Local Revenue TOTALS for current year or for
Total Revenue Functional BREAKDOWN for current year or for
Federal, State, and Local Revenue DETAILS for current year or for
Revenue DETAILS for individual cities, counties, etc. for latest year.
Look at Revenue Data Series over a range of years
You can look at individual data series or combine up to 5 data series together.
Total Revenue for the last ten years.
Total Revenue for the last ten years.
Once you have set up a single data series, you can add additional data series, change the range of years, change the units, etc.
General Overview of Data on This Site
The idea of usgovernmentrevenue.com is to provide a resource for people wanting to research US government finances. We have generated curated data series of the major functions of government revenue so that you can inspect and download the numbers on revenue at all levels of government.
For the federal government we have data going back to 1792, shortly after the founding. The data going back to 1962 come from the President’s annual federal budget. Data from 1961 going back to 1792 comes from data series published by the US Census Bureau.
For individual states we have state and local government revenue going back to 1957. For states and local governments in aggregate we have full data going back to 1900, and limited data going back to 1820.
If you are interested in data for a specific year we have a Revenue Details page that shows the major revenue functions for a specific year, federal, state, and local, and that allows you do drill down a couple of levels to view (and download) the data in more detail.
If you are interested in data for a range of years we have a Custom Chart page that lets you generate data on revenue for a range of years. It allows you to generate charts, look at data, and download the data to your computer in tab format that you can copy and paste into a spreadsheet, or as a .csv file that you can import directly into a spreadsheet program.
The best thing to do is to experiment with the Revenue Details page or the Custom Chart page and see what they can do for you. Also you can look around the site at the Revenue Analysis and Revenue History pages. These pages and their charts were created using the features that are also available to you.
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Revenue Data Sources
Revenue data is from official government sources.
- Federal revenue data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
- All other revenue data comes from the US Census Bureau.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.
Detailed table of revenue data sources here.
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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Data Sources for 2025:
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Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 7.1
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State and Local Finances for 2023
On September 11, 2025 we updated the state and local spending and revenue for FY 2023 using the new Census Bureau State and Local Government Finances summaries for FY 2023 released on July 31, 2025. (See also Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances). The release includes state and local spending for the United States as a whole and the 50 individual states and the District of Columbia.
State and local spending and revenue for FY2023 are now actual historical spending as reported by the Census Bureau. In addition, the Census Bureau published updated tables for 2021 and 2022.
We have updated the "guesstimated" state and local finances for FY2024-30 as indicated in our "guesstimate" blog entries.
We have also updated data for individual local government units with data for 2023.
Beginning in 2022 the Census Bureau has changed the value for Line 56 Direct Expenditure and Line 7 General Revenue from own sources, as follows:
We have decided to end our publication of non-insurance trust cash and security holdings.
However, to keep the time series at usgovernmentspending.com consistent, we have decided to add insurance-trust values back into Line 56 and Line 7 values.
In March 2025 the US Census Bureau released data on state finances for FY 2023 here and ...
On June 24, 2025, usgovernmentspending.com updated its data for agency debt from the Federal Reserve Board database. Data is now available for the period 1945-2024. You can see our Agency Debt page ...
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