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Federal Government Tax and Revenue Chart

Create and customize charts of government revenue.

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 2012, 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.
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
  ? Total Direct Revenue: Total Revenue raised by federal, state, or local government. Does not include intergovernmental revenue such as federal grants
  ? Total Direct Revenue: Total Revenue raised by federal, state, or local government. Does not include intergovernmental revenue such as federal grants
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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 2012) 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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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 Revenue
Fiscal Years 1792 to 2016
YearGDP-US
$ billion nominal
Population-US
million
Total Revenue -
percent GDP
Total Revenue -
percent GDP
Total Revenue -
percent GDP
1792MW gdp4.1731.66a0.000.00
1793MW gdp4.3001.90a0.000.00
1794MW gdp4.4321.77a0.000.00
1795MW gdp4.5671.64a0.000.00
1796MW gdp4.7072.06a0.000.00
1797MW gdp4.8502.18a0.000.00
1798MW gdp4.9981.97a0.000.00
1799MW gdp5.1511.77a0.000.00
1800MW gdp5.3082.32a0.000.00
1801MW gdp5.4762.77a0.000.00
1802MW gdp5.6483.40a0.000.00
1803MW gdp5.8262.34a0.000.00
1804MW gdp6.0102.29a0.000.00
1805MW gdp6.1992.49a0.000.00
1806MW gdp6.3952.59a0.000.00
1807MW gdp6.5962.87a0.000.00
1808MW gdp6.8042.71a0.000.00
1809MW gdp7.0191.21a0.000.00
1810MW gdp7.2401.40a0.000.00
1811MW gdp7.4501.96a0.000.00
1812MW gdp7.6661.33a0.000.00
1813MW gdp7.8891.55a0.000.00
1814MW gdp8.1181.11a0.000.00
1815MW gdp8.3541.81a0.000.00
1816MW gdp8.5965.94a0.000.00
1817MW gdp8.8464.43a0.000.00
1818MW gdp9.1023.08a0.000.00
1819MW gdp9.3673.55a0.000.00
1820MW gdp9.6382.68a0.14e0.99e
1821MW gdp9.9212.13a0.14e1.09e
1822MW gdp10.2122.65a0.12e0.99e
1823MW gdp10.5112.86a0.13e1.19e
1824MW gdp10.8192.73a0.13e1.33e
1825MW gdp11.1362.82a0.24e1.22e
1826MW gdp11.4623.08a0.23e1.27e
1827MW gdp11.7982.67a0.22e1.31e
1828MW gdp12.1442.95a0.22e1.34e
1829MW gdp12.5002.85a0.22e1.40e
1830MW gdp12.8662.61a0.20e1.37e
1831MW gdp13.2352.90a0.19e1.43e
1832MW gdp13.6143.02a0.27e1.51e
1833MW gdp14.0053.16a0.26e1.55e
1834MW gdp14.4062.02a0.25e1.64e
1835MW gdp14.8192.87a0.22e1.64e
1836MW gdp15.2443.67a0.27e1.62e
1837MW gdp15.6821.87a0.26e1.67e
1838MW gdp16.1311.91a0.25e1.75e
1839MW gdp16.5942.17a0.30e1.87e
1840MW gdp17.0701.53a0.32e2.16e
1841MW gdp17.6011.29a0.30e2.06e
1842MW gdp18.1491.52a0.31e2.16e
1843MW gdp18.7140.80a0.32e2.23e
1844MW gdp19.2961.97a0.29e2.12e
1845MW gdp19.8971.84a0.27e1.94e
1846MW gdp20.5161.61a0.24e1.79e
1847MW gdp21.1541.26a0.25e1.54e
1848MW gdp21.8131.66a0.25e1.57e
1849MW gdp22.4921.48a0.25e1.57e
1850MW gdp23.1921.90a0.23e1.51e
1851MW gdp23.9092.16a0.22e1.54e
1852MW gdp24.6481.79a0.23e1.50e
1853MW gdp25.4092.02a0.21e1.48e
1854MW gdp26.1952.16a0.22e1.45e
1855MW gdp27.0041.81a0.23e1.46e
1856MW gdp27.8392.00a0.22e1.56e
1857MW gdp28.6991.83a0.24e1.63e
1858MW gdp29.5861.32a0.27e1.81e
1859MW gdp30.5011.39a0.27e1.81e
1860MW gdp31.4431.47a0.30e1.98e
1861MW gdp32.0911.07a0.30e2.09e
1862MW gdp32.7531.03a0.27e1.83e
1863MW gdp33.4281.61a0.23e1.55e
1864MW gdp34.1172.90a0.21e1.38e
1865MW gdp34.8203.49a0.22e1.47e
1866MW gdp35.5376.30a0.26e1.79e
1867MW gdp36.2706.01a0.32e2.15e
1868MW gdp37.0175.13a0.36e2.43e
1869MW gdp37.7804.90a0.42e2.80e
1870MW gdp38.5585.51a0.46e3.16e
1871MW gdp39.5885.26a0.48e3.26e
1872MW gdp40.6464.77a0.45e3.04e
1873MW gdp41.7324.04a0.43e2.90e
1874MW gdp42.8473.87a0.44e3.02e
1875MW gdp43.9913.82a0.47e3.18e
1876MW gdp45.1663.85a0.46e3.17e
1877MW gdp46.3733.59a0.46e3.13e
1878MW gdp47.6123.39a0.47e3.22e
1879MW gdp48.8833.22a0.43e2.92e
1880MW gdp50.1893.51a0.39e2.67e
1881MW gdp51.3423.39a0.37e2.51e
1882MW gdp52.5213.61a0.37e2.53e
1883MW gdp53.7263.57a0.39e2.65e
1884MW gdp54.9603.29a0.43e2.93e
1885MW gdp56.2223.13a0.46e3.15e
1886MW gdp57.5133.09a0.47e3.17e
1887MW gdp58.8333.17a0.46e3.11e
1888MW gdp60.1843.09a0.46e3.11e
1889MW gdp61.5663.17a0.49e3.30e
1890MW gdp62.9803.05a0.70a2.99a
1891MW gdp64.1922.95a0.72i3.10i
1892MW gdp65.4282.58a0.71i3.09i
1893MW gdp66.6882.97a0.80i3.48i
1894MW gdp67.9722.67a0.91i4.02i
1895MW gdp69.2812.55a0.87i3.86i
1896MW gdp70.6152.69a0.91i4.12i
1897MW gdp71.9742.64a0.92i4.19i
1898MW gdp73.3602.71a0.87i3.96i
1899MW gdp74.7733.10a0.84i3.90i
1900MW gdp76.2123.22a0.84i3.92i
1901MW gdp77.6803.11a0.81i3.83i
1902MW gdp79.1762.69a0.79a3.76a
1903MW gdp80.7012.53i0.78i3.71i
1904MW gdp82.2552.49i0.84i3.97i
1905MW gdp83.8392.26i0.79i3.76i
1906MW gdp85.4532.33i0.78i3.70i
1907MW gdp87.0992.42i0.76i3.60i
1908MW gdp88.7762.49i0.91i4.29i
1909MW gdp90.4862.37i0.90i4.25i
1910MW gdp92.2292.59i0.93i4.35i
1911MW gdp93.5232.66i0.96i4.50i
1912MW gdp94.8362.44i0.94i4.38i
1913MW gdp96.1672.43a0.95a4.44a
1914MW gdp97.5162.53i1.18i5.24i
1915MW gdp98.8852.14i1.28i5.44i
1916MW gdp100.2731.77i1.15i4.67i
1917MW gdp101.6802.03i1.10i4.27i
1918MW gdp103.1075.28i1.00i3.70i
1919MW gdp104.5547.20i1.12i3.94i
1920MW gdp106.0228.27i1.15i3.84i
1921MW gdp107.6268.32i1.59i5.07i
1922MW gdp109.2545.75a1.83a5.59a
1923MW gdp110.9084.96i1.73i5.23i
1924MW gdp112.5864.90i1.86i5.60i
1925MW gdp114.2904.43i1.96i5.85i
1926MW gdp116.0194.31i2.01i5.94i
1927MW gdp117.7754.63a2.23a6.57a
1928MW gdp119.5574.40i2.40i7.01i
1929MW gdp121.3664.10i2.47i7.17i
193092.2123.2035.24i2.79i7.63i
193177.4124.0715.14i3.43i9.05i
193259.5124.9454.43a4.27a10.41a
193357.2125.8255.70i5.21i10.98i
193466.8126.7125.82a5.12a9.53a
193574.2127.6056.11i5.02i8.87i
193684.8128.5046.10a4.74a8.01a
193793129.4106.67i5.01i7.59i
193887.4130.3218.27a6.06a8.39a
193993.4131.2407.62i5.90i8.06i
1940102.9132.1656.36a5.58a7.51a
1941129.3133.9666.74a4.88i6.12i
1942166135.7928.82a4.14a4.89a
1943203.1137.64311.82a3.59i4.10i
1944224.4139.51919.50a3.43a3.80a
1945228141.42119.81a3.57i3.97i
1946227.5143.34917.27a3.77a4.20a
1947249.6145.30315.43a4.09i4.55i
1948274.5147.28315.14a4.31a4.80a
1949272.5149.29114.46a4.72i5.37i
1950299.8151.32613.16a4.64a5.37a
1951346.9153.91714.88a4.43i5.12i
1952367.3156.55218.01a4.58a5.28a
1953389.2159.23217.88a4.62a5.40a
1954390.5161.95817.85a4.82a5.74a
1955425.5164.73115.38a4.62a5.68a
1956449.4167.55116.60a4.94a5.86a
1957474170.42016.88a5.20a6.12a
1958481.2173.33716.55a5.44a6.51a
1959521.7176.30515.19a5.59a6.44a
1960542.4179.32317.05a6.05a6.88a
1961562.2181.58816.79a6.15a7.20a
1962603.9183.88116.51a6.23a7.14a
1963637.5186.20416.72a6.43a7.15a
1964684.5188.55516.45a6.60a7.24a
1965742.3190.93715.74a6.58a7.19a
1966813.4193.34816.08a6.79a7.29a
1967860195.79017.30a7.10a7.51a
1968940.7198.26316.26a7.28a7.46a
19691017.6200.76618.36a7.62a7.79a
19701073.3203.30217.96a8.29a8.30a
19711164.9205.51516.06a8.35a8.68a
19721279.1207.75216.21a8.78a8.85a
19731425.4210.01316.19a9.11a8.99a
19741545.2212.29917.03a9.11a9.27a
19751684.9214.60916.56a9.18a9.48a
19761873.4216.94515.91a9.89a9.52a
19772081.8219.30717.08a9.82a9.43a
19782351.6221.69416.99a9.57a9.12a
19792627.3224.10717.63a9.40a9.00a
19802857.3226.54618.10a9.69a9.04a
19813207228.67018.69a9.69a8.98a
19823343.8230.81518.47a9.90a9.36a
19833634232.97916.53a9.84a9.30a
19844037.6235.16416.51a9.83a9.07a
19854339237.36916.92a10.12a9.28a
19864579.6239.59516.80a10.51a9.49a
19874855.2241.84217.60a10.65a9.67a
19885236.4244.11017.36a10.35a9.45a
19895641.6246.39917.57a10.40i9.53i
19905963.1248.71017.31a10.60a9.73a
19916158.1251.80217.13a10.72a9.94a
19926520.3254.93316.74a11.42a9.93a
19936858.6258.10316.83a11.74a9.94a
19947287.2261.31217.27a11.55a9.89a
19957639.7264.56117.69a11.86a9.91a
19968073.1267.85018.00a11.98a9.96a
19978577.6271.18018.41a12.13a9.88a
19989062.8274.55219.00a12.17a10.04a
19999630.7277.96618.98a11.97a9.89a
200010252.3282.17219.75a12.30a9.89a
200110581.8285.08218.82a11.16a9.28i
200210936.4287.80416.94a10.03a9.90a
200311458.2290.32615.55a11.31a9.53i
200412213.7293.04615.39a12.99a10.22a
200513036.6295.75316.52a12.60a10.03a
200613814.6298.59317.42a12.85a10.19a
200714451.9301.58017.77a13.81a10.65a
200814712.8304.37517.16a10.73a10.40a
200914448.9307.00714.57a7.84a10.08a
201014992.1309.32714.43a13.61a10.91a
201115542.6311.58314.82a14.61a10.75a
201216197313.87815.13a11.50a9.95a
201316784.9316.06016.53a13.24a10.06a
201417527.3318.38617.24a13.45a10.08a
201518238.3320.73917.82a11.87a9.67a
201618745.1323.07217.43a11.43a9.62a

Legend:
a - actual reported
e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com
i - interpolated between actual reported values

Data Sources for 1792:
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: not available

Data Sources for 2016:
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
'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported revenue forward to future years

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Revenue Data Sources

Revenue data is from official government sources.

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 1792_2016:

Sources for 1792:

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: not available

Sources for 2016:

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
'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported revenue forward to future years

> data sources for other years
> data update schedule.

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its Gross State Product (GSP) data for 2020 on March 25, 2021.

Usgovernmentspending.com has updated its individual state GSPs for 2019 and projected nominal and real GSP through 2025 for each state using the projected national GDP numbers from Table 10.1 in the Historical Tables for the Federal FY2021 Budget and the historical GDP data series from the BEA as a baseline.

As before we have projected individual state GSPs out to 2025. This "guesstimate" normally relies upon the US GDP forecast in the federal budget. But the federal budget for FY 22 is not expected until May. So the state GDP projections are based on last year's GDP projections. Obviously all projections in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 epidemic are questionable.

Click here to view a complete list of US states and their 2020 GSP growth rates.

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