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Historical Data

Individual Taxes

Historical Highest Marginal Income Tax Rates

Individual Taxes

Marginal Tax Rate for Modified Taxable Income Returns by Marital Status

Individual Taxes

Household Income Quintiles

Income limits and mean income for each quintile of household income, 1967 through 2021.

Federal Budget and Economy

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for All Households

Shares of federal tax liabilities for all households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for Households with Children

Number of households, average pretax and after-tax income, shares of pretax and after-tax income, and income category minimums for households with children, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for Elderly Headed Households

Number of households, average pretax and after-tax income, shares of pretax and after-tax income, for elderly headed households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for Households with Children

Shares of federal tax liabilities for households with children, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for Elderly Headed Households

Shares of federal tax liabilities for elderly headed households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Households with Children

Average federal tax rates for households with children, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for All Households

Average federal tax rates for all households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for All Households

Number of households, average pretax and after-tax income, shares of pretax and after-tax income, and income category minimums for all households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Shares of Federal Tax Liabilities for Nonelderly Childless Households

Shares of federal tax liabilities for nonelderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Income Distribution for Nonelderly Childless Households

Number of households, average pretax and after-tax income, shares of pretax and after-tax income, for nonelderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Nonelderly Childless Households

Average federal tax rates for nonelderly childless households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Historical Average Federal Tax Rates for Elderly Headed Households

Average federal tax rates for elderly headed households, by comprehensive household income quintile.

Individual Taxes

Return Details by AGI and Marital Status

Adjusted gross income, exemptions, deductions, and tax items.

Individual Taxes

Historical Capital Gains and Taxes

Amounts of realized capital gains, taxes paid, average effective tax rates, and maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains, for tax years 1954 to 2014. Data unavailable for recent years.

Individual Taxes

Modified Taxable Income

Individual Taxes

Percent of Tax Filers by Marginal Tax Rate

Individual Taxes

Income Tax as a Percent of AGI

Individual Taxes

Historical Sources of Income and Tax Items

Individual Taxes

Presidential Election Campaign Fund

Individual Taxes

Effective tax rate by AGI

Average effective tax rates, number of tax returns, total adjusted gross income, and total tax after credits, for highest AGI groups, 1945 to 2020.

Individual Taxes

AMT Returns

Individual Taxes

Itemized Charitable Contributions (constant dollars), 1917-2017

Historical itemized charitable contributions as total amount (constant dollars), percent of AGI, and percent of GDP, 1917-2017.

Individual Taxes

Itemized Charitable Contributions (nominal), 1917-2017

Historical itemized charitable contributions (nominal amounts) and adjusted gross income, 1917-2017.

Individual Taxes

Total Income Tax Subsidies for Pension Benefits, 1975-2028

Individual Taxes

Percentage of Returns by the Highest Applicable Statutory Marginal Tax Rate, 1958-2016

Historical percentage of individual income tax returns, classified by the highest applicable statutory marginal rate, 1958-2016.

Current Statistics

Individual Taxes

Historical Individual Income Tax Parameters

Individual Taxes

Standard Deduction

Standard deduction amount for single, married, and head of household filers.

Individual Taxes

Median Income by Family Characteristics

Median income of families annually by selected family characteristics including type of residence, region, age of householder, family size, race or ethnicity.

Deductions & Exemptions

Individual Taxes

Returns of Itemizers by Marital Status

Sources of income, adjustments, and itemized deductions for returns with itemized deductions, by marital status.

Individual Taxes

Returns of Itemizers by AGI

Sources of income, adjustments, and itemized deductions for returns with itemized deductions, by size of adjusted gross income.

Individual Taxes

Historical Top Tax Rate

Historical top tax rates from 1913-2015

Individual Taxes

Percentage of Income Tax Generated at Each Statutory Marginal Tax Rate, 1958-2009

percentage of federal taxes generated at each statutory marginal rate.

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