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Historical Data

Individual Taxes

Household Income Quintiles

Income limits and mean income for each quintile of household income, 1967 through 2020.

Poverty

Individual Taxes

Poverty Thresholds

Poverty thresholds (in dollars) by size of family and number of related children, 1990 to 2021.

Individual Taxes

Taxes and Transfers at Various Levels of Poverty, Equal Earnings July to December

Amount of selected taxes and transfers for a single parent with two children at various levels of poverty, assuming no earnings January through June and equal earnings July through December, by state.

Individual Taxes

Taxes and Transfers at Various Levels of Poverty, Equal Earnings January to December

Amount of selected taxes and transfers for a single parent with two children at various levels of poverty, assuming equal earnings all year, by state.

Individual Taxes

Share of Wages Paid at the Poverty Level for Individual Federal Taxes, 1970-2011

Amount of income, income taxes paid, and payroll taxes paid (in dollars and as a share of wages) by married couples at the poverty threshold, 1970 to 2011.

Individual Taxes

Family Taxes

Income thresholds (in dollars) for poverty, income tax, and payroll tax, by size of family, 1995 to 2013.

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