This section includes current and historical poverty thresholds for different family sizes; income and payroll taxes for low-income families.
Individual Taxes
Poverty thresholds (in dollars) by size of family and number of related children, 1990 to 2023.
Individual Taxes
Income limits and mean income for each quintile of household income, 1967 through 2022.
Individual Taxes
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
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
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
Income thresholds (in dollars) for poverty, income tax, and payroll tax, by size of family, 1995 to 2013.