[Historical Tables]
[Section 15 - Total (Federal and State and Local) Government Finances]
[Table 15.1 - Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1947-1997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
                             Table 15.1--TOTAL GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS IN ABSOLUTE AMOUNTS AND AS PERCENTAGES OF GDP: 1947-1997                             
                                                              (dollar amounts in billions)                                                              
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                                                                  In Current Dollars                                         As Percentages of GDP      
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                                                              Federal Government Receipts      State and                                       State and
                                                         ------------------------------------    Local     Addendum:                             Local  
                 Fiscal Year                     Total                                        Government    Fiscal       Total      Federal   Government
                                              Government                                          Tax      Year GDP   Government  Government      Tax   
                                               Receipts      Total     On-Budget  Off-Budget   Receipts                Receipts    Receipts    Receipts 
                                                                                                 (NIPA                                           (NIPA  
                                                                                                Basis)                                          Basis)  
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1947........................................     51.0        38.5        37.1         1.5        12.5       234.9        21.7        16.4         5.3   
1948........................................     56.0        41.6        39.9         1.6        14.4       256.6        21.8        16.2         5.6   
1949........................................     55.5        39.4        37.7         1.7        16.0       271.7        20.4        14.5         5.9   
                                                                                                                                                        
1950........................................     56.9        39.4        37.3         2.1        17.5       273.6        20.8        14.4         6.4   
1951........................................     71.2        51.6        48.5         3.1        19.6       321.3        22.2        16.1         6.1   
1952........................................     87.4        66.2        62.6         3.6        21.3       348.9        25.1        19.0         6.1   
1953........................................     92.8        69.6        65.5         4.1        23.2       373.1        24.9        18.7         6.2   
1954........................................     94.4        69.7        65.1         4.6        24.7       378.0        25.0        18.4         6.5   
                                                                                                                                                        
1955........................................     91.9        65.5        60.4         5.1        26.4       395.3        23.2        16.6         6.7   
1956........................................    103.9        74.6        68.2         6.4        29.3       427.6        24.3        17.4         6.9   
1957........................................    112.1        80.0        73.2         6.8        32.1       450.5        24.9        17.8         7.1   
1958........................................    113.6        79.6        71.6         8.0        34.0       460.6        24.7        17.3         7.4   
1959........................................    116.0        79.2        71.0         8.3        36.8       491.8        23.6        16.1         7.5   
                                                                                                                                                        
1960........................................    132.5        92.5        81.9        10.6        40.0       518.2        25.6        17.8         7.7   
1961........................................    137.7        94.4        82.3        12.1        43.4       530.9        25.9        17.8         8.2   
1962........................................    146.5        99.7        87.4        12.3        46.9       567.5        25.8        17.6         8.3   
1963........................................    156.6       106.6        92.4        14.2        50.1       598.3        26.2        17.8         8.4   
1964........................................    166.9       112.6        96.2        16.4        54.3       640.0        26.1        17.6         8.5   
                                                                                                                                                        
1965........................................    175.3       116.8       100.1        16.7        58.4       686.7        25.5        17.0         8.5   
1966........................................    195.3       130.8       111.7        19.1        64.5       752.8        25.9        17.4         8.6   
1967........................................    218.4       148.8       124.4        24.4        69.6       811.9        26.9        18.3         8.6   
1968........................................    232.2       153.0       128.1        24.9        79.3       868.1        26.8        17.6         9.1   
1969........................................    275.5       186.9       157.9        29.0        88.6       947.9        29.1        19.7         9.3   
                                                                                                                                                        
1970........................................    293.1       192.8       159.3        33.5       100.2     1,009.0        29.0        19.1         9.9   
1971........................................    295.6       187.1       151.3        35.8       108.5     1,077.7        27.4        17.4        10.1   
1972........................................    332.3       207.3       167.4        39.9       124.9     1,176.9        28.2        17.6        10.6   
1973........................................    369.0       230.8       184.7        46.1       138.2     1,306.8        28.2        17.7        10.6   
1974........................................    413.5       263.2       209.3        53.9       150.3     1,438.1        28.8        18.3        10.5   
                                                                                                                                                        
1975........................................    442.3       279.1       216.6        62.5       163.2     1,554.5        28.5        18.0        10.5   
1976........................................    479.6       298.1       231.7        66.4       181.6     1,730.4        27.7        17.2        10.5   
TQ..........................................    126.1        81.2        63.2        18.0        44.9       454.8        27.7        17.9         9.9   
1977........................................    563.9       355.6       278.7        76.8       208.3     1,971.4        28.6        18.0        10.6   
1978........................................    629.3       399.6       314.2        85.4       229.8     2,212.6        28.4        18.1        10.4   
1979........................................    706.9       463.3       365.3        98.0       243.6     2,495.9        28.3        18.6         9.8   
                                                                                                                                                        
1980........................................    783.6       517.1       403.9       113.2       266.5     2,718.9        28.8        19.0         9.8   
1981........................................    894.1       599.3       469.1       130.2       294.8     3,049.1        29.3        19.7         9.7   
1982........................................    938.0       617.8       474.3       143.5       320.2     3,211.3        29.2        19.2        10.0   
1983........................................    947.7       600.6       453.2       147.3       347.2     3,421.9        27.7        17.6        10.1   
1984........................................  1,056.0       666.5       500.4       166.1       389.5     3,812.0        27.7        17.5        10.2   
                                                                                                                                                        
1985........................................  1,152.9       734.1       547.9       186.2       418.8     4,102.1        28.1        17.9        10.2   
1986........................................  1,221.3       769.2       569.0       200.2       452.1     4,374.3        27.9        17.6        10.3   
1987........................................  1,340.2       854.4       641.0       213.4       485.9     4,605.1        29.1        18.6        10.6   
1988........................................  1,423.3       909.3       667.8       241.5       514.0     4,953.5        28.7        18.4        10.4   
1989........................................  1,545.2       991.2       727.5       263.7       554.0     5,351.8        28.9        18.5        10.4   
                                                                                                                                                        
1990........................................  1,616.9     1,032.0       750.3       281.7       584.9     5,684.5        28.4        18.2        10.3   
1991........................................  1,674.5     1,055.0       761.2       293.9       619.5     5,858.8        28.6        18.0        10.6   
1992........................................  1,748.6     1,091.3       788.9       302.4       657.4     6,143.2        28.5        17.8        10.7   
1993........................................  1,855.8     1,154.4       842.5       311.9       701.4     6,475.1        28.7        17.8        10.8   
1994........................................  1,996.6     1,258.6       923.6       335.0       737.9     6,845.7        29.2        18.4        10.8   
                                                                                                                                                        
1995........................................  2,128.3     1,351.8     1,000.8       351.1       776.5     7,194.8        29.6        18.8        10.8   
1996........................................  2,274.2     1,453.1     1,085.6       367.5       821.1     7,529.8        30.2        19.3        10.9   
1997........................................  2,434.5     1,579.3     1,187.3       392.0       855.3     7,972.4        30.5        19.8        10.7   
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