*Special Edition*
Tax Time

$2.0 trillion
U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s gross collections for fiscal year 2002, down from $2.1 trillion in 2001. <http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/02db01co.xls>

$1 trillion
Gross federal income tax collections from individuals reported by the IRS in fiscal year 2002, down from $1.2 trillion in 2001. Other revenue came from employment taxes ($688 billion), corporate income taxes ($211 billion), estate and gift taxes ($27 billion) and excise taxes.
<http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/02db01co.xls>
<http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=102886,00.html>

$203 billion
Individual income taxes collected in fiscal 2002 from the residents of California. New Yorkers were next in tax payments ($157 billion), followed by residents of Texas ($118 billion), Illinois ($94 billion) and Florida ($85 billion). <http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/02db06co.xls>

130,904,889
The number of individual federal income tax returns received by the Internal Revenue Service during fiscal year 2002, up from 129,783,221 the previous year. <http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/02db03nr.xls>
<http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=102886,00.html>

$210 billion
Total individual income tax refunds, including interest, received by U.S. residents in fiscal 2002. Californians received $26 billion, followed by residents of New York ($15 billion), Texas ($14 billion), Florida ($12 billion) and Illinois ($10 billion). <http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/02db09rf.xls>

$1.8 trillion
The amount of federal spending in the 50 states in fiscal 2001. California benefited more than any state, receiving $189 billion, followed by New York at $116 billion and Texas at $113 billion. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-54.html>

$854 billion
Amount provided for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in fiscal 2001 – 48 percent of the U.S. government’s domestic spending. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-54.html>

Other Taxing Matters: The States

$560 billion
Tax revenues for the 50 states in fiscal 2001. The $259 billion in all types of sales taxes (including gasoline, tobacco and alcohol taxes) were the top source of revenue. These taxes were nearly matched by other (predominantly individual income) taxes at $258 billion. Other sources of revenue included licenses ($33 billion) and property taxes ($10 billion). <http://www.census.gov/govs/statetax/0100usstax.html>

$90 billion
Amount of state taxes collected in California in fiscal 2001, the most in the nation and twice as high as the next state, New York ($45 billion). Texas was third ($29 billion), followed by Florida ($25 billion) and Illinois ($23 billion). <http://www.census.gov/govs/statetax/01staxrank.html>

$977 million
Amount of state taxes collected by South Dakota in 2001, the lowest of any state in the nation. Wyoming ($1.1 billion) and North Dakota ($1.2 billion) were next lowest. <http://www.census.gov/govs/statetax/01staxrank.html>

$3,091.99
Total per capita state taxes in Connecticut, highest in the nation. Next were Hawaii ($2,864.89) and Delaware ($2,731.14). The national per capita amount of state taxes was $1,969.44. <http://www.census.gov/govs/statetax/01staxrank.html>

$1,291.92
Per capita state taxes paid by residents of South Dakota, the lowest of any state. Next lowest were Tennessee ($1,362.71) and Texas ($1,379.74). <http://www.census.gov/govs/statetax/01staxrank.html>

$1.1 trillion
Spending by state governments in the United States in fiscal year 2000.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-75.html>

15.4 million
The number of "full-time equivalent" employees of state and local governments in 2001.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-88.html>

87,525
The number of local governments in the nation in 2002, the majority of which have taxing authority. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2003/cb03-10.html>

Note: Much of the federal income tax information listed in the Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2002, has been updated by the Internal Revenue Service at its Internet site, <http://www.irs.gov>.