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U.S. Historical Tariffs (Customs) Collections by Federal Government (All dollar amounts are in millions of U.S. dollars)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Year	Tariff Income	Budget % Tariff	Federal Receipts	Income Tax	Payroll Tax	Average Tariff
1792	$4.4	95.0%	$4.6	$-	$-	15.1%
1795	$5.6	91.6%	$6.1	$-	$-	8.0%
1800	$9.1	83.7%	$10.8	$-	$-	10.0%
1805	$12.9	95.4%	$13.6	$-	$-	10.7%
1810	$8.6	91.5%	$9.4	$-	$-	10.1%
1815	$7.3	46.4%	$15.7	$-	$-	6.5%
1820	$15.0	83.9%	$17.9	$-	$-	20.2%
1825	$20.1	97.9%	$20.5	$-	$-	22.3%
1830	$21.9	88.2%	$24.8	$-	$-	35.0%
1835	$19.4	54.1%	$35.8	$-	$-	14.2%
1840	$12.5	64.2%	$19.5	$-	$-	12.7%
1845	$27.5	91.9%	$30.0	$-	$-	24.3%
1850	$39.7	91.0%	$43.6	$-	$-	22.9%
1855	$53.0	81.2%	$65.4	$-	$-	20.6%
1860	$53.2	94.9%	$56.1	$-	$-	15.0%
1863	$63.0	55.9%	$112.7	$-	$-	25.9%
1864	$102.3	38.7%	$264.6	$-	$-	32.3%
1865	$84.9	25.4%	$333.7	$61.0	$-	35.6%
1870	$194.5	47.3%	$411.3	$37.8	$-	44.6%
1875	$157.2	54.6%	$288.0	$-	$-	36.1%
1880	$184.5	55.3%	$333.5	$-	$-	27.6%
1885	$181.5	56.1%	$323.7	$-	$-	32.6%
1890	$229.7	57.0%	$403.1	$-	$-	27.6%
1900	$233.2	41.1%	$567.2	$-	$-	27.4%
1910	$233.7	34.6%	$675.2	$-	$-	15.0%
1913	$318.8	44.0%	$724.1	$35.0	$-	17.6%
1915	$209.8	30.1%	$697.9	$47.0	$-	12.5%
1916	$213.7	27.3%	$782.5	$121.0	$-	8.9%
1917	$225.9	20.1%	$1,124.3	$373.0	$-	7.7%
1918	$947.0	25.8%	$3,664.6	$2,720.0	$-	31.2%
1920	$886.0	13.2%	$6,694.6	$4,032.0	$-	16.8%
1925	$547.6	14.5%	$3,780.1	$1,697.0	$-	13.0%
1928	$566.0	14.0%	$4,042.3	$2,088.0	$-	13.8%
1930	$587.0	14.1%	$4,177.9	$2,300.0	$-	19.2%
1935	$318.8	8.4%	$3,800.5	$1,100.0	$-	15.6%
1940	$331.0	6.1%	$5,387.1	$2,100.0	$800.0	12.6%
1942	$369.0	2.9%	$12,799.1	$7,900.0	$1,200.0	13.4%
1944	$417.0	0.9%	$44,148.9	$34,400.0	$1,900.0	10.6%
1946	$424.0	0.9%	$46,400.0	$28,000.0	$1,900.0	7.7%
1948	$408.0	0.9%	$47,300.0	$29,000.0	$2,500.0	5.5%
1950	$407.0	0.9%	$43,800.0	$26,200.0	$3,000.0	4.5%
1951	$609.0	1.1%	$56,700.0	$35,700.0	$4,100.0	5.5%
1955	$585.0	0.8%	$71,900.0	$46,400.0	$6,100.0	5.1%
1960	$1,105.0	1.1%	$99,800.0	$62,200.0	$12,200.0	7.3%
1965	$1,442.0	1.2%	$116,800.0	$74,300.0	$22,200.0	6.7%
1970	$2,430.0	1.3%	$192,800.0	$123,200.0	$44,400.0	6.0%
1975	$3,676.0	1.3%	$279,100.0	$163,000.0	$84,500.0	3.7%
1980	$7,174.0	1.4%	$517,100.0	$308,700.0	$157,800.0	2.9%
1985	$12,079.0	1.6%	$734,000.0	$395,900.0	$255,200.0	3.6%
1990	$11,500.0	1.1%	$1,032,000.0	$560,400.0	$380,000.0	2.8%
1995	$19,301.0	1.4%	$1,361,000.0	$747,200.0	$484,500.0	2.6%
2000	$19,914.0	1.0%	$2,025,200.0	$1,211,700.0	$652,900.0	1.6%
2005	$23,379.0	1.1%	$2,153,600.0	$1,205,500.0	$794,100.0	1.4%
2010	$25,298.0	1.2%	$2,162,700.0	$1,090,000.0	$864,800.0	1.3%
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Notes: All dollar amounts are in millions of U.S. dollars Income taxes include Individual and Corporate taxes Federal expenditures often exceed Revenue by temporary borrowings. Initially the U.S. Federal Government was financed mainly by customs(tariffs Average Tariff Rate % = Customs Revenue/ cost of Imports (goods). Other taxes collected are: Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax, Inheritance, Tariffs—often called Customs or duties on imports, etc. Income Taxes began in 1913 with the passage of 16th Amendment. Payroll taxes are Social Security and Medicare taxes Payroll Taxes began in 1940. Many Federal government Excise taxes are assigned to Trust Funds and are collected for and “dedicated” to a particular Trust. Sources: Historical Statistics of the United States 1789-1945^[7] Bicentennial Edition Historical Statistics of the United States Series 1790-1970^[8] U.S. Census Trade Statistics^[9] Whitehouse Historical Tables 1940-2016^[10]