by Catherine Mulbrandon on March 30, 2010
in Other

I filled out my Census form today. This will be the third time I’ve had the chance to participate. The first time I was in college, I got the “long form” and was delighted (since not every one got the long form). Which may explain why 20 years later I have a web site dedicated to data visualization of government data.
Here are a couple of examples of visualizations based on data collected by the Census Bureau
U.S. Ancestry
How Much Do You Earn?
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The fifth in series of infographics I am designing to illustrate the average federal tax rate applied to different salaries. This time I am graphing the average tax rates for a Head of Household with one child.
The difference between this graph and the couple with one income is the smaller standard deduction and lower cut offs for 10%, 15%, 25%, and 28% rates both of which raises their average income tax rate.

The income tax graph is created from the 2009 tax schedule for a Head of Household:

which you can find from the IRS Tax Tables here while the information about the social security and medicare tax can be found here.
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Average Tax Rate,
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The fourth in series of infographics I am designing to illustrate the average federal tax rate applied to different salaries. This time I am graphing the average tax rates for someone while married is filing a separate tax return from their spouse.
The difference between this graph and that of a single taxpayer is that the cut offs for 28%, 33% and 35% rates are lower which will increases the average tax rates for people with an income over $78,000.

The income tax graph is created from the 2009 tax schedule for someone married filing separately from their spouse:

which you can find from the IRS Tax Tables here while the information about the social security and medicare tax can be found here.
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Average Tax Rate,
CIA,
IRS,
Line Graph,
Tax Rates,
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The third in series of infographics I am designing to illustrate the average federal tax rate applied to different salaries. This time I am graphing the average tax rates for married couples filing a joint tax return but with 2 incomes (same salary for each).
The difference between this graph and the couple with one income is that the the Social Security Tax cut off is now $213,600 (instead of $106,800), which increases their average SSN tax rate and their combined tax rates.

The income tax graph is created from the 2009 tax schedule for a couple filing jointly or qualifying widow(er):

which you can find from the IRS Tax Tables here while the information about the social security and medicare tax can be found here.
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Area Graph,
Average Tax Rate,
IRS,
Line Graph,
Tax Rates,
United States