See here for very helpful speadsheets prepared by a reader of tax data from the IRS web site and Statistics of Income Bulletins. The spreadsheets provide 2003 data for both the U.S. and the individual 50 states (illustrated below with the data for the U.S. and California):
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2003 Tax Data |
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U.S. |
California |
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Returns by Income |
Number (% of Total) |
Number (% of Total) |
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Returns by AGI |
130,836,098 (100%) |
15,088,700 (100%) |
< 50k |
93,218,816 (71%) |
10,356,100 (69%) |
50k – 75k |
17,628,351 (13%) |
2,005,500 (13%) |
75k – 100k |
9,129,894 (7%) |
1,121,900 (7%) |
100k – 200k |
8,391,951 (6%) |
1,233,400 (8%) |
200k – 500k |
1,961,425 (1%) |
298,600 (2%) |
> 500k |
505,661 (0%) |
73,200 (0%) |
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Social Security Benefits in AGI |
10,509,741 |
11,160,235 |
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Total Itemized Deductions |
45,984,766 |
5,910,425 |
|
State & Local Income Taxes |
37,827,854 |
5,518,743 |
|
Child Tax Credit |
26,155,770 |
3,111,115 |
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EITC |
21,574,486 |
2,478,552 |
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Refundable EITC |
18,667,041 |
2,094,307 |




