SOI Tax Stats - County Data

Background Information

SOI bases its county income data on the addresses reported on individual income tax returns filed with the IRS. Data are presented by county (including State totals) and are available for Tax Years 1989 through 2018. The data include:

• Number of returns, which approximates the number of households
• Number of personal exemptions, which approximates the population
• Adjusted gross income
• Wages and salaries
• Dividends before exclusion
• Interest received

County, Metropolitan, and Micropolitan Data

2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020

County Income Data 1989–2010

County income data for years 1989 to 2010 are available as single Zip files containing all State Excel files. The files are compressed using the WinZip utility and must be downloaded and extracted before viewing or loading into any application. A free WinZip utility is available, if needed.

1989ZIP  1990ZIP  1991ZIP  1992ZIP  1993ZIP  1994ZIP  1995ZIP  1996ZIP  1997ZIP  1998ZIP  1999ZIP  2000ZIP  2001ZIP  2002ZIP  2003ZIP
2004ZIP  2005ZIP  2006ZIP  2007ZIP  2008ZIP  2009ZIP  2010ZIP

Follow these steps to extract files for the entire year (all States) or for an individual State.

To extract an entire year (all States) using WinZip:

1. Double click the Zip file to open the WinZip utility.
2. Click and drag the folder to your desktop.

OR

1. Double click the Zip file to open the WinZip utility (NOTE: SecureZIP users should follow the following steps).
2. Click the ‘Extract’ button. Ensure that the radio button, ‘All Files in Archive Selected’, is selected.
3. Select a destination folder.
4. Click the ‘Extract’ button.

To extract an individual State using WinZip:

1. Double click the Zip file to open the WinZip utility.
2. Double click the folder.
3. Click and drag the desired Excel file(s) to your desktop.

OR

1. Double click the Zip file to open the WinZip utility (NOTE: SecureZIP users should follow the following steps).
2. Highlight the desired Excel file(s).
3. Click the ‘Extract’ button. Ensure that radio button, ‘Selected Files/Folder’, is selected.
4. Select a destination folder.
5. Click the ‘Extract’ button.