Map data is from 2010

22%

45%

But What About Other Taxes?

7% Don’t work

10% Elderly

While the poorest taxpayers have a negative federal income tax burden, they pay a higher percentage of their income in state, local and other federal taxes.

27.9%

17.4

21.2

25.2

28.3

29.5

30.3

30.4

29.0

Under $20

$20 to 33

$33 to 53

$53 to 88

$88 to 127

$127 to 176

$176 to 452

$452+

Share of income paid in ...

Income in thousands

All

Total taxes

-5.7

10.8

12.3

-1.0

10.5

11.7

15.8

5.2

7.9

13.1

7.5

9.9

9.9

9.8

10.7

7.9

10.6

11.0

6.4

10.7

11.2

3.3

10.6

11.3

8.6%

9.0%

10.3%

Federal income taxes

Payroll/other federal taxes

State and local taxes

38%

33%

Among those who made enough to file a tax return, 35 percent did not have to pay federal income tax because of credits or deductions. Some of the highest percentages were in conservative states with high poverty rates.

Nearly 80 percent of the households that did not pay federal income taxes earned less than $30,000 in 2011.

About two-thirds of people in families earning less than $30,000 voted for Barack Obama in 2008.

McCain

Obama

70%

50

30

Paid federal income taxes?

Yes

No

$100+

$75 to 100

Filers not paying income tax

$50 to 75

$30 to 50

$15 to 30

Under $15k

$100+

$75 to 100

$50 to 75

$40 to 50

$30 to 40

$20 to 30

$10 to 20

Under $10k

30%

20

10

Where Do Nonpayers Live?

And How Do People With Those Incomes Vote?

How Much Do Nonpayers Make?

28%

The remaining group —people who did not pay federal income or payroll taxes — is mostly elderly.

Most of them worked and paid payroll taxes, though.