Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income
Federal customs-duty receipts as a share of aggregate disposable personal income
Where the Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income stands now
The Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income was 1.17% in 2025, the highest in data back to 2015.
What it means for households: U.S. Cost of Living Statistics: Prices and Inflation
How the Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income has moved since 2015
Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income: up since 2017, the highest in data back to 2015
Annual federal customs duties divided by annual disposable personal income: 1.17% in 2025, up from 0.38% a year earlier. Annual, 2015–2025.
What the Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income measures
Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income by year, 2015 to 2025
| Year | Rate (%) | Change from a year earlier (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.17 | +0.79 |
| 2024 | 0.38 | −0.01 |
| 2023 | 0.39 | −0.15 |
| 2022 | 0.54 | +0.07 |
| 2021 | 0.47 | +0.08 |
| 2020 | 0.39 | −0.09 |
| 2019 | 0.48 | +0.14 |
| 2018 | 0.34 | +0.08 |
| 2017 | 0.26 | −0.01 |
| 2016 | 0.27 | −0.01 |
| 2015 | 0.28 | — |
Annual · Computed from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis federal customs duties and NIPA disposable personal income data retrieved via FRED
Counties with the highest debt burden scores
There's no county figure for this measure, so this list uses the debt burden part of our County Distress Index.
| Rank | County | Score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronx County, NY | 99.6 |
| 2 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 99.4 |
| 3 | Rockland County, NY | 99.4 |
| 4 | Clayton County, GA | 99.1 |
| 5 | Broward County, FL | 99 |
| 6 | Palm Beach County, FL | 98.8 |
| 7 | Santa Barbara County, CA | 98.4 |
| 8 | St. Lucie County, FL | 98.4 |
| 9 | Osceola County, FL | 98.3 |
| 10 | Orleans Parish, LA | 98 |
Questions about tariff revenue as a share of income
What are federal customs duties as a share of income?
This measure reports federal customs-duty receipts as a share of aggregate disposable personal income: 1.17% in 2025. It measures the size of customs collections against the national income base, year by year.
Does this show how much tariffs cost my household?
No. It compares government receipts with the total income of everyone in the national accounts. It does not show who ends up paying tariffs, and it is not a per-household cost. Estimates of household costs, such as those from the Tax Foundation or the Yale Budget Lab, come from models and are different measures.
Where does this data come from?
Both inputs come from the Bureau of Economic Analysis national accounts: customs duties (series B235RC) and disposable personal income (A067RC), in current dollars. A new year first appears with BEA's advance estimate for the fourth quarter, and BEA revises past years in later releases and its annual update.
Sources and method for the Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income
- Computed from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis federal customs duties and NIPA disposable personal income data retrieved via FRED We use the annual figures as published, from 2015 through 2025, with no adjustment of our own. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’s report (1) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’s report (2)
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