Table : TABLE 18-5 Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income Distribution, 2007

Quintiles

Share of aggregate income without taxes and transfers

Share of aggregate income with taxes and transfers

Bottom quintile

    2.5%

    5.1%

Second quintile

  7.3

  9.2

Third quintile

12.2

14.0

Fourth quintile

19.0

19.9

81st-99th percentiles

38.6

35.6

Top 1 percent

21.3

17.1

Source: Congressional Budget Office.