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Total US Government Spending

Headline federal, state, local, and total US government spending.

	Amounts in $ trillion	FY 2020	FY 2021
	Federal Spending	6.55	7.25
	Intergov. Transfers	-0.82	-1.03
	State Spending	1.99	2.05
	Local Spending	2.1	2.17
	TOTAL Spending	9.82	10.43
Spending: actual budgeted guesstimated

Total US government spending includes federal, state, and local government spending net of intergovernmental transfers.

Intergovernmental Transfers are federal spending transferred to state and local govenments. State and local spending is guesstimated. Latest state data: FY 2019; latest local data: FY 2019.

Total Spending Pie Chart for FY 2020

We have total spending data (federal+state+local) going back to 1820. Individual state and local spending data going back to 1957.

	Spending Functions	FY 2020
	Pensions inc. SoSec	$1.50 trillion
	Health care	$2.02 trillion
	Education	$1.33 trillion
	Defense	$1.01 trillion
	Welfare	$1.20 trillion
	Protection	$0.31 trillion
	Transportation	$0.41 trillion
	Gen. Government	$0.36 trillion
	Other Spending	$1.21 trillion
	Interest	$0.46 trillion
	TOTAL Spending	$9.82 trillion
Spending: guesstimated

Federal Deficits

Federal Deficit Analysis

The Deficit is the amount by which the federal government’s total budget outlays exceeds its total receipts for a fiscal year.

Last year, FY 2020, the deficit was $3,129 billion.

This year, FY 2021, the deficit is budgeted at $3,669 billion.

Federal Debt

Federal Debt Analysis

The Gross Federal Debt is the gross amount of debt outstanding issued by the US Treasury.

Last year, FY 2020, the gross federal debt ended at $26.9 trillion.

This year, FY 2021, the gross federal debt is budgeted at $30.23 trillion.

Welfare Spending

Welfare Spending Analysis

Welfare Spending in the United States includes health care for the poor; income security including EITC, SSI, TANF; food assistance; housing assistance; unemployment compensation.

Welfare Spending is budgeted in FY 2021 at $2,597 billion, including Medicaid at $781 billion, and other welfare spending at $1,816 billion.

Defense Spending

US Defense Analysis

Defense Spending in the United States is budgeted in FY 2021 at $1,038.1 billion, including Pentagon spending $748.4 billion, veterans spending at $238.0 billion and foreign aid spending at $51.7 billion.

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Spending Data Sources

Spending data is from official government sources.

Federal spending data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.

Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.

Detailed table of spending data sources here.
Medicare breakdown here; Medicaid breakdown here.

Federal spending data begins in 1792.

State and local spending data begins in 1820.

State and local spending data for individual states begins in 1957.

Gross Federal Debt

Debt Now:	$28,427,223,240,230.33
Debt 2/2020:	$23,409,959,150,243.63

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Data Sources for 2019_2026:

Sources for 2019:

GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years

Sources for 2026:

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> data update schedule.

Medicare/Social Security 2021 Trustee Reports Released

On August 31, 2021, the Center for Medicare Services released its annual Medicare Trustees Report, which projects Medicare spending out to 2095. As in the past, the report shows that federal health-care programs will eat the budget.

In this report the Trustees forecast that Medicare will top out at a little above 6 percent of GDP in the 2080s.

On September 1, 2021, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Medicare Outlook here based on data in the 2021 Medicare Trustees Report. You can download the data and also view selected Medicare Trustee forecasts going back to 2005.

On August 31, 2021, the Social Security Administration released its annual OASDI Trustees Report, which projects Social Security spending out to 2095. As in the past, the report shows that Social Security spending will max out at about 6 percent of GDP. UsGovernmentspending.com uses the Supplemental Single Year Tables.

On Septembet 1, 2021, usgovernmentspending.com updated its chart of the Social Security Outlook here based on data in the 2021 OASDI Trustees Report. You can download the data and also view selected OASDI Trustee forecasts going back to 1997.