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BUDGET DATA

US Budgets

Download Raw Spending Data Series 1792-2016

You can download any of the raw data series used to compile the government spending data in usgovernmentspending.com. You select the data series you want and then copy-paste the tab delimited data from a textbox on this page into your spreadsheet.

Warning: The raw data series typically do not extend the whole length of US history. Check out charts if you want full-length data series.

Download Instructions:

Prepare a suite of data for download by making a selection from one of the dropdown menus below. You can select:

  1. A group of functionally related spending data series
  2. An individual spending data series
You can also remove individual data series that you don’t want.

Select Functional Data Series Group: Select a group of data series to download (you can add individual data series later):

Add Individual Data Series: Select Spending Data Series to add to download (you can add more later):

Change Data Units: You can download data in raw format (i.e., in the units used in the database for each item, or in $ billion, $ million, or percent of GDP.

raw
$ billion
$ million
percent GDP

Select Fiscal Year: You can select the budget for which you want to download estimated federal spending.

Copy and Paste: When you have created the dataset you want then just copy the tab-delimited text in the textbox below (click cursor in text box, then press ctrl-A then press ctrl-C) and paste it into your spreadsheet.

Here is a formatted version of the data you have selected.You can remove a data series by selecting “out” in the dropdown for each data series.

YearGDP(051) Department of DefenseΓÇöMilitary(053) Atomic energy defense activities(054) Defense-related activities(FDE) Military
17920.220001
17930.250001
17940.310005
17950.380003
17960.410002
17970.410001
17980.410003
17990.440005
18000.480006
18010.510004
18020.450002
18030.480002
18040.530002
18050.560002
18060.610003
18070.580003
18080.640005
18090.680006
18100.70004
18110.760004
18120.7800016
18130.9600026
18141.0700028
18150.9200023
18160.8100020
18170.7600011
18180.730009
18190.7200010
18200.70007
18210.730008
18220.80005
18230.750006
18240.750006
18250.810007
18260.860008
18270.910008
18280.890008
18290.920008
18301.010008
18311.040009
18321.120009
18331.1500011
18341.210009
18351.3300010
18361.4600018
18371.5400020
18381.5800019
18391.6500015
18401.5600013
18411.6400015
18421.600015
18431.550007
18441.6900012
18451.8400012
18462.0400017
18472.3900046
18482.400035
18492.400025
18502.5600017
18512.700021
18523.0400017
18533.2800021
18543.6800023
18553.9400028
18564.0100031
18574.1400032
18584.0500039
18594.3800038
18604.3500028
18614.600035
18625.79000437
18637.62000663
18649.46000777
18659.880001154
18668.99000328
18678.34000126
18688.15000149
18697.8500099
18707.7400079
18717.5900055
18728.2300057
18738.7500070
18748.4800073
18758.1600063
18768.3100057
18778.5200052
18788.3800050
18799.3600056
188010.400052
188111.600056
188212.200059
188312.300064
188411.800057
188511.600059
188612.200048
188713.100054
188813.900055
188913.900066
189015.100067
189115.400075
189216.400076
189315.400080
189414.100086
189515.600081
189615.500078
189716.200084
189818.1000151
189919.5000294
190020.6000191
190122.3000205
190224.1000162
190325.9000168
190425.7000175
190528.8000181
190631000188
190733.9000196
190830.1000203
190932.2000211
191033.4000219
191134.3000227
191237.4000236
191339.1000245
191436.5000248
191538.7000245
191649.6000251
191759.7000546
191875.80007053
191978.300013489
192088.40003936
192173.60002518
192273.4000864
192385.4000803
192486.9000746
192590.6000694
192696.9000645
192795.5000599
192897.4000618
1929103.6000638
193091.2000658
193176.5000680
193258.7000702
193356.4000621
193466000541
193573.3000728
193683.8000916
193791.9000968
193886.10001021
193992.20001294
1940101.40001567
1941126.70005875
1942161.900022633
1943198.600060882
1944219.800074670
194522300080616
1946222.200042677
1947244.100013888
1948269.100010642
1949267.200011380
1950293.700012118
1951339.300019136
1952358.300038962
1953379.300043847
1954380.400040519
1955414.700035782
1956437.400035553
1957461.100039073
1958467.200038998
1959506.600041230
1960526.400041340
1961544.800043068
1962585.75011120741600
1963617.85114720412120
1964663.65258519022700
1965719.14878016202200
1966787.7566291466160
1967832.4700691277710
1968909.88035513362350
1969984.48077113893370
19701038.38012314151540
19711126.8774971385-100
19721237.97764513731560
19731382.37503314092400
19741499.5778641486-30
19751637.78485215061510
19761824.68791715651370
19772030.19514719361580
19782293.810225920701660
19792562.211360525411960
19802788.113091228782060
19813126.815386133982530
19823253.218069343093070
19833534.620435651713750
19843930.922086361204280
19854217.524510970985350
19864460.126544074454870
19874736.427391974516260
19885100.428188979135570
19895482.129482981196060
19905800.528969489886390
19915992.126232499989640
19926342.3286834106138990
19936667.42784971101115770
19947085.22685531188412020
19957414.7259373117699210
19967838.5253130116379810
19978270.46258251112679840
19988727.022557931126211390
19999286.862611981222113500
20009884.172810291213811960
2001102182901851293116160
200210572.43318451479518160
200311067.83871361602915790
200411788.94364391662527690
200512554.54740711804231950
200613310.94992971746850620
200713969.35285481705056730
200814270.55946321712643150
200914014.86367421755267550
201014551.86667031931575680
201115079.66780772122873240
201215812.57074672183382370
201316752.46482062012274270
201417782.26375512000674040
201518804.16440782032974510
201619790.56514482075375960

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State Finances Update for FY 2010

On December 14, 2011 the US Census Bureau released data on state finances for FY 2010 here, including spending and revenue for each individual state and for all states combined.

On December 27, 2011 we updated state and local spending and revenue data as follows:

  1. We replaced "guesstimated" state spending and revenue data for FY2010 using the data from the Census Bureau.
  2. We replaced "guesstimated" local spending and revenue data for FY 2010 with estimates for each spending and revenue category using the trends in state finances between FY 2009 and FY 2010.
  3. We replaced "guesstimated" state revenue data for FY 2011 with data from the Census Bureau's quarterly state tax summary here.
  4. We replaced "guesstimated" local revenue data for FY 2011 with estimates for each category using trends for each category of state revenue between FY 2010 and FY 2011.
  5. We replaced "guesstimated" state and local spending and revenue for FY 2012 thru FY2017 with new guesstimates based on the latest Census Bureau data for FY 2010 state finances and FY 2011 quarterly tax data.
The Census Bureau expects to release local spending and revenue data for FY 2010 in July 2012.

Highlights: State spending on Welfare was up from a "guesstimated" $164 billion to $237 billion.  Business and Other Revenue was up from a "guesstimated" $174 billion to $456 billion.  This reflects the $289 billion profit reported on state pension plans for FY 2010, a partial recovery from the FY 2009 loss of $524 billion.

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Democratic Capitalism

Three dynamic and converging systems functioning as one: a democratic polity, an economy based on markets and incentives, and a moral-cultural system which is plural and, in the largest sense, liberal.
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

Education

“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State

Government Expenditure

The Union publishes an exact return of the amount of its taxes; I can get copies of the budgets of the four and twenty component states; but who can tell me what the citizens spend in the administration of county and township?
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Mutual Aid

In 1911... at least nine million of the 12 million covered by national insurance were already members of voluntary sick pay schemes. A similar proportion were also eligible for medical care.
Green, Reinventing Civil Society