Download Government Spending Data Series 1902-2013

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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.

Download Instructions:

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

A group of functionally related spending data series
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.

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.

Year GDP (605) Food and nutrition assistance (J67) NEW for 2005 - Assistance and Subsidies – Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assista (J68) NEW for 2005 - Assistance and Subsidies – Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs – 1962 568 275 0 0 1963 599 284 0 0 1964 640 308 0 0 1965 687 299 0 0 1966 753 363 0 0 1967 812 418 0 0 1968 867 505 0 0 1969 949 587 0 0 1970 1012 960 0 0 1971 1080 2179 0 0 1972 1178 3218 0 0 1973 1308 3641 0 0 1974 1439 4433 0 0 1975 1561 6643 0 0 1976 1737 7959 0 0 1977 1974 8527 0 0 1978 2217 8926 0 0 1979 2501 10787 0 0 1980 2727 14016 0 0 1981 3055 16205 0 0 1982 3228 15581 0 0 1983 3441 17952 0 0 1984 3840 18055 0 0 1985 4142 18540 0 0 1986 4412 18602 0 0 1987 4647 18940 0 0 1988 5009 20083 0 0 1989 5401 21192 0 0 1990 5735 23964 0 0 1991 5935 28481 0 0 1992 6240 32622 0 0 1993 6576 35148 0 0 1994 6961 36773 0 0 1995 7326 37594 0 0 1996 7694 37933 0 0 1997 8182 36061 0 0 1998 8628 33585 0 0 1999 9125 33147 0 0 2000 9710 32483 0 0 2001 10058 34053 0 0 2002 10377 38150 0 0 2003 10809 42526 0 0 2004 11500 46012 0 0 2005 12238 50833 17657104 4180193 2006 13016 53928 17280034 4604045 2007 13668 54458 0 0 2008 14312 60269 0 0 2009 15027 62431 0 0 2010 15792 62954 0 0 2011 16580 63752 0 0 2012 17395 65078 0 0 2013 18243 66369 0 0

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.

Year	GDP	(605) Food and nutrition assistance	(J67) NEW for 2005 - Assistance and Subsidies – Public Welfare, Federal Categorical Assista	(J68) NEW for 2005 - Assistance and Subsidies – Public Welfare, Cash Assistance Programs –

1962	567.6	275	0	0
1963	598.7	284	0	0
1964	640.4	308	0	0
1965	687.1	299	0	0
1966	752.9	363	0	0
1967	811.8	418	0	0
1968	866.6	505	0	0
1969	948.6	587	0	0
1970	1012.2	960	0	0
1971	1079.9	2179	0	0
1972	1178.3	3218	0	0
1973	1307.6	3641	0	0
1974	1439.3	4433	0	0
1975	1560.7	6643	0	0
1976	1736.5	7959	0	0
1977	1974.3	8527	0	0
1978	2217.0	8926	0	0
1979	2500.7	10787	0	0
1980	2726.7	14016	0	0
1981	3054.7	16205	0	0
1982	3227.6	15581	0	0
1983	3440.7	17952	0	0
1984	3840.2	18055	0	0
1985	4141.5	18540	0	0
1986	4412.4	18602	0	0
1987	4647.1	18940	0	0
1988	5008.6	20083	0	0
1989	5400.5	21192	0	0
1990	5735.4	23964	0	0
1991	5935.1	28481	0	0
1992	6239.9	32622	0	0
1993	6575.5	35148	0	0
1994	6961.3	36773	0	0
1995	7325.8	37594	0	0
1996	7694.1	37933	0	0
1997	8182.4	36061	0	0
1998	8627.9	33585	0	0
1999	9125.3	33147	0	0
2000	9709.8	32483	0	0
2001	10057.9	34053	0	0
2002	10377.4	38150	0	0
2003	10808.6	42526	0	0
2004	11499.9	46012	0	0
2005	12237.9	50833	17657104	4180193
2006	13015.5	53928	17280034	4604045
2007	13667.5	54458	0	0
2008	14311.5	60269	0	0
2009	15027.0	62431	0	0
2010	15792.0	62954	0	0
2011	16580.2	63752	0	0
2012	17395.0	65078	0	0
2013	18243.3	66369	0	0

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