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Download Raw Spending Data Series 1792-2018

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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.

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.

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

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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 (000) Total federal outlays (E00) Total state/local outlays 1962 586 106821 0 1963 618 111316 0 1964 664 118528 0 1965 719 118228 0 1966 788 134532 0 1967 832 157464 0 1968 910 178134 0 1969 984 183640 0 1970 1038 195649 0 1971 1127 210172 0 1972 1238 230681 0 1973 1382 245707 0 1974 1500 269359 0 1975 1638 332332 0 1976 1825 371792 0 1977 2030 409218 0 1978 2294 458746 0 1979 2562 504028 0 1980 2788 590941 0 1981 3127 678241 0 1982 3253 745743 0 1983 3535 808364 0 1984 3931 851805 0 1985 4218 946344 0 1986 4460 990382 0 1987 4736 1004020 0 1988 5100 1064420 0 1989 5482 1143740 0 1990 5801 1252990 0 1991 5992 1324230 0 1992 6342 1381530 1146850000 1993 6667 1409390 1210100000 1994 7085 1461750 1260640000 1995 7415 1515740 1347760000 1996 7839 1560480 1393710000 1997 8332 1601120 1456890000 1998 8794 1652460 1525760000 1999 9354 1701840 1622100000 2000 9952 1788950 1742910000 2001 10286 1862850 1891900000 2002 10642 2010890 2047150000 2003 11142 2159900 2164230000 2004 11853 2292840 2262020000 2005 12623 2471960 2363700000 2006 13377 2655050 2495760000 2007 14029 2728690 2659140000 2008 14292 2982540 2834780000 2009 13974 3517680 2989540000 2010 14499 3457080 3110510000 2011 15080 3603060 3100550000 2012 15685 3537130 3081060000 2013 16203 3684950 3108190000 2014 17011 3777810 3190910000 2015 17936 3908160 3338670000 2016 18934 4089840 3548940000 2017 19980 4247450 3809160000 2018 21025 4449240 4099200000

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	(000) Total federal outlays	(E00) Total state/local outlays

1962	585.7	106821	0
1963	617.8	111316	0
1964	663.6	118528	0
1965	719.1	118228	0
1966	787.7	134532	0
1967	832.4	157464	0
1968	909.8	178134	0
1969	984.4	183640	0
1970	1038.3	195649	0
1971	1126.8	210172	0
1972	1237.9	230681	0
1973	1382.3	245707	0
1974	1499.5	269359	0
1975	1637.7	332332	0
1976	1824.6	371792	0
1977	2030.1	409218	0
1978	2293.8	458746	0
1979	2562.2	504028	0
1980	2788.1	590941	0
1981	3126.8	678241	0
1982	3253.2	745743	0
1983	3534.6	808364	0
1984	3930.9	851805	0
1985	4217.5	946344	0
1986	4460.1	990382	0
1987	4736.4	1004020	0
1988	5100.4	1064420	0
1989	5482.1	1143740	0
1990	5800.5	1252990	0
1991	5992.1	1324230	0
1992	6342.3	1381530	1146850000
1993	6667.4	1409390	1210100000
1994	7085.2	1461750	1260640000
1995	7414.7	1515740	1347760000
1996	7838.5	1560480	1393710000
1997	8332.4	1601120	1456890000
1998	8793.5	1652460	1525760000
1999	9353.5	1701840	1622100000
2000	9951.5	1788950	1742910000
2001	10286.2	1862850	1891900000
2002	10642.3	2010890	2047150000
2003	11142.2	2159900	2164230000
2004	11853.3	2292840	2262020000
2005	12623	2471960	2363700000
2006	13377.2	2655050	2495760000
2007	14028.7	2728690	2659140000
2008	14291.5	2982540	2834780000
2009	13973.7	3517680	2989540000
2010	14498.9	3457080	3110510000
2011	15079.6	3603060	3100550000
2012	15684.8	3537130	3081060000
2013	16202.7	3684950	3108190000
2014	17011.4	3777810	3190910000
2015	17936.1	3908160	3338670000
2016	18934.2	4089840	3548940000
2017	19980	4247450	3809160000
2018	21024.8	4449240	4099200000

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State and Local Spending for Individual States from 1957 to 1991

On June 15, 2013 usgovernmentspending.com loaded state and local spending and revenue for individual states going back to 1957.

Up to now, we have provided state and local finances from the present back to 1992 using data provided by the Census Bureau here. But the Census Bureau also has data on individual states going back to 1957 here in file Govt_Finances.zip.

There is a break in data series at 1991-92. The Census Bureau prior to 1992 has fewer line items than the post-1992 data. There is also a break at 1976-77. The Census Bureau prior to 1977 has fewer line items than the post-1977 data. Typically, the data in reports for earlier years is reported in an aggregate item that sums up the detailed items in the more recent data reports.

These breaks in data have produced "notches" in some of the data series, and we have done some "juggle-ology" to produce smoother data series, as detailed below.

One problem in the pre-1992 data is that Medicaid is not broken out of welfare. Up to now, for pre 1992 years we have estimated Medicaid expenses for all states combined based upon the assumption that the intergovernmental transfers to health care all apply to Medicaid and can be subtracted from the gross welfare expenditures to produce welfare net of Medicaid. For each state, therefore, we have broken down pre-1992 gross welfare expenditures between net welfare and Medicaid based upon the overall ratio for all states between net welfare (gross welfare less health care intergovernmental transfer) and Medicaid (health care intergovernmental transfer).

Another problem that the pre-1992 data seems to include judicial and legal system expenditures under "General Control" in the "General Government" category. Data since 1992 has separate data series for judicial and legal system expenditures and we showed it under "Protection" in the default data view. We have therefore created a new "default" view with judicial and legal system expenditures included under "General Government." The old default view -- now labeled "old" -- has the judicial and legal system expenditures included under "Protection." Typically, any links you have saved previous to June 15, 2013 will categorize data under the old default view. New links will use the new default view, unless you select the old default view.

For 1958-60 combined state-and-local data only is reported in the Census Bureau data. So we have estimated state data and local data by interpolation from 1957 and 1961.