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Federal 2008 Government Spending
There are three levels of governments in the US: federal, state, and local. The following table shows Federal spending. Federal spending includes grants and transfers to state and local governments.
Federal 2008 Spending by Function
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Spending by Government Level
Government Spending includes federal, state, and local spending. Intergovernmental transfers represent federal grants and transfers spent by states or local governments on programs at the state or local level.
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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.
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Biden to Release 2023 Budget Request on March 28
how the administration expects to spend money for priorities including aid to Ukraine and the continuing effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as well as legislative proposals such as increased funding for community policing programs, cancer research, and mental health education.
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Gross Federal Debt
| Debt Now: | $38,380,536,147,996.03 | Debt 2/2020: | $23,409,959,150,243.63 |
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US GDP for 2025 Released
On March 15, 2026 usgovernmentspending.com updated its GDP series with the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis,
- Click on link.
- Click on "Underlying Detail Tables."
- Click on "view data in XLS or other formats."
- Click on "Section 1 Domestic Product and Income" link
- Save .xlsx file.
GDP, real and nominal, looks like this:
- US GDP source from 1790 to 1928 is calendar GDP from measuringworth.com.
- US GDP source from 1929 to 2025 is calendar GDP from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, under "Supplemental Information and Data"
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US GDP for 2025 Released
On March 15, 2026 usgovernmentspending.com updated its GDP series with the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis,
- Click on link.
- Click on "Underlying Detail Tables."
- Click on "view data in XLS or other formats."
- Click on "Section 1 Domestic Product and Income" link
- Save .xlsx file.
GDP, real and nominal, looks like this:
- US GDP source from 1790 to 1928 is calendar GDP from measuringworth.com.
- US GDP source from 1929 to 2025 is calendar GDP from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, under "Supplemental Information and Data"
On January 21, 2026 the US Census Bureau released its US national and state population estimates for July 1, 2025. On February 7, 2026 usgovernmentspending.com updated its US and state popula ...
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