US Federal Government Spending
Budget vs. Actual for FY 2012 in $ billion
| Estimates for FY 2012 Federal Spending in US Budgets(2) | |||||||||||
| Change View: people default radical census COFOG | FY 2008 Budget | FY 2009 Budget | FY 2010 Budget | FY 2011 Budget | FY 2012 Budget | FY 2013 Budget | Actual 2012 | ||||
| [+] | Pensions | 837.3 | 812.0 | 800.8 | 814.9 | 805.6 | 819.7 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Health Care | 840.7 | 806.4 | 894.5 | 878.5 | 866.1 | 846.1 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Education | 101.6 | 103.9 | 138.6 | 131.6 | 121.1 | 153.1 | n/a | |||
| [+] Charts: Click on a  to display a bar of data in a row or column of this table.Click on  to display a time-series chart of data in a row.[+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers. For federal spending line items (but not revenue) you can drill down three levels to view about 4,000 items of spending at the “agency code” level. | Defense | 677.1 | 699.0 | 807.1 | 863.9 | 925.2 | 902.2 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Welfare | 288.9 | 294.7 | 394.5 | 438.5 | 431.5 | 451.9 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Protection | 47.3 | 48.6 | 54.6 | 59.2 | 58.7 | 62.0 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Transportation | 75.6 | 66.0 | 86.5 | 98.2 | 104.9 | 102.6 | n/a | |||
| [+] | General Government | 23.1 | 23.1 | 26.7 | 29.8 | 32.6 | 33.6 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Other Spending | 69.8 | 68.3 | 80.8 | 97.4 | 141.5 | 199.6 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Interest | 284.9 | 299.9 | 348.8 | 342.9 | 241.6 | 224.8 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Balance | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Total Spending | 3,246.3 | 3,221.8 | 3,632.8 | 3,754.9 | 3,728.7 | 3,795.6 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Federal Deficit | -61.0 | -48.1 | 557.4 | 828.5 | 1,101.2 | 1,327.0 | n/a | |||
| [+] | Gross Public Debt | 11,487.3 | 11,868.1 | 16,565.7 | 15,484.3 | 16,654.3 | 16,350.9 | n/a | |||
| Spending: Pie Chart: Select a pie chart you wish to display. You can create a pie chart for federal, state and local, and overall spending/revenue. Notes: 1. Budget of the US Government: Historical Table 10.1 2. Budget of the US Government: Historical Tables 3.2 and 7.1 | |||||||||||
