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usgovernmentspending.com has data on US government spending going back to 1792.
Spending data is primarily organized by major spending function, such as Pensions, Health Care, etc. You can look at data for a single year or a range of years.
Federal, State, and Local Spending TOTALS for current year or for
Total Spending Functional BREAKDOWN for current year or for
Federal, State, and Local Spending DETAILS for current year or for
Spending DETAILS for individual cities, counties, etc. for latest year.
You can look at individual data series or combine up to 5 data series together.
Total Spending for the last ten years.
Total Spending for the last ten years.
Once you have set up a single data series, you can add additional data series, change the range of years, change the units, etc.
The idea of usgovernmentspending.com is to provide a resource for people wanting to research US government finances. We have generated curated data series of the major functions of government spending so that you can inspect and download the numbers on spending at all levels of government.
For the federal government we have data going back to 1792, shortly after the founding. The data going back to 1962 come from the President’s annual federal budget. Data from 1961 going back to 1792 comes from data series published by the US Census Bureau.
For individual states we have state and local government spending going back to 1957. For states and local governments in aggregate we have full data going back to 1900, and limited data going back to 1820.
If you are interested in data for a specific year we have a Spending Details page that shows the major spending functions for a specific year, federal, state, and local, and that allows you do drill down a couple of levels to view (and download) the data in more detail.
If you are interested in data for a range of years we have a Custom Chart page that lets you generate data on spending for a range of years. It allows you to generate charts, look at data, and download the data to your computer in tab format that you can copy and paste into a spreadsheet, or as a .csv file that you can import directly into a spreadsheet program.
The best thing to do is to experiment with the Spending Details page or the Custom Chart page and see what they can do for you. Also you can look around the site at the Spending Analysis and Spending History pages. These pages and their charts were created using the features that are also available to you.
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Spending data is from official government sources.
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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> data update schedule.
On March 11, 2024, we updated usgovernmentspending.com with the numbers from the Public Budget Database in the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2025.
Here is how headline budget estimates for the upcoming FY 2024 fiscal year have changed since the release of the FY 2024 budget a year ago in Winter 2023.
$ billion | Estimate for 2024 in FY2024 Budget | Estimate for 2024 in FY2025 Budget | Change |
Federal Outlays | $6,371.8 | $6,940.9 | +$569.1 |
Federal Receipts | $4,802.5 | $5,081.6 | +$279.1 |
Federal Deficit | $1,569.4 | $1,859.4 | +$290.0 |
You can see line item changes from budget to budget here. You can compare budget estimates with actuals here.
Account level spending estimates through FY 2029 come from the Outlays table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on March 11, 2024.
Account level budget authority estimates through FY 2029 come from the Budget Authority table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on March 11, 2024.
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