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Total Government Spending in the United States -5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2000 +1yr +5yr
	Federal Gross Spending	6.3
	Intergovernmental	-1.0
	State Direct Spending	2.7
	Local Direct Spending	3.5
	Total Spending	11.5
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Federal spending is gross spending, total outlays including monies transferred to states and local governments. Actual federal outlays spent directly on programs is (Federal Gross Spending less Intergovernmental). Numbers for state and local spending are “direct spending,” monies spent directly on programs.

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What is the spending data; where is it from?

Federal spending data begins in 1792.
State and local spending data begins in 1902.
Spending data is from official government sources.
Federal 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 measuringworth.com.
Spending data sources here.

Sources

U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1913-2011
US Federal Income tax rate Schedules

New FDSYS federal budget page
from US Government Printing Office

Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances of the United States Government FY 2010
Annual US Treasury Report on Spending and Revenue

US Government - Historical Debt Outstanding
US Treasury's measure of US National Debt

Measuring Worth - GDP Series for US and UK
includes GDP and chained GDP for US; GDP and chained GDP for UK

Gross Domestic Product by State
from Bureau of Economic Analysis

US Population Estimates from 1900
Census Bureau's annual population estimate from 1900 to 1999

2005 Census of Governments - Finance Technical Documentation
Contains Census Bureau spending and revenue codes

JpGraph Chart Library
Open source graph creating Library for PHP.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
historical editions of Census Bureau's publication. From 1878.

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Data Sources for 2000:

GDP: Measuring Worth - US GDP
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2 and 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances

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Medicare and Social Security Details

On May 10, 2013, usgovernmentspending.com was updated to provide details of Social Security -- OASI and DI numbers -- and Medicare -- broken down by Part A, Part B, and Part D.

Go here to get details of the Social Security changes on usgovernmentspending.com.

Go here to get details of the Medicare changes on usgovernmentspending.com