Spending Breakdown

Government Spending Totals

Total Government Spending in the United States -5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2011   +1yr +5yr
	Federal Gross Spending	24% GDP
	Intergovernmental	-4% GDP
	State Direct Spending	10% GDP
	Local Direct Spending	11% GDP
	Total Spending	40% GDP
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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 2011:

GDP: US Budget FY13 Table 10.1
Federal: Budget of the US Government
State: State and Local Gov. Finances

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