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What is the Total US Government Spending?
In FY 2021, total US government spending, federal, state, and local, is “guesstimated” to be $10.43 trillion, with federal $7.25 trillion; state $2.05 trillion; local $2.17 trillion.
US Government Spending Totals in $ trillion
Total government spending in the United States combines spending by federal, state, and local governments.
Total government spending includes:
Federal Gross Spending
less Intergovernmental transfers from federal to state and local
plus State government Direct Spending
plus Local government Direct Spending.
Total Government Spending | |||
| Federal Gross Spending | $3.6 trillion |  | |
| Intergovernmental | $-0.6 trillion | | |
| State Direct Spending | $1.5 trillion | | |
| Local Direct Spending | $1.6 trillion | | |
| Total Spending | $6.2 trillion | | |
| For breakdown click here | For details click here | Switch to revenue | ||
Spending Key:
Federal spending: actual, as reported by the Office of Management and Budget.
State spending: actual, as reported by the US Bureau of the Census.
Local spending: actual, as reported by the US Bureau of the Census.
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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.
Sources
US Treasury Combined Statement
of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances
U.S. Federal Individual Income Tax Rates History, 1913-2011
US Federal Income tax rate Schedules
New GOVINFO federal budget page
from US Government Printing Office
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
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Gross Federal Debt
| Debt Now: | $28,427,291,338,987.36 | Debt 2/2020: | $23,409,959,150,243.63 |
