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Total 2012 Government Spending

There are three levels of governments in the US: federal, state, and local. The following table shows Total spending. Total spending includes federal, state, and local spending.

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Total 2012 Spending by Function

Function -yr 2012 +yr  
  Total Spending$6,136.3 billion 
  Pensions$1,064.7 billion 
  Health Care$1,136.9 billion 
  Education$921.7 billion 
  Defense$840.2 billion 
  Welfare$598.1 billion 
Spending: actual

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Data Sources:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years


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Spending by Government Level

Government Spending includes federal, state, and local spending. Intergovernmental transfers represent federal grants and transfers spent by states or local governments on programs at the state or local level.

 2011 2012 2013 
 Federal Spending3,603.13,526.63,454.9 
 State Spending1,509.01,503.61,526.0 
 Local Spending1,646.21,650.71,662.0 
 Intergovernmental Transfers-606.8-544.6-546.2 
 Total Spending6,151.66,136.36,096.7 
Spending: actual

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Spending Data Sources

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.

Gross Federal Debt

Debt Now:  $38,380,536,147,996.03
Debt 2/2020:$23,409,959,150,243.63

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Data Sources for 2012:

GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances

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