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Total US Government Spending
Headline federal, state, local, and total US government spending.
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Total US government spending includes federal, state, and local government spending net of intergovernmental transfers.
Intergovernmental Transfers are federal spending transferred to state and local govenments. State and local spending is guesstimated. Latest state data: FY 2017; latest local data: FY 2016.
Total Spending Pie Chart for FY 2019
We have total spending data (federal+state+local) going back to 1820. Individual state and local spending data going back to 1957.
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Actual Federal Spending for FY 2018
From US Treasury Monthly Report for September 2018.
Total Federal Outlays: $4.11 trillion
Total Federal Receipts: $3.33 trillion
Federal Deficit: $779 billion
Total Federal Debt: $21.46 trillion
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Federal Deficits
The Deficit is the amount by which the federal government’s total budget outlays exceeds its total receipts for a fiscal year.
Last year, FY 2018, the deficit was $779 billion.
This year, FY 2019, the deficit is budgeted at $1,092 billion.
Federal Debt
The Gross Federal Debt is the gross amount of debt outstanding issued by the US Treasury.
Last year, FY 2018, the gross federal debt ended at $21.46 trillion.
This year, FY 2019, the gross federal debt is budgeted at $22.78 trillion.
Welfare Spending
Welfare Spending in the United States includes health care for the poor; income security including EITC, SSI, TANF; food assistance; housing assistance; unemployment compensation.
Welfare Spending is budgeted in FY 2019 at $1,118 billion, including Medicaid at $650 billion, and other welfare spending at $467 billion.
Defense Spending
Defense Spending in the United States is budgeted in FY 2019 at $940.0 billion, including Pentagon spending $684.6 billion, veterans spending at $201.1 billion and foreign aid spending at $54.3 billion.
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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.
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 Sources for 2017_2024:
Sources for 2017:
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
Sources for 2024:
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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> data update schedule.
State Finances for FY2017
On May xx, 2019 we updated state and local spending and revenue data for FY2018 through FY2024 as follows:
- We replaced "guesstimated" state spending and revenue data for FY2017 using the new FY2017 data from the Census Bureau.
- We replaced "guesstimated" local spending and revenue data for FY 20176 with estimates for each spending and revenue category using the trends in state finances between FY 2016 and FY 2017.
- We replaced "guesstimated" state revenue data for FY 2018 with data from the Census Bureau's quarterly state tax summary here.
- We replaced "guesstimated" local revenue data for FY 2018 with estimates for each category using trends for each category of state revenue between FY 2016 and FY 2017.
- We replaced "guesstimated" state and local spending and revenue for FY 2018 thru FY2024 with new guesstimates based on the latest Census Bureau data for FY 2017 state finances and FY 2018 quarterly tax data.
State Finances for FY2017
Estimate vs. Actual
| $ billion | Guesstimate | Actual |
| Spending | $1,752 | $1,769 |
| Revenue | $1,520 | $1,894 |
We expect the Census Bureau to release local spending and revenue data for FY 2017 not earlier than Summer 2019.
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